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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

This is a fundamental issue that does, indeed, boil down to understanding the post-money valuation of a company. At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors. It will be worth the time and effort. Sound simple?

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Pre-money valuation was approx. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others. Pre-money valuation was at least $250M (2).

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Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical

Both Sides of the Table

Short summary of my posts: 1. Many (Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, True Ventures, GRP Partners, Mike Hirshland at Polaris Ventures) do it the right way – we treat it as a normal investment and we don’t have a “options&# strategy with our investment. Knowing What the Seed Funding Policy of your VC is.