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I am looking for a simple investor agreement for a convertible note

Our self-funding is running out within 2 months and we are probably a month to 4 months away from revenue. We hope we won't need financing, but we have to be prepared. I've already spoken with a ...
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term sheet vs convertible note

I have been talking to the people in angel circles and it seems that everyone takes only term sheets; and convertible notes are almost like an insult. My questions is: when I can start offering ...
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Question about convertible notes

When a startup uses a convertible note to raise funding and the note is convertible upon closing of Series A round. Can the startup just pay back the money? Even if there's no mention of buy back in ...
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Seed Stage - Structuring Convertible Note With Cap

I am looking to raise roughly 30k for product development-marketing in the launch of a tech startup. I will be raising the money primarily from people I know with a few contacts that I don't. They ...
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stock options or convertible notes?

I will be joining as a senior developer on a startup and I will be working 20 hours a week remotely. I have a day job which pays my bills now. The company is not funded yet so we will not be given ...
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Can S Corporations issue convertible notes/debt?

I was reading this answer and am a little confused - how is convertible debt precluded by being an S corp? (rather than C corp) Is this just an overstatement? I understand that one typically would ...
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How have you gone about creating your convertible note?

My startup company has put together a group of friends and family investors who will be investing in the form of a convertible note. I've done quite a bit of research on convertible notes, but am ...
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What business structure should I have if I want to offer convertible debt notes?

I'm thinking about forming a single-member LLC (in the US), but I've never done convertible debt notes (bonds) before, so I don't know what impact that would have on my business structure. Is there ...
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Can you issue a Convertible Note to be converted prior to series A?

Situation: Closed initial kick-start seed investment with angel investor. Deal was done on an equity basis equaling a postmoney valuation of 400k. Have a few FFF who would like to invest small ...
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Reached verbal agreement with angel for convertible note - questions about typical loan period interest rate

We've done this a little differently than what I've been reading about in that we actually placed a valuation on the company (based pretty much on the work that has been done and the effort it would ...
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When one of three founders add a capital round alone, how should he be compensated? Note or Equity

We have a startup with 3 co-founders each having 33.3% of the company. So far we have raised 100k internally and split it 3 ways. Now we wanted to raise another 100k round internally. If one founders ...