Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 27, 2020

The Players Preparing for Fundraising How to Raise Money Overview of the Term Sheet Economic Terms of the Term Sheet Control Terms Other Terms of the Term Sheet Convertible Debt The Capitalization Table Crowdfunding Venture Debt How Venture Capital Funds Work Negotiation Tactics Raising Money the Right Way Issues at Different Financing Stages Letters (..)

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Investment Bankers Term Sheet Capitalization Table Venture Capital 109

David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

I’ve often found it helpful to have on hand a simple model showing the impact of each financing stages on all team members, suitable for sharing with everyone in the company. Enter Raul: This capital table startup options valuation model was created with the purpose of valuing options for an illiquid, early-stage start-up.

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Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

OnlyOnce

JULY 18, 2011

Then as I finished reading it, I realized it’s just a great reference book even now, all these years and financings later. The Capitalization Table. How Venture Capital Funds Work. Issues at Different Financing States. Overview of the Term Sheet. Economic Terms of the Term Sheet. Negotiation Tactics.

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Term Sheet Capitalization Table Venture Capital Finance 92

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially. Investors were becoming nervous and were no longer willing to underwrite new Unicorn-level financings at the drop of a hat. This is uncharted territory.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

www.quora.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Some finance guy said "12k a month minimum" and someone replied "I must be living in abject poverty" and its true. If I grant equity to a outsourced developer for future services after his initial contract with me is delivered on, where on the capitalization table do I place him? Founder or employee?

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Equity Employee Founder Cofounder 40

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Wondering what a cap table is, its importance, and how you can maintain it to expand your business? What is a cap table? A cap table is also known as the capitalization table. This is a table that outlines the company’s capitalization. Include details of Convertible Notes on the Cap Table.

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Cap Table Pre-Money Valuation Stock Options Option Pool 112

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

At a minimum, do your own personal finance homework so you know how much salary you need to live and not spend your savings. The other factor is the "cap table" (capitalization table, or summary of who owns what stock).

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Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56

Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

They never worked with the startup who had needed to raise multiple rounds of financing. They never worked with startups who needed to put together private placement memos for investors, capitalization tables and all of those things.

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Incubator Email Startup Oregon 60

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Coats says the VC firm spent more than six years and invested millions of dollars to compile a database of key variables from more than 60,000 venture financing deals covering roughly 98 percent of all U.S. venture investments since 1987. We get what we need and put it through our analytical process,” He says. “We

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