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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. These costs make it preferable to use a convertible security for a raise of this size and to structure as equity financing if you are raising closer to $2 million.

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Convertible Debt: Worst Form Of Seed Financing — Except For All The Others

Gust

Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.” ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. A convertible note financing is not a loan in the conventional sense.

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$100,000 Autonomous Drones & Mobility Investment Challenge

Austin Startup

The challenge will occur on March 10 in partnership with Guinn Partners and the Center for Autonomous Robotics. If you win, you will receive a $100,000 investment from Capital Factory on a convertible security (see application for more details). What is the Center for Defense Innovation?

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Houston Startups can Pitch for a $50,000 Venture Investment

Austin Startup

If you win, you will receive a $50,000 investment from Capital Factory in the form of a convertible security ( see the application for more details ). They’ve recently partnered with Texas powerhouse grocer H-E-B to produce and sell bread, hot dog buns, and hamburger buns that are virtually zero carb and high in protein and fiber.

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