Early Stage Finance Ratchet Revenue 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Your A round?
Gust
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs.
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Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing. Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. . First , dividends.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially.
Rob Go
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
This is happening because many series A investors are not really investing in early stage companies any more. In fact, many of these investors are not just looking for early product/market fit, but for meaningful scale and growth. Our prediction in October was that this is not a sustainable situation for the early stage market.
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