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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. → Learn More.

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An Alternative to Board Decks Some Seed VCs Actually Prefer

View from Seed

Over the summer, based on feedback from our portfolio and the broader startup community, NextView created pre-formatted board deck templates for seed-stage startups — part of our Growth Guides series. Included in that deck was something that caught some folks by surprise.

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New Survey from Fenwick & West Looks at Angel Funding Landscape

ReadWriteStart

Since 2002, the law form of Fenwick & West has conducted a venture capital survey, a response to "the burst of the 'dot-come bubble' and a desire to provide the entrepreneurial community with objective information about the status of the venture environment." The median amount raised in preferred stock financings was $1.1

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The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

Delaware law gives preferred stock investors of a corporation certain voting rights and control over the corporation. You can also spend some time participating in relevant online communities. For Goodvidio, this meant starting with a local community. Delaware permits a single-member board of directors.

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Series Seed Documents for Early Stage Startups – V2

VC Cafe

While there aren’t many issues to negotiate in simple equity financing at that stage, there’s been some debate in the venture capital and angel community on whether startups should use series seed documents or capped convertible debt. Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement Series Seed Form SPA.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten

Inflection Community. Sample Series B Preferred Stock sample term sheets from: Kauffman Foundation and Carlton Fields Jorden Burt. Kauffman Foundation: Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers. Village Capital: Alternative Investment Strategies to Drive Inclusive Innovation. Conferences. Alternative Capital Summit.

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Model Series Seed Docs

The Startup Lawyer

The drafters are “open sourcing&# the documents so that they may be continually improved by the startup community. The board is set up to consist of 3 directors: 1 director elected by the common (founders); 1 directors elected by the preferred (investors); 1 “independent&# director (i.e., Check out the docs here.