Term Sheet: Board of Directors
Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by squareroots in Governance and Control
Originally posted on Feld Thoughts “Term Sheet: Board of Directors” by Brad Feld, reposted with permission. In our series of posts on Term Sheets, Jason and I thought we’d take on a relatively easy one today. In our previous posts on Price and Liquidation Preferences, we discussed the key economic terms that VCs care about. [...]
Term Sheet: Liquidation Preference
Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by squareroots in Levers of Valuation
Originally posted on Feld Thoughts “Term Sheet: Liquidation Preference” by Brad Feld, reposted with permission. I’ve written about liquidation preferences (and participating preferred) before, as have most of the other VC bloggers (and several entrepreneur bloggers.) However, for completeness, and since liquidation preferences are the second most important “economic term” (after price), Jason and I [...]
Term Sheet: Price
Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by squareroots in Levers of Valuation
Originally posted on Feld Thoughts “Term Sheet: Price” by Brad Feld, reposted with permission. At the end of the year, I completed a financing that was much more difficult than it needed to be. As Jason Mendelson (our general counsel) and I were whining to each other we decided to do something about it. At [...]
Price per share
Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by squareroots in Graphical Examples
The key to understanding the price per share calculation is that the number of shares in the company is increased (shares are added) with each round of financing. When the pre-money valuation is set, divide it by the total number of shares (prior to financing) to calculate the price per share. To the right, we [...]
Investment Amount
Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by squareroots in Graphical Examples
The investment amount was briefly discussed in the article on pre-money valuation. However, another aspect needs to be fully understood when raising money in a competitive environment with large VC funds. This is that the pre-money valuation goes up with the amount of money raised if all other things are held constant. This is especially [...]
Pre-money Valuation
Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by squareroots in Graphical Examples
The first lever to understand is the pre-money valuation set on the company. Where does it come from? It is negotiated between the entrepreneur and investor (angel or venture capitalist). What is it based on? It depends on the stage the company is in, as well as the industry the company is entering. The simplest [...]
