Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. More likely what you’ll see if you have an aggressive term sheet is “participating preferred&# stock. Tags: Startup Advice This Week in Venture Capital.

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Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

If you don’t, please educate yourself on this site, Venture Hacks and the term sheet series by Brad Feld/Jason Mendelson, among other places. If you really want to understand the nuances in venture capital financing documents, please review the NVCA model venture capital financing documents. . under $500K).

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Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Mike Markkula presenting Steve Jobs with first investment in Apple I recently watched an excellent documentary on PBS, Something Ventured: Risk, Reward, and the Original Venture Capitalists. Their response was that we should be happy they didn''t ask for a participating preference on top of the seniority.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 18, 2008

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Holiday Cards Year End Management Changes → The 3X Liquidation Preference Is Back! Let’s recap how expensive a 3x liquidation preference really is. Bookmark the permalink.

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Liquidation Preference Venture Capital Post-Money Valuation Participating Preferred 31