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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

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Polar Bear Sightings in Death Valley: A Nevada Court Departs from Established Understanding of Conversion Rights Under a...

The common understanding of the right to convert debt to equity under a convertible promissory note has shifted following a Nevada county court ruling in Toptal v. Grosz. In the court’s motion granting partial summary...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

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

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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

Convertible Notes, Accelerated Share Repurchases and Other Equity-Linked Instruments: Challenges and Opportunities in 2023

Increased volatility and reductions in asset values in the equity markets, coupled with rising interest rates and a slowing macroeconomic environment, have affected a wide range of equity-linked products. Continuation of...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

Cooley LLP

Blog: Convertible Notes in Southeast Asia and India – What Founders Should Know

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Often viewed as a quick interim source of funding until the next round of equity financing, convertible notes have become ubiquitous in Southeast Asia and India for many early-stage and even late-stage companies looking to...more

Goodwin

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

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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

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

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

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

Locke Lord LLP

What Every InsurTech Entrepreneur Should Know About Convertible Promissory Notes and SAFE Agreements

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You have a strategic plan; You have an MVP; You have a Team; and You have an Investor! Both you and the Investor believe in the potential of the Entity. What the exact “potential” is, however, still a matter under...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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