The option pool
Why designing your option pool is important to your capital raising exercise
Deriving benefits from ESOPs
A three-part ESOP series aims to walk you through the gamut of concepts and ideas that have evolved through business cycles and the rationale for such evolution
Understanding liquidation preference
As an entrepreneur, one should not be too hung up on just valuations while negotiating with an investor. Important clauses in a term sheet, like the liquidation preference clause, require careful analysis by the promoters
Standardising the seed round term sheet
With the legal documentation process for startup entrepreneurs getting complex, a standard set of seed series financing documentation could help simplify the process to a large extent
Work around anti-dilution
The anti-dilution clause can be dealt with in a manner that best minimises its impact
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