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This funding stage typically comes before Series A and helps a startup develop its product and prove its business concept.
Difficulty: Easy- Series B
- Mezzanine round
- Seed funding
- IPO
This provision requires investors to participate in future financing rounds or lose special rights like anti-dilution protection.
Difficulty: Medium- Mandatory participation
- Commitment clause
- Pay-to-play
- Investment obligation
This SEC rule adopted in 2012 permits general solicitation and advertising for private placements, provided all purchasers are verified accredited investors.
Difficulty: Hard- Rule 506(c)
- Rule 506(b)
- Regulation A
- Rule 147
A presentation that entrepreneurs give to potential investors, typically consisting of 10-20 slides covering their business opportunity.
Difficulty: Easy- White paper
- Prospectus
- Financial statement
- Pitch deck
This return metric shows how much cash has actually been distributed back to investors, divided by capital called.
Difficulty: Medium- Cash yield
- DPI
- Realized return
- Distribution rate
This calculation methodology determines the GP's share of profits by applying carried interest only to returns above a cumulative preferred return.
Difficulty: Hard- Simple carry
- Whole fund carry
- European waterfall
- Deal-by-deal carry
When a VC firm collects money from institutional investors and wealthy individuals to invest in startups, this pool of capital is called this.
Difficulty: Easy- Slush fund
- Fund
- Treasury
- Reserve
This type of preferred stock lets investors choose between taking their liquidation preference OR converting to common and sharing proportionally.
Difficulty: Medium- Senior preferred
- Convertible preferred
- Non-participating preferred
- Simple preferred
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