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
7/15/2016
/ Capital Raising ,
Conversion ,
Convertible Debt ,
Early Stage Companies ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Equity Financing ,
Investors ,
Preferred Stock Financing ,
Qualified Small Business Stock ,
SAFE ,
Seed Financing ,
Startups ,
Term Sheets ,
Valuation
Only recently, we debated the merits of the SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity), an alternative funding mechanism for early-stage companies designed to replace the industry-standard convertible note financing....more