Investment

Are you a pre-revenue startup planning to raise funds? Then this blog post is a perfect fit for you because understanding your valuation is a key first step. It’ll boost your fundraising confidence, help you impress your investors and prepare you for future funding rounds.

Getting new funds can be complicated as it is. Make it easier by understanding all the legal lingo with our investment vocabulary that anyone can understand.

Valentine’s Day may be over, but when it comes to fundraising, there’s still one love letter that matters—your disclosure letter. Done right, it protects you, builds trust with investors, and keeps your deal on track. Let’s dive in.

With winter on our doorsteps, it’s the perfect time to give your startup a quick checkup. Take a closer look at your finances and legal documents to make sure everything’s in order before the year’s final stretch. Coincidentally, that’s what due diligence is all about too. Let’s dig a little deeper!

With Halloween just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to face your fears. Arguably, understanding legal terms can be a nightmare. That’s why we’re back with a new edition of our newsletter dedicated to turning legalese into a language people actually speak. And today's focus is: ESOP pool.

Bad news? Summer's almost over. Good news? We’re back with a new edition of our newsletter. Today, we’re highlighting another key investment term: founder lock-up. We bet you heard about it, but do you know why it’s so important for both founders and investors? Let’s get started.

Did you make it through April Fools’ Day unscathed? Good. No fooling around here - we’re all about clarity. Let’s use that spring energy and dive into some new investment-related topics, shall we? This issue of our newsletter explores another crucial fundraising terms: drag-along and tag-along rights.

The pulse of the startup ecosystem never slows down and neither should you! Keep mastering important legal terms with our newsletter. Today, we're diving into a subject that's often discussed and even more often misunderstood: equity dilution.

We’ve reached the final step in our investment journey: closing. Over the past few months, we’ve unpacked everything from term sheets to liability clauses, and now it’s time to bring it all together.

The days are getting longer, the air feels lighter, and everything is coming back to life. If fundraising is on your to-do list, now’s the time to tidy up your investment agreements. Just like spring cleaning, a little attention now can save you from headaches later. So let’s dive into condition precedent and subsequent.

Autumn is often a very challenging season - and this year especially. One thing that isn’t changing is our commitment to explaining complex legal constructs in simple terms. Today, we’re talking about another key piece in the fundraising puzzle: board composition clauses.

Time for the last newsletter in this quarter! We know things are busy over there, so we’ll keep this one extra short. Today, we’re discussing another two investor rights that you’re bound to spot in an investment term sheet - call options and put options.

Startups can issue different types of shares connected with a wide array of rights and obligations. Let's dive into the difference between common shares and preferred shares together.

Summer is in full swing, but the business world is still abuzz. As usual, we’re here to help you understand basic legal terms for startups so you’re always one step ahead. Today, we’re looking at another piece of the investment puzzle: deciding between convertible loans and equity financing.

Hi there and welcome to the first edition of our newsletter that will give you your regular dose of legal know-how to make your life as a startupist easier. Today, we’ll start with the very first step in any investment process - the cap table.