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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. “If you’re going to raise $1 million, my advice is to propose a convertible security, because you can get it done quickly and less expensively,” said Schmitz. Convertible Securities.

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What early stage fundraising in 2018 looks like?

Hippoland

It will be hard to raise a pre-seed round through traditional methods If you are raising money through traditional methods (such as with angels / micro VCs / VCs) via a convertible note or convertible security or equity deal, it will be a lot harder to raise pre-seed money in 2018. Cons: Slow. Power is in the hands of investors.

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What early stage fundraising in 2018 looks like?

Hippoland

It will be hard to raise a pre-seed round through traditional methods If you are raising money through traditional methods (such as with angels / micro VCs / VCs) via a convertible note or convertible security or equity deal, it will be a lot harder to raise pre-seed money in 2018. Cons: Slow. Power is in the hands of investors.

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The state of Q2 2018 pre-seed/seed-stage fundraising: Part 1 - crypto version

Hippoland

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. In many cases, you need a community of users already (in addition to a product) in order have a successful token sale. And as an app, I would get a full v1 product and start pulling together community.

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The state of Q2 2018 pre-seed/seed-stage fundraising: Part 1 - crypto version

Hippoland

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. In many cases, you need a community of users already (in addition to a product) in order have a successful token sale. And as an app, I would get a full v1 product and start pulling together community.

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

It could be building an early version of the product. And/or getting your first set of customers. Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product. Ex-Google product executive raises $4m seed round.” I’m now seeing more rounds get done with convertible notes and securities for much longer.

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

It could be building an early version of the product. And/or getting your first set of customers. Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product. Ex-Google product executive raises $4m seed round.” I’m now seeing more rounds get done with convertible notes and securities for much longer.