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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Sep

26

2011

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley) Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR) Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet (by WSGR – disclaimer, I represent the Founders Institute and was involved ...
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Funding Documents · Preferred Stock

preferred stock · seed funding · series a

Series Seed Financing Documents

Sep

26

2011

…. I think this quote accurately captures the life-cycle of creating a simple set of documents for early stage investment. I’ve attached version 2.0 of the Series Seed Documents as well as a red-line showing the changes I’ve made from the original set.  If you peruse the red-line, you will see that there are not ...
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Funding Documents · Preferred Stock

preferred stock · seed funding · series a

Series AA Equity Financing Documents

Sep

26

2011

Y Combinator and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati are happy to announce the Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Their goal is to make angel funding rounds for startups easier for both sides. These documents were originally created for YC-funded startups to use when raising angel rounds. They seem to have worked well in trial runs ...
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Funding Documents · Preferred Stock

preferred stock · seed funding · series a

Multiple Preferred Stock Rounds | The Startup Lawyer

Dec

9

2008

You’ll see stories titled ‘Startup Raises $X Million in Y-round Financing.’ When the ‘Y’ in story is a large number, do not assume that the startup company is tanking. Instead, the startup could be gaining momentum and approaching positive cash flow….. but just needs one more round to get over the top. Rounds of financing ...
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Preferred Stock

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Redeye VC: Bridge Loans vs. Preferred Equity

Oct

26

2008

I, like most investors, have a strong point of view on the topic — and wanted to share my thoughts. In general, I have a strong preference for Preferred Equity. While there are a few circumstances where I would go with a Convertible Note (which I’ll outline later), I believe that: * Preferred equity better ...
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Convertible Notes

convertible note · preferred stock

Convertible Debt or Preferred Stock: which one is better?

Oct

11

2008

The question of whether angel investments in early stage companies should be in the form of a loan that converts (usually at a discount) into the equity, and at the valuation, of the following (usually VC) investment round, or instead in the form of Convertible Preferred stock (typical of a venture capital investment round) is ...
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Convertible Notes

preferred stock · term sheets · valuation

What is upgradeable Series A preferred stock? : Startup Company Lawyer

Sep

27

2008

Occasionally, I see a new provision in a term sheet, which keeps things interesting for me. I’ve decided to call this type of Series A preferred stock ‘upgradeable’ (after recently realizing that there are economy class plane tickets that aren’t upgradeable despite having system-wide upgrade certificates). The term sheet provides:
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