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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

#Antidilution: Sunset or Fall-Away Provisions in Antidilution Protection Clauses | Legal Ninja Snapshots

Welcome back to the Orrick Legal Ninja Snapshot! In today's fast-evolving venture capital landscape, we're seeing a new twist on an old favorite: sunset or fall-away provisions in antidilution protection. As the German VC...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

M&A Insights and Outlooks in the Packaging and Industrial Industries: A Conversation with Brett Kornblatt of Stout

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a series of conversations with M&A experts. ...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

M&A Insights and Outlooks: A Conversation with Katie Balson of Origin Merchant Partners

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a series of conversations with M&A experts....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SAFE Financing – a Deep Dive on the Evolution of the SAFE

As we’ve noted in a previous article, the Y Combinator-hosted SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) has become the investment contract of choice for startup companies that have already attracted investors. However, the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SAFE Financing – Valuation Cap vs. Discount Variants

So you decided to use a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) to raise money for your new startup – congratulations! And you’re off to a good start because you read our previous article, which summarized how to use the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Down Rounds – What Are They and How to Mitigate Litigation Risk

“Down rounds” and why they are contentious - Early-stage companies often raise capital in multiple rounds.  While founders and investors hope that a company’s valuation is on a one-way trip upwards, the next round could be...more

Mintz Edge

Insight: Important Matters to Consider When Facing a Possible Down Round Financing

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The financial press has been reporting that investors are concerned that the United States economy may be heading toward a recession. In light of this and other factors creating uncertainty in the financial markets,...more

Vicente LLP

Financing New Ventures: 10 Key Considerations to Structure an Equity Raise for a New Company

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Raising money for a company is challenging. It can be even more challenging if you haven’t been through the process before and don’t know what decisions you need to make. In this article, we will lay out ten different...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The Terms Behind Unicorn Valuations

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Background - In May 2015, we published our first survey of the terms of unicorn financings. That survey covered financings undertaken by US based unicorns in the 12 month period ended March 31, 2015, and is available...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Term Sheet Math — When Is Your 66 Percent Really 52 Percent?

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When negotiating valuation for a financing, an investor may conduct detailed due diligence and present you with a term sheet that reflects multiples, discounts, comparables, and so forth. In the end, you are negotiating for...more

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