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Fired from startup, vested equity

I was recently terminated from a startup without cause, where I was one of several founders owning a decent percentage of stock. We also had an angel investor (incubator) in with us for a small ...
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Diluting stock of a company

How would one go about Diluting stock in company and what are the most common situations where dilution occurs?
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Non-Dilutable Stock for patent purchase

I currently hold a patent and I'm looking to possibly sell it to a company for 5% stake. I have interested investors in the idea, but need to move the patent into their company. The company's ...
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Unilateral equity investment by a founder

I am one of three founders (all part time) of a software start up which is still in early stages. Considerable effort has been logged even though no formal arrangements have been made. We have ...
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Non-diluting equity for founders on an early startup LLC

The CEO of a LLC early startup plans to assign non-dilutable equity to the founders. Each founder will take a small amount of equity, leaving a pool for future employees and investors. IMHO, what ...
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Questions around vesting vis-a-vis dilution, leaving a company and being fired from a company

I am just curious about vesting as against 3 things - Dilution, a Co-founder leaving, a co-founder getting fired Please assume a 2-man team with the equity split among the founder & CEO (A) and ...
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Is there another way to dilute successful startup company stock that I've never heard of?

I am a founding investor in a 3 year old startup company and own about 2.5% of the company stock. I was initially involved as a consultant but I haven't been involved for the last 1.5 yrs. The ...
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What happens to the angel's / A round investor's stake on subsequent rounds, in the Valley?

As far as I understand, when the next round happens, the startup emits new shares that are sold to new investors under newly negotiated valuation. Does this lead to the previous investor's shares ...
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How can the co-founders equity (economic and control) be protected by being diluted in excess?

How can the co-founders that hold a minority of the shares be protected against: A dilution of his equity (economic and control) triggered by the shareholders that hold a majority of the shares? A ...
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Founder Anti-Dilution Clause

We are 3 founding partners in an early stage start up. We are all good friends, and just started to negotiate an equity agreement. Our goal is to be fair, but also be fundable, as we will be ...
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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 ...
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dilution of stock options for a company going through multiple rounds of funding?

How can I have an idea of the dilution of employee stock options for a company that is going through different rounds of funding? For example, a company that has received a total of $100M funding up ...
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What is the interpretation of “full protection” here?

Excerpt from a Venture Capital book: If an investor with a $100M fund has set aside $5M to invest in a particular company over its life, what proportion of the $5M should it invest in the ...