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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. “If you’re going to raise $1 million, my advice is to propose a convertible security, because you can get it done quickly and less expensively,” said Schmitz. Convertible Securities.

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The state of Q2 2018 pre-seed/seed-stage fundraising: Part 1 - crypto version

Hippoland

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. B) Operations costs more. I’ll be breaking this down into 2 blog posts. Part 1 (this one) is about the token-based fundraising landscape. This has become a common way for pre-seed blockchain companies to raise money.

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The state of Q2 2018 pre-seed/seed-stage fundraising: Part 1 - crypto version

Hippoland

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. B) Operations costs more. I’ll be breaking this down into 2 blog posts. Part 1 (this one) is about the token-based fundraising landscape. This has become a common way for pre-seed blockchain companies to raise money.

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

This is a bit of a crap shoot, because even if a pre-seed investor is bought into you as an awesome operator, if he/she is not bought into your thesis, it will be difficult to land an investment. 4) Lastly, with the definition of “seed” expanding, more fundraising is done on convertible notes or convertible securities.

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

This is a bit of a crap shoot, because even if a pre-seed investor is bought into you as an awesome operator, if he/she is not bought into your thesis, it will be difficult to land an investment. 4) Lastly, with the definition of “seed” expanding, more fundraising is done on convertible notes or convertible securities.