- 83(b) election
Founder & employee equity
- Acceleration
Founder & employee equity
- Accelerator
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Accredited investor
Investor & fund types
- Acqui-hire
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Acquisition
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Activation rate
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Advisor
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Advisor equity
Founder & employee equity
- Advisory board
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Allocation
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Anchor investor
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Angel investor
Investor & fund types
- Angel syndicate
Investor & fund types
- Anti-dilution protection
Term-sheet economics
- Anti-money laundering
Investor diligence & data rooms
- As-converted basis
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Asset-light
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Authorised shares
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Bad leaver
Founder & employee equity
- Basic shares outstanding
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Bookbuilding
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Bootstrapped startup
Startup stages & company states
- Bridge round
Funding rounds & stages
- Broad-based weighted average
Term-sheet economics
- Burn multiple
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- CAC payback period
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Cap-and-discount
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Cap table
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Capital efficiency
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Capital intensity
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Capitalisation table
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Capped participation
Term-sheet economics
- Carried interest
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Cash balance
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Cash-on-cash return
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Clawback
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Cliff
Founder & employee equity
- Closing
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Closing condition
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Closing documents
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Co-founder
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Co-investor
Investor & fund types
- Co-sale right
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Cohort
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Cohort retention
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Commercial due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Conditions precedent
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Confidentiality provision
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Confirmatory diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Conversion
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Conversion price
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Conversion ratio
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Conversion threshold
Term-sheet economics
- Convertible note
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Convertible security
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Corporate spin-off
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Corporate venture capital
Investor & fund types
- Counsel to the company
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Crowdfunding
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Crowdfunding round
Funding rounds & stages
- Cumulative dividend
Term-sheet economics
- Customer reference
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Data room
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Data room index
Investor diligence & data rooms
- De-SPAC
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Decacorn
Startup stages & company states
- Default alive
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Default dead
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Definitive agreement
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Demand registration
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Demo day
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Development finance institution
Investor & fund types
- Diligence tracker
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Dilution
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Direct listing
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Disclosure schedule
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Discount rate
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Dissolution event
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Distribution waterfall
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Donation crowdfunding
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Double-trigger acceleration
Founder & employee equity
- Down round
Funding rounds & stages
- DPI
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Early-stage
Startup stages & company states
- Employee equity pool
Founder & employee equity
- Employee liquidity
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Employee ownership
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Employee stock option
Founder & employee equity
- Employee stock ownership plan
Founder & employee equity
- Entrepreneur
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Entrepreneur in residence
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Equity cliff reset
Founder & employee equity
- Equity crowdfunding
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Equity refresh
Founder & employee equity
- Equity round
Funding rounds & stages
- ESG due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Evergreen fund
Investor & fund types
- Exclusivity period
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Exercise
Founder & employee equity
- Exercise price
Founder & employee equity
- Exercise window
Founder & employee equity
- Exit
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Exit multiple
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Exit value
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Expenses provision
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Extension round
Funding rounds & stages
- External round
Funding rounds & stages
- Family office
Investor & fund types
- Final close
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Financial due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Financial sale
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- First close
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- First-time founder
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Flat round
Funding rounds & stages
- Follow-on investment
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- FOMO
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Founder
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Founder-led
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Founder liquidity
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Founder lock-up
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Founder-market fit
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Founder ownership
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Founder secondary
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Founder vesting
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Founding team
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Full-ratchet anti-dilution
Term-sheet economics
- Fully diluted ownership
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Fully diluted shares outstanding
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Fund manager
Investor & fund types
- Fund of funds
Investor & fund types
- Funding round
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Fundraise
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Fundraising
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- General partner
Investor & fund types
- Good leaver
Founder & employee equity
- Grant funding
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Gross burn
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Growth accounting
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Growth efficiency
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Growth equity
Investor & fund types
- Growth round
Funding rounds & stages
- Growth-stage
Startup stages & company states
- Handshake deal
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Hard commitment
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Headline valuation
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- High-growth company
Startup stages & company states
- HR due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Hurdle rate
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Impact investor
Investor & fund types
- Incubation period
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Incubator
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Information rights
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Initial coin offering
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Initial public offering
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Inside round
Funding rounds & stages
- Inspection rights
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Internal rate of return
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Investment committee
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Investor counsel
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Investor follow-up
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Investor meeting
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Investor ownership
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Investor pipeline
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Investor update
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Iteration
Startup stages & company states
- KISS
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Late-stage
Startup stages & company states
- Lead investor
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Legal due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Leveraged buyout
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Lifestyle business
Startup stages & company states
- Limited partner
Investor & fund types
- Line of credit
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Liquidation
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Liquidation preference
Term-sheet economics
- Liquidation waterfall
Term-sheet economics
- Liquidity
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Liquidity event
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Lock-up
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Magic Number
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Management buyout
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Management fee
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Management interview
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Mentor
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Merger
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Mezzanine round
Funding rounds & stages
- Micro-VC
Investor & fund types
- Milestone financing
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Minimum raise
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Momentum
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Monthly burn
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Most favoured nation
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Multiple on invested capital
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Narrow-based weighted average
Term-sheet economics
- No-shop
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Nominee
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Non-cumulative dividend
Term-sheet economics
- Non-dilutive funding
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Non-participating preferred
Term-sheet economics
- Non-qualified financing
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Opportunity fund
Investor & fund types
- Option grant
Founder & employee equity
- Option pool
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Order book
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Original issue price
Term-sheet economics
- Oversubscribed
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Ownership percentage
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Pari passu
Term-sheet economics
- Participating preferred
Term-sheet economics
- Partner meeting
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Pay-to-play
Term-sheet economics
- Phantom equity
Founder & employee equity
- Piggyback registration
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Pivot
Startup stages & company states
- Pool shuffle
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Post-money cap
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Post-money capitalisation
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Post-money SAFE
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Pre-IPO round
Funding rounds & stages
- Pre-launch
Startup stages & company states
- Pre-money cap
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Pre-money capitalisation
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Pre-money SAFE
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Pre-product
Startup stages & company states
- Pre-revenue
Startup stages & company states
- Pre-seed round
Funding rounds & stages
- Preference multiple
Term-sheet economics
- Preferred stock
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Price per share
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Priced round
Funding rounds & stages
- Private equity
Investor & fund types
- Pro rata participation
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Pro rata right
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Process letter
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Product due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Protective provisions
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Q&A log
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Qualified financing
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Qualified institutional buyer
Investor & fund types
- Qualified purchaser
Investor & fund types
- Quality of earnings
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Recapitalisation
Funding rounds & stages
- Record holder
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Red flag report
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Redemption right
Term-sheet economics
- Registration rights
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Regulation A offering
Funding rounds & stages
- Regulation Crowdfunding offering
Funding rounds & stages
- Regulation D offering
Funding rounds & stages
- Repeat founder
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Representations and warranties insurance
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Rescue financing
Funding rounds & stages
- Reserve capital
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Reserved matters
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Reserved shares
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Restricted stock
Founder & employee equity
- Return cap
Term-sheet economics
- Return multiple
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Revenue-based financing
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Reverse vesting
Founder & employee equity
- Reward crowdfunding
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Rolling close
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Round size
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Royalty financing
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Rule of 40
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- Runway extension
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- RVPI
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- SAFE
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Scale-up
Startup stages & company states
- Search fund
Investor & fund types
- Secondary sale
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Security
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Security holder
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Seed fund
Investor & fund types
- Seed round
Funding rounds & stages
- Self-funded
Startup stages & company states
- Seniority
Term-sheet economics
- Series
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Series A
Funding rounds & stages
- Series B
Funding rounds & stages
- Series C
Funding rounds & stages
- Series D
Funding rounds & stages
- Share class
Cap table, ownership & dilution
- Shutdown
Startup stages & company states
- Simple agreement for future tokens
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Single-trigger acceleration
Founder & employee equity
- Small business
Startup stages & company states
- SME
Startup stages & company states
- Soft circle
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Solo founder
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Source of wealth
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Sovereign wealth fund
Investor & fund types
- SPAC
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Spinout
Founders & startup ecosystem
- SPV
Investor & fund types
- Startup
Startup stages & company states
- Startup ecosystem
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Step-up
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Stock appreciation right
Founder & employee equity
- Strategic investor
Investor & fund types
- Strategic round
Funding rounds & stages
- Strategic sale
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Subsequent close
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Super pro rata
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Super pro rata right
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Syndicate
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Target investor
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Target raise
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Tax due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Tax election
Founder & employee equity
- Technical due diligence
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Token financing
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Top-up round
Funding rounds & stages
- Traction
Startup traction, burn & capital efficiency
- TVPI
Exits, liquidity & investor returns
- Undersubscribed
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Unicorn
Startup stages & company states
- University spinout
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Unpriced round
Funding rounds & stages
- Up round
Funding rounds & stages
- Valuation cap
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Valuation reset
Valuation & conversion mechanics
- Venture-backed startup
Startup stages & company states
- Venture builder
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Venture capital
Investor & fund types
- Venture capital firm
Investor & fund types
- Venture debt round
Funding rounds & stages
- Venture fund
Investor & fund types
- Venture studio
Founders & startup ecosystem
- Vesting schedule
Founder & employee equity
- Virtual data room
Investor diligence & data rooms
- Voting rights
Term-sheet control & investor rights
- Warm introduction
Fundraising process & investor pipeline
- Warrant
Funding instruments & exemptions
- Weighted-average anti-dilution
Term-sheet economics
- Wind-down
Startup stages & company states
- Zebra company
Startup stages & company states
- Zombie startup
Startup stages & company states