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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

Sharing these pricing expectations early with potential lead investors fundamentally qualifies your conversations, but it also runs the risk of prematurely losing a potential financing partner, or else it can reduce options to maximize your fundraise outcome. Building a startup and currently in the seed stage?

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s true that Angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an Angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. Anti-dilution protection.

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A Primer on Angel Investment ‘Simple Term Sheets’

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. Anti-dilution protection.

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That convert you raised last year is a part of your cap table

VC Adventure

When it comes to convertible debt, I’ve had a few instances recently where “out of sight, out of mind” has created some misunderstandings around deal structures. of the pre-money is actually the debt conversion). Seemed like a good topic to cover here.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

Gust

It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. Anti-dilution protection.

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Signaling Pricing Expectations Early in Seed Investment Discussions

Genuine VC

Sharing these expectations early in potential lead investor discussions fundamentally qualifies the conversations, but it also runs the risk of prematurely losing a potential financing partner or reducing options to maximize a financing process outcome.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

I’ve been looking for suggestions for an initial deal structure that is appropriate for the theoretical case of a trusted dev shop putting in $100k in market-value of services over a 6 month period in time. on top of that often results in conversations and incentives that are difficult to overcome, especially early on in a company.