Hippoland
AUGUST 17, 2016
A reader named Turner Dean recently asked me whether it’s better to raise seed money on convertible notes or straight-up equity. In general, I’m a big fan of convertible notes or convertible securities for seed stage founders. Flexibility With an equity round, there’s a specific amount of money you are raising.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 10, 2017
The valuation cap has evolved into a proxy for valuation, even though by definition it is in fact a cap on valuation, and if things go south, the actual valuation at which the security converts goes downward with it. Traditional valuation caps: downside protection for investors. No upside for founders.
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Hippoland
JANUARY 23, 2018
I thought it might be useful to do a high level overview of what fundraising in 2018 looks like at the pre-seed / seed stage. This means that traction bar has gone up for both pre-seed and seed stage companies. And can potentially raise lots and lots of money. The market had definitely shifted.
Hippoland
JANUARY 23, 2018
I thought it might be useful to do a high level overview of what fundraising in 2018 looks like at the pre-seed / seed stage. This means that traction bar has gone up for both pre-seed and seed stage companies. And can potentially raise lots and lots of money. The market had definitely shifted.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though.
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