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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

Both Sides of the Table

This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called “ convertible equity.” My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly.

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3 Ways To Make In-House Filing Less Taxing

YoungUpstarts

If your startup is eyeing international expansion early on, your tax compliance and planning needs, both home and abroad, immediately ratchet up. It’s almost impossible for a business owner to keep up with all the international and multistate tax regulations, mergers and acquisitions issues, and equity compensation happenings.

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In Q4 2022, founders face tough choices

VC Cafe

On the one hand, the prices have come down as a result of the public market multiples, resulting in some funds investing in public equities as they see it as an opportunity to buy low. That means that investors are contractually demanding to get 2-5x their investment, before other share classes get paid. of VC deal count and 45.1%

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

The investors and the entrepreneurs are – or should be – aware that the price of the company’s equity is set by the market – in simplest terms, what an informed buyer is willing to pay.   Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

In Silicon Valley boardrooms, where “growth at all costs” had been the mantra for many years, people began to imagine a world where the cost of capital could rise dramatically, and profits could come back in vogue. Moreover, once high-flying startups began to struggle on the fundraising trail. ” Go public.

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