Re:Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes
by vasilipupkin on Friday December 06, 2013 @01:52PM
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So, since there is no qualifying event, investors could get stuck without any ownership for a while. for YC this is most likely a non-issue, but most other investors won't be able to, thus providing YC with a bit of extra edge in attracting great entrepreneurs. Fair assessment ?
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Re:Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes
by ksar on Friday December 06, 2013 @01:55PM
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Not necessarily. The 'caps' on these warrants are likely to be lower to compensate investors.
Re:Announcing the Safe, a Replacement for Convertible Notes
by clevy on Friday December 06, 2013 @02:55PM
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A company that never has one of the qualifying events is likely to be an extreme corner case. So an investor could end up holding a safe for a while, but for the vast majority of companies, there will be a financing or a merger / acquisition at some (or an IPO).