Startups

Not every startup succeeds. The statistics are well known — the majority of venture-backed companies do not return capital to investors, and many do not survive at all. What is less well understood is …

Insurance is not the first thing most founders think about when launching a startup. It sits somewhere behind fundraising, product-market fit, and hiring — if it makes the list at all. But a single …

When a startup founder sells shares — whether in a full acquisition, a secondary sale, or an investor-led exit — the share sale agreement will contain a set of warranties and indemnities. For …

Before your Series A, your board was probably just you and your co-founder. Maybe a mentor or early angel sat in on meetings informally. Decisions happened over Slack, and nobody talked about …

Not every fundraise goes according to plan. Markets shift, milestones take longer than expected, or the metrics are not quite where they need to be for a Series A or B. When a startup needs more …

If you are raising venture capital, your term sheet will almost certainly include an anti-dilution clause. It is one of those provisions that looks innocuous on first read — a few lines about …