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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. This applies if the investment converts into common stock; details are beyond this essay’s scope. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Early liquidity. Governance.

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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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What’s a Fair 409A Discount?

VC Adventure

Most boards did some level of work to determine the FMV of a company’s stock but generally options were priced between 10% and 15% of a company’s then preferred price (because common equity sits behind preferred equity there is typically a discount applied to the FMV of common stock to account for this “overhang”).

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How Startup Valuations are Driving Company Equity

ReadWriteStart

Common stock. The holding of common stock in a company indicates ownership in the corporation. Investors of common stock are eligible for : The choice of the Board of Directors. However, the holder of a warrant holds a leveraged bet on the corporation’s common shares. Preferred shares.

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How to Form a Corporation

Up and Running

Because of its popularity, Delaware is also statistically a popular state for investors to finance businesses. Finally, they will outline the next two steps we’ll discuss below: board meetings and distribution of shares. . This article will not delve into the more complex options and requirements for a corporation’s stock.

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What is Class F common stock?

Startup Company Lawyer

Adeo was focused on creating mechanisms to protect founders who may lose control of the companies they created after raising financing from investors. The current customary form of venture financing documents has not changed much since with mid-1970s when they first became widely adopted in Silicon Valley. Protective provisions.

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Convertible Note Seed Financings: Founders Beware!

Scott Edward Walker

This post is the third part of a three-part primer on convertible note seed financings. Part 1, entitled “ Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Convertible Note Seed Financings (But Were Afraid To Ask) ,” addressed the basics. Part 2, entitled “ Convertible Note Seed Financings: Econ 101 for Founders ,” addressed the economics.

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