A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
Tag Venture Capital Term Sheet

Venture Capital Term Sheet Negotiation — Part 6: Voting Rights and Protective Provisions
This post is the sixth in a series giving practical advice to startups with respect to understanding and negotiating a venture capital term sheet. In the prior five posts, we provided an introduction to negotiation of the term sheet and…


Venture Capital Term Sheet Negotiation — Part 5: “As Converted” and Conversion Rights of Preferred Stock
This post is the fifth in a series giving practical advice to startups with respect to understanding and negotiating a venture capital term sheet. In the prior four posts, we provided an introduction to negotiation of the term sheet and…


Venture Capital Term Sheet Negotiation — Part 4: Liquidation Preferences
This post is the fourth in a series giving practical advice to startups with respect to understanding and negotiating a venture capital term sheet. In the prior three posts, we provided an introduction to negotiation of the term sheet…


Venture Capital Term Sheet Negotiation — Part 3: Dividends
This post is the third in a series giving practical advice to startups with respect to understanding and negotiating a venture capital term sheet. In the prior two posts, we provided an introduction to the negotiation of a venture capital…


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…