Conversion Seed Capital Term Sheet 
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2012
Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from either. Your best strategy is to bring your own term sheet to the negotiation as a starting point. Anti-dilution protection.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from an angel, either. Your best strategy is to bring your own term sheet to the negotiation as a starting point. Anti-dilution protection. Marty Zwilling.
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Gust
OCTOBER 17, 2011
Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from either. Your best strategy is to bring your own term sheet to the negotiation as a starting point. Anti-dilution protection.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
For a traditional VC financing round structured as a sale of preferred stock, the best resources I can recommend are the Term Sheet Series by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson and Startup Company Lawyer by Yokum Taku. I’ve posted a sample convertible note term sheet on my website.) There are two principal reasons.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 15, 2013
Provide some sort of seed capital to their founders. Take a small amount of equity (usually ~6%) and overall have terms that are favorable to entrepreneurs. Not every accelerator is/could be/would be a member in GAN, nor is it designed that way. Take no less than 5 and no more than 12 companies at a time.
Business Plan Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
Raising Seed Capital. Most startup founders do not have enough capital to launch their companies and need to raise money at some point. Among the most common methods of funding used by startups when raising seed capital is “Convertible Debt Financing.” Bridge notes/loans are an example of convertible debt.
Gust
OCTOBER 5, 2011
In this installment, I’ll dig into the “how” by dissecting an example term sheet based on a real deal. For those playing at home, you may find it helpful to download the sample term sheet from my firm’s website and follow along with the commentary. These deal terms are simple but significant.
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