Valentina Podda·Aug 6🧩 Cos’è un Term Sheet e perché ogni founder dovrebbe capirlo prima di firmarloQualche anno fa, un founder mi chiamò nel panico: aveva appena firmato un term sheet per il suo primo round di investimento, e solo dopo si…
InMentionFoxbySaul Fleischman: MentionFox, FoxAPIS, RiteKit·Jul 23The Founder’s Field Guide to Vetting an InvestorYou are about to let someone into your company for the next decade. You have spent, what, a few hours with them across a handful of…
InStartup ScenesbyGaurav Yadav·Jul 14We Took A Startup To An Acquisition In Just 1 Year, Then Our Equity Contract Changed…After 15-hour workdays and a $300 Mn acquisition, a clause that kept us hanging.
Prasannakedia·Nov 17, 2025The Handshake After the Pitch: A Founder’s Guide to the Term SheetI’ll never forget that rush. After weeks of pitching, long nights, and second-guessing every move, an investor finally said, “We’re in…
Akhil Mishra·Nov 5, 2025Term Sheets Decoded — Founder-Friendly Clauses That Preserve OptionalityA term sheet is the architecture of the deal; the words you accept here shape control, dilution and exit economics for years, so treat this…
Jonathan Tower·Sep 29, 2025Founder-Friendly Is Ending: Why VC Terms Are Getting Aggressive AgainIn the last decade, “founder-friendly” became the default posture for many venture capital firms. It was a slogan, a brand promise…A response icon2A response icon2
Arvind Jha·May 21, 2025How Not To Invest aka How To Not Invest — The Good, The Bad, The UglyI recently had a new kind experience with a first time “angel” investor who has long-standing experience in finance functions at different…
InEntrepreneurial ResolutionsbyAugustin Sayer·Mar 26, 2025Demystifying Startup Term Sheets for FoundersWhen I raised my first round of funding as an entrepreneur, I remember staring at a term sheet full of legal jargon and feeling completely…
James Gairdner·Jan 13, 2025Beyond the term sheetRaising capital is often seen as a critical milestone for any startup. The success or failure of fundraising rounds can determine the…
Ash Rust·Sep 19, 2024Don’t Wait for a Term SheetWhen you think you’re close to getting a term sheet or you have a VC who says one is imminent, it’s very tempting to stop meeting with…A response icon1A response icon1
