Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

Most venture and institutional investors favor C corps because they may have separate classes of stock, allowing for the creation of various levels of preferences, protections, and share valuations. A C corp is also the easiest type of entity to take public in an initial public offering. Fundraising.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

With this funding, the company often perfects its business plan and starts building its management team in order to position itself for its next round of funding. At this point, you will be ready for institutional investors who can provide funding to scale or rapidly grow your business.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

The story struck me as significant for three reasons – firstly, because Freelancer founder Matt Barrie had been very public leading up to the IPO about wanting to list in Australia over both London and NASDAQ. Having seen the talent Australia has produced so far, I’m inclined to agree with him.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

This from Kate Mitchell, the former chair of the National Venture Capital Association, and current Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners. But the relaxation itself comes with limits, Mitchell tells us - limits that maintain the spirit in which the reporting rules were created, and which many investors actually insisted should remain.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: At a time when transparency is so important to institutional investors, how can fiduciaries reconcile that there is limited information available with a private company?

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