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VC Optimism Returning But More Pain Ahead In Their Portfolios

Hunter Walker

Restructures, Down Rounds, and Pay to Plays. And fascinating new advances (and needs) in AI, climate, biology, etc are driving tech-IP driven startups. Whatever gets reported is just the tip of the iceberg. Funds will get rightsized , which helps better align investors and founders in what defines a successful outcome.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

  Pay to play provisions are often found here which specify that an investor loses their anti dilution rights if they do not buy their pro-rata share of a new offering. ·       Voting rights.   A bottom up approach has the advantage of logic. [4]

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Startup Founder Agreements

blog.simeonov.com

It outlines key points of agreement between founders around IP ownership, equity ownership, vesting, etc. For example, without a clear vehicle (a company) to contribute intellectual property into, a founder who walks away may mean that the future company won’t own its own IP. An email would do. The FastIgnite one is two pages.

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