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Down Rounds: Deal With Reality

Feld Thoughts

Sometimes, given your syndicate configuration, you have no choice but to take structure in a new round. and a bunch of other things.

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So You Wanna be a VC?

Professor VC

I can just picture Mr. Rogers saying "Children, can you say participating preferred stock with an uncapped 3x liquidation preference and a full ratchet?" When AngelList first launched syndicates a few years ago, I was very skeptical of the idea of angels taking carry on my investment. I got over it. It's great for entrepreneurs!