Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

Quick answer: convertible equity (or a convertible security) is convertible debt without the repayment feature at maturity or interest. Over the past few years, convertible debt has emerged as a quick and inexpensive method for startup companies to raise money from angel investors and early stage venture funds.

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Convertible Security Equity Security Preferred Stock 73

Hippoland

AUGUST 17, 2016

Since this is a hefty topic that we could discuss for days, in this post I’ll aim to cover just the pros and cons of each from a founder’s perspective and will NOT cover: What is a convertible note, equity, or convertible security ? In general, I’m a big fan of convertible notes or convertible securities for seed stage founders.

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Equity Convertible Security Silicon Valley Technical Review 48

Hippoland

MAY 16, 2018

(I put “equity” in quotes because I include convertible notes and convertible securities in this category.) Part of this is driven by the fact that VCs who can buy into tokens for a while were spending a lot of time looking at token deals, removing some investors from the “equity market”. E.g. $200k on $3m.

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Seed Stage Valuation Convertible Security Equity 48

Hippoland

MAY 16, 2018

(I put “equity” in quotes because I include convertible notes and convertible securities in this category.) Part of this is driven by the fact that VCs who can buy into tokens for a while were spending a lot of time looking at token deals, removing some investors from the “equity market”. E.g. $200k on $3m.

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Seed Stage Valuation Convertible Security Equity 48

Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. But this is just my prediction of where I think the market is headed. I’ll be breaking this down into 2 blog posts. Part 1 (this one) is about the token-based fundraising landscape.

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Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Convertible Security 48

Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. But this is just my prediction of where I think the market is headed. I’ll be breaking this down into 2 blog posts. Part 1 (this one) is about the token-based fundraising landscape.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Convertible Security 48

Hippoland

JANUARY 23, 2018

It will be hard to raise a pre-seed round through traditional methods If you are raising money through traditional methods (such as with angels / micro VCs / VCs) via a convertible note or convertible security or equity deal, it will be a lot harder to raise pre-seed money in 2018. The market had definitely shifted.

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