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Understanding The Valuation Cap Blog Post

You're a founder who wants to get things moving, but you need some funds. You've heard of some of the virtues of SAFEs and convertible notes, including eliminating the need...

Consider Control and Voting Rights When Making Venture Capital Deals Blog Post

Control is a critical component of every venture capital deal. Control can be used to dictate desired outcomes or, through “negative controls,” to block undesired outcomes. Negative controls are typically…

Primer on Convertible Debt Blog Post

Convertible debt is a structure with debt-like features, and converts into the issuer’s equity in certain circumstances. Our forms of Series Seed debt documents are available on Cooley GO Docs...

Negotiating Term Sheets: Focus on What’s Important Blog Post

Focus on what’s important, negotiate and resolve the important points early, get the deal closed as quickly as possible and get back to growing the company. When you receive a…

What is the Difference Between “Friends and Family”, Seed and Series A Financings? Blog Post

“Friends and family” financings: tapping your personal network Entrepreneurs often need only modest amounts of capital in the early stages to cover expenses incidental to the business. Sometimes entrepreneurs cover…

Q2 2019 Quarterly VC Update: Suranga Chandratillake on the State of Venture Capital Investing Blog Post

In conjunction with our Q2 Venture Financing Report, I sat down with Suranga Chandratillake from Balderton Capital to get his take on the state of venture capital investing. A few…

S Corporations: The Basics Blog Post

An S Corporation is the same as any other corporation except for the manner in which it is taxed. S Corporations generally do not pay United States federal corporate income…