Common Stock Finance Pre-Money Valuation Startup 
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Capital investments are like gasoline on a startup business’s metaphorical fire. If you’re like most startup CEOs, your startup has been your personal fiefdom and baby. Background: Justin Klemm’s analytics and website uptime startup, Ghost Inspector , wants to revolutionize the way businesses manage their ecommerce funnels.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2012
As the company grows and the second or third group of investors comes in, the terms of each subsequent financing grow in size, scope, and the number of lawyers’ fingerprints on them. The price is the percent of ownership given to the investor, calculated as “investment/post-money valuation.” Seat on the board.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
As the company grows and the second or third group of investors comes in, the terms of each subsequent financing grow in size, scope, and the number of lawyers’ fingerprints on them. The price is the percent of ownership given to the investor, calculated as “investment/post-money valuation.” Seat on the board. Marty Zwilling.
Gust
OCTOBER 21, 2011
To account for scenarios in which the startup is acquired before it has a chance to complete a priced equity financing round, most term sheets and deal documents contain a “ change in control ” provision. Suppose the notes converted as if the acquisition were an eligible financing round.
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
Startups and angels: Along the way to success. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing. An average of these ranges results in a pre-money valuation of about $4MM.
Gust
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Last week , we took the plunge and began dissecting an example term sheet for a convertible debt financing round piece by piece. In Part II, we looked at the mandatory conversion language that is at the heart of any convertible debt financing. In my experience, a term of 12 to 24 months is common, with 12 months being on the short end.
The Startup Lawyer
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Great news — your startup just got accepted to an incubator! But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Pre-money valuations startups receive from incubators are typically low…really low.
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