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  2. Posts tagged: term sheets

Term Sheet Generator – WSGR

Apr

24

2009

This tool will generate a venture financing term sheet based on your responses to an online questionnaire. It also has an informational component, with basic tutorials and annotations on financing terms. This term sheet generator is a modified version of a tool that we use internally, which comprises one part of a suite of document ...
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Term Sheets

legal · term sheets

Term Sheets & Valuations – A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs): Alex Wilmerding

Dec

6

2008

Term Sheets & Valuations is the first ever in-depth look at the nuts and buts of terms sheets and valuations. The book, written by leading venture capitalist Alexander Wilmerding of Boston Capital Ventures, covers topics such What is a Term Sheet, How to Examine a Term Sheet, A Section-by-Section View of a Term Sheet, Valuations, ...
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Books

term sheets · valuation

Best Practices for Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs by Basil Peters

Oct

16

2008

Angelblog is devoted to the development of best practices for angel investors and entrepreneurs. Its goal is to facilitate profitable, fair and enjoyable interactions between angels and entrepreneurs. After being an active angel investor for about fifteen years, I realized that many of the discussions I was involved in were virtually identical to ones I’d ...
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Angel Primers

exit strategies · governance · term sheets

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

Down round financings – Harsh Founder Consequences

Aug

17

2008

A good explanation of how down rounds effect ownership for different kinds of antidilution provisions in term sheets: full ratchet, broad-based weighted-average, and narrow-based weighted-average.
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Term Sheets

down round · term sheets

Data and Trends in VC Funding

Aug

17

2008

The latest information on VC trends and deals compiled by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, one of Silicon Valley’s best known start-up legal firms. In particular, see the ‘The Entrepreneurs Report’.
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Venture Capital

deal terms · term sheets

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