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Re:Golden Handcuffs by oogabooga123 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:36PM (#27144885)
I’ve scored deals that can’t be diluted for X years after liquidity event, so employees should be able to as well. Don’t put people down with “you must not know what you’re talking about”.
Re:Golden Handcuffs by azinman2 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:43PM (#27144972)
You’d have to be one hell of a hire to convince anyone to agree to something that will complicate all finance rounds going forward. I cannot imagine the average employee could get away with this.
Re:Golden Handcuffs by oogabooga123 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:49PM (#27145033)
It’s as easy to imagine as it is to imagine a VC getting this kind of deal. The first employees are the ones who literally build the company and usually take far greater personal risk
Re:Golden Handcuffs by tyre on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:08PM (#27148102)
I cannot imagine a competent and well-informed founder accepting an investment on these terms. Prorata is fine for larger investors, but explicitly undilutable is idiotic.
Re:Golden Handcuffs by sokoloff on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:57PM (#27145134)
VCs can somewhat commonly get pro-rata rights in future rounds. That's quite a bit different from a guarantee of never being diluted.
Re:Golden Handcuffs by enra on Friday May 14, 2021 @12:28AM (#27150692)
Pro-rata only usually applies once. The investor has an option to retain their ownership by investing more in the next round, but only that one round. If they use it, it’s gone. If they don’t use it, it’s gone. Then they have to negotiate it again for future rounds and usually you can’t get prorata unless you are the lead investor.