Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million
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NOVEMBER 4, 2011
In brief, a cap acts to place a limit on the conversion price of a convertible note such that investors are guaranteed a minimum number of shares for their bridge loans if the startup does a priced equity round at a high pre-money valuation – “high” meaning above the cap, which is often a heavily negotiated term. (The
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