Liquidation Preference Reference Startup Valuation 
Feld Thoughts
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
KG companies have decisive tax disadvantages for startups and are, therefore, rarely used in this area. This third body is often referred to as an advisory board (Beirat), sometimes also as a supervisory board (Aufsichtsrat). The tax framework and valuation issues are particularly complex and not very employee-friendly.
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Only 7% of the search queries are performed by users referred by search engines, meaning Kayak’s brand is very strong and they continue to build it ($39M spent in 2010 on brand advertising, nearly $92M in total marketing spend). liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1).
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Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. The Valuation Question. When companies seeking their first round of serious funding are good enough to receive a term-sheet from an investor, the first issue that always arises is valuation. Let’s start at the end.
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
Almost two years ago, in a private/closed meeting with K9 Ventures’ LPs only, I claimed that: What was being referred to in the press as the “Series A Crunch” was not because fewer Series A deals were being done, but because there were too many Seed deals being done. The risk here is what I refer to as the curse of over-capitalization.
Startup Company Lawyer
MARCH 14, 2010
In addition, I think that a “peace treaty&# between early-stage investors and startup companies on standard terms (at least at a term sheet level) is a step in the right direction. The primary rights in these documents, ranked in order of importance in my opinion are: Non-participating preferred liquidation preference.
Austin Startup
AUGUST 1, 2017
This is most clearly highlighted in the “unicorn” boom we all saw over the past few years, where founders raised very large rounds, with terms very onerous to the underlying common stock, hoping they could eventually justify billion dollar valuations to skeptical acquirers or public market investors. Angels/Seed Funds v.
www.mattbartus.com
DECEMBER 9, 2012
Home About Matt Client references Contact. Perspectives on issues affecting founders, startups and investors from a veteran startup lawyer in Silicon Valley. How to pump up your VC valuation. One possibility is to negotiate a higher valuation and offer warrants (i.e., A View from the Valley. — 23 Comments.
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