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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Startup Company Lawyer

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

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Why You Don’t Want to Give Financial Information to All of Your Investors

Both Sides of the Table

There’s another issue I can add to your list of things to be aware of – information rights. Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more).

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Pre-Series A Startup Boards

Austin Startup

Giving someone a seat on your Board of Directors is 100x more consequential to the company than naming them an advisor. Know the difference between a Board Observer, Information Rights, and being a member of the Board of Directors. A step up from ‘information rights’ is a Board observer right.