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Down Rounds: Deal With Reality

Feld Thoughts

Rather, when you have a choice between a financing at a lower valuation and a financing with all kinds of crazy structure to try to maintain a previous valuation, negotiate the best price you can but do a clean financing with no structure. .” Now, I’m not encouraging anyone to do a down round if unnecessary.,

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

In fact, in this new fundraising environment (with syndicates on AngelList , etc.), Indeed, this is critical in order to effectively negotiate any transaction (including a financing) – as every investment banker on Wall Street understands. your lead may be able to make the deal happen very quickly.

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Pari Passu or F.U.little guy

Professor VC

Yes, there are a number of cases in the middle where having a senior or participating preference does make a difference in liquidation proceeds, but I argue that it does very little to overall returns in a diversified portfolio. AngelList (which I remain a big fan) also recently launched a syndicate program.