Strictly Business
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Strictly Business
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Tag Term Sheet
Venture Capital Term Sheet Negotiation — Part 2: Valuation, Capitalization Tables, and Price per Share
This post is the second in a series giving practical advice to startups on understanding and negotiating a venture capital term sheet. Previously, we provided a general overview of venture capital terms sheets and some of the pitfalls a startup…
Venture Capital Term Sheet Negotiation — Part 1: Introductory Remarks
This post is the first in a series giving practical advice to startups on understanding and negotiating a venture capital term sheet. One of the most significant events in a startup company’s life cycle is raising its first round of…
Drafting Nondisclosure Agreements in the M&A Context: Consider What Will Happen When the Deal Goes South
Let’s say you’re buying a business. As a condition to receiving more information, you are required to sign a nondisclosure agreement that contains all of the usual blather. You then start to sift through the mountains of information provided (and…
