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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part I

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For a traditional VC financing round structured as a sale of preferred stock, the best resources I can recommend are the Term Sheet Series by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson and Startup Company Lawyer by Yokum Taku. I’ve posted a sample convertible note term sheet on my website.) There are two principal reasons.

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Convertible Debt: Worst Form Of Seed Financing — Except For All The Others

Gust

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? Convertible equity? ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. .” For a comprehensive tutorial with sample term sheet, see my prior series here at Gust.)

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