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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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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. 2) These cryptoinvestors are not buying tokens at the ICO Most cryptoinvestors I know are trying to buy tokens pre-ICO and often in companies who are doing token sales discreetly. They aren’t.

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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. 2) These cryptoinvestors are not buying tokens at the ICO Most cryptoinvestors I know are trying to buy tokens pre-ICO and often in companies who are doing token sales discreetly. They aren’t.

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product. This is a bit of a crap shoot, because even if a pre-seed investor is bought into you as an awesome operator, if he/she is not bought into your thesis, it will be difficult to land an investment. It could be building an early version of the product.

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product. This is a bit of a crap shoot, because even if a pre-seed investor is bought into you as an awesome operator, if he/she is not bought into your thesis, it will be difficult to land an investment. It could be building an early version of the product.