Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist

Take your startup fundraising knowledge to the next level with Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist, the practical guide to understanding the venture capital deal process from Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson, co-founders and driving forces behind Foundry Group.

How do venture capital deals actually come together? This book provides entrepreneurs with a practical look at the inner workings of VC financing, from understanding term sheets and negotiating investment terms to navigating seed funding and later-stage financing.

Drawing on their experience with hundreds of venture capital financings, Feld and Mendelson explain complex concepts in an accessible way and provide real-world insights into venture capital structure, strategy, negotiations, and relationships between entrepreneurs and investors.

What's New in This Edition?

This extensively updated edition reflects changes in today's startup and entrepreneurial environment, with revised coverage of:

• Venture capital negotiations

• Gender issues

• ICOs

• Economic and investment terms

• Startup fundraising strategies

New chapters explore additional topics, including:

• Legal and procedural considerations in fundraising

• Bank debt

• Equity financing

• Convertible debt

• Hiring an investment banker to sell a company

• Additional considerations involved in venture transactions

Key Features

• Explains the venture capital term sheet in practical terms

• Provides insights into VC deal structures and investment strategies

• Explores effective negotiation approaches

• Covers startup funding from seed rounds through later stages

• Helps entrepreneurs understand relationships between founders and investors

• Draws on extensive real-world venture capital experience

• Updated content reflects current startup and financing considerations

• Explains commonly misunderstood aspects of capital funding

• Useful for entrepreneurs, investors, lawyers, and students

What You'll Learn

Readers gain insight into:

• How venture capital deals are structured

• How to understand and evaluate term sheets

• Key considerations when negotiating with investors

• Different forms of startup financing

• Equity and convertible debt

• Bank debt and fundraising considerations

• Legal and procedural aspects of VC transactions

• How entrepreneurs and investors can build productive relationships

• Considerations involved in selling a company

Ideal For

Venture Deals is a valuable resource for:

• Startup founders and entrepreneurs

• Aspiring venture capitalists

• Investors

• Startup advisors

• Corporate and startup lawyers

• Business students

• Entrepreneurship instructors

• Professionals involved in venture financing

Product details

Whether you're preparing for your first fundraising round or looking to deepen your understanding of venture capital, Venture Deals provides practical insight into the structures, terminology, negotiations, and processes that shape startup financing.

Add this essential venture capital and startup fundraising guide to your business library today.