Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Notes: In an IPO preferred share classes are converted into common stock, and liquidation preferences and accumulated but unpaid dividends essentially go away. One can infer valuations based on per share prices of preferred stock and oustanding common shares (~5.3M as of 12/31/09). What’s Your Favorite Future?
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
Some angel investors join together in syndicates. He might also want preferred stock, meaning a specialclass of stock that has some additional rights over the common stockeveryone else has. Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time. Any city wherepeople start startups will have one or more of them.
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Professor VC
JANUARY 17, 2008
One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. One of the panelists mentioned that they have gotten very valuation sensitive (nothing wrong with that) and like to purchase preferred stock rather than invest in convertible notes.
Tim Keane
APRIL 12, 2006
We don’t like them and would prefer not to be involved. If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. If they don’t like to syndicate, or don’t have a track record of doing it, you will want to consider your options. Preferred Stock is the most usual form of investment today.
Scott Edward Walker
NOVEMBER 26, 2017
In fact, in this new fundraising environment (with syndicates on AngelList , etc.), The goal is to get one of these investors to be your “lead” or “anchor” (the one putting in the most money), who will take ownership of the deal and be there during thick and thin. your lead may be able to make the deal happen very quickly.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
You give a startup money and they give you stock. Youllprobably get either preferred stock, which means stock with extrarights like getting your money back first in a sale, or convertibledebt, which means (on paper) youre lending the company money, andthe debt converts to stock at the next sufficiently big fundinground. [
Professor VC
JUNE 6, 2016
I can just picture Mr. Rogers saying "Children, can you say participating preferred stock with an uncapped 3x liquidation preference and a full ratchet?" When AngelList first launched syndicates a few years ago, I was very skeptical of the idea of angels taking carry on my investment. I got over it.
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