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Are SAFEs Dangerous?

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SAFEs can be a powerful fundraising tool—but they also carry real risks to existing equity holders. For founders, the danger lies not in the document itself, but in misunderstanding its terms and consequences. ...more

White & Case LLP

Convertible bond boom opens window of opportunity for issuers

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Convertible bond issuance surged through the first half of 2025, presenting issuers with a golden opportunity to raise capital on highly attractive terms - There has rarely been a better time for companies to raise capital...more

Winstead PC

Investing in SAFE and Convertible Note Rounds: Know Your Bedmates!

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Early-stage companies often rely on Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) and convertible promissory notes to raise capital either prior to a company's first priced preferred equity round, or to raise bridge capital...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Demystifying Modern Convertible Notes - April 2024 - Revised Edition

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Issuing convertible notes has long been an attractive capital-raising option for public companies. At its most basic essence, a convertible note is a debt instrument that pays interest and principal, but also carries the...more

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5 Tips for Navigating PIPEs in the European Life Sciences Sector

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The challenging funding environment will likely prompt small- and mid-cap listed life sciences companies to seek financing through private investments in public equity. Small- and mid-cap life sciences companies typically...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

SAFEs vs. Convertible Notes – Which is Better for an Early-Stage Company?

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Our early-stage start-up clients often ask us about the difference between convertible notes and Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs). Each provides a way for companies to raise capital without the need to determine...more

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2023 Venture Capital Report

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US Market Review and Outlook - Venture capital financing and liquidity activity contracted in 2022 from the record-breaking levels of the prior year, in the face of declining equity markets, rising interest rates and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

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The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

Bailey & Glasser, LLP

[Webinar] Raising Capital & Staying Compliant: It’s Not Easy Being Green - December 9th, 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm ET

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Thanks to everyone who joined Part One of Bailey Glasser’s two-part raising capital webinar series with lawyers Michael de León Hawthorne and Carlos Duque. Part One of the webinar featured raising capital questions and...more

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Seven Investment Terms Every Entrepreneur Should Know

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Being an entrepreneur involves wearing many hats. In addition to thinking about product and design, you must also be able to speak the language of investors.   Below are some important terms every entrepreneur should know...more

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Token Presale Agreements and the ConsenSys Automated Convertible Note

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Latham & Watkins has collaborated with ConsenSys to launch the Automated Convertible Note to help startups raise capital using a traditional financing instrument with an eye toward a future distribution of tokens. In...more

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