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Convertible Notes & SAFEs: Still Popular, But Terms Are Tightening

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Convertible instruments held steady in Q1 2025, but the terms are shifting in favor of investors. Interest rates on convertible notes rose by 200 to 300 basis points, and discount rates climbed as high as 10.5 percentage...more

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Convertible Notes vs. SAFEs: Choosing the Right Pre-Seed Financing Tool

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For many early-stage startups, choosing between a convertible note and a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) is one of the first critical legal and strategic financing decisions. While both instruments allow companies...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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financing Options in the Alternative Protein Industry

This article is Part B of the fifth alert in our series of alerts focussed on the alternative protein industry. While Part A provided an overview of financing options in the industry, this Part B considers a variety of key...more

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UK ‘Future Fund’ Update

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The British Business Bank has opened the application process for the Future Fund, a new fund that provides financing to UK start-ups and scale-ups in the form of a convertible loan which is invested directly by the UK...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Announces Full Details of Future Fund Scheme to Support Startups in COVID-19 Era

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The scheme opens on 20 May 2020 and is available on a “first come, first served” basis. On 18 May 2020, the UK government released a draft of its convertible loan note agreement and details of the application process for...more

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UK Announces New Funds to Support Startups in the COVID-19 Era

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The UK government is pledging at least £250 million in convertible loan notes to UK-registered businesses. On 20 April 2020, the UK government issued a press release announcing a new Future Fund scheme for the financing of...more

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Extending Your Cash Runway In A Distressed Economy: Convertible Loan Notes In The UK

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We live in unprecedented times with global lockdowns and the world economy coming to a standstill in a number of sectors and government interventions to protect income, jobs and businesses. A number of start-ups and high...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Liquidation Preference Overhang, Shadow Preferred Stock De-Mystified

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In the past few years promissory notes and SAFEs have become an increasingly popular way to fund early-stage companies. Fenwick completes hundreds of these types of financings for its clients each year and we recently...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

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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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - September, 2017 #2

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How Pro Rata Works in Venture Capital Deals - VC’s suffer from FOMO just like the rest of us. ...more

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KISSing SAFEly or SAFEly KISSing: The New Financing Instruments for Startups

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As the startup community continues to expand around the country, there is an ever-growing need to understand different ways that a company can structure early stage financing so that it can be equipped to discuss with its...more

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