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When SAFEs Get Complicated: Hidden Pitfalls in Early-Stage Financing

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Last month, a startup’s Series A nearly fell apart when investors and founders realized their different calculation methods produced a $750,000 variance. The culprit was not deception or bad faith, but rather a complex...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Founder Series: Top Tips on Raising Bridge Financing

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Convertible securities such as simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs), advance subscription agreements (ASAs) and conventional convertible loan notes (CLNs) are increasingly used as agile and flexible funding...more

Allen Matkins

Life Sciences Real Estate Update - 2.08.23

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Last year’s solid venture capital investment in life sciences was, as expected, focused on the big three markets of San Diego, Boston, and San Francisco. But as a recent Cushman & Wakefield report found, emerging markets saw...more

Opportune LLP

Accounting Considerations For Bridge Loans

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Startup companies progress through various stages of raising outside capital as they grow. This often starts with seed funding from founders and/or angel investors, progresses into various rounds of equity financing rounds...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Considerations for Startups Converting an LLC to a Corporation

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There are many reasons a startup should begin its life as a C corporation, and yet it is not uncommon for founders to start their companies as LLCs. Founders often believe it is simpler to begin operations as an LLC and that...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Convertible Debt Terms - Survey of Market Trends - 2019/2020

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The convertible debt market has remained remarkably stable over the last 15 months, despite considerable economic uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fenwick’s latest Convertible Debt Terms – Survey of Market Trends...more

Cozen O'Connor

The Ins and Outs of Convertible Debt

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Congratulations! Your startup has developed a viable product that you are ready to test in the market. But you need some early money to fund this critical phase! Convertible debt can allow a startup to raise money with more...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Convertible Debt Terms - Survey of Market Trends - 2018/2019

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In this report, we compile market data on convertible debt terms based on an analysis of over 100 issuer-side convertible debt transactions deals handled by Fenwick over the 15-month period from January 1, 2018 to March 31,...more

McCarter & English, LLP

An Emerging Trend in Early-Stage Company Financing? – After Years of Growing Ubiquity of Convertible Notes, a Return to Priced...

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After years of increasing acceptance of and reliance on convertible note financings as a mechanism for funding early-stage companies, we have noted a clear emerging trend away from such transactions (and others like them,...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Anatomy of a Term Sheet: Series A Financing (Q2 2016)

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A key milestone in the lifecycle of many successful companies (and, admittedly, many unsuccessful companies) is obtaining financing from angel or venture capital investors, but in negotiating with experienced investors...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Unlocking the SAFE – An Alternative to Convertible Notes

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With the increasing level of investment in emerging companies, entrepreneurs are being presented with a wider range of financing documents. One of the relatively newer financing instruments is the “SAFE” (simple agreement for...more

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