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> Using a SEAL or the Indie.VC V3 terms seems more inline with how they want to run the company because it includes an instrument for investors to get an ROI wi
by PragmaticPulp 6y ago
> Using a SEAL or the Indie.VC V3 terms seems more inline with how they want to run the company because it includes an instrument for investors to get an ROI with a payback clause if you choose never to sell.
My thoughts as well, though apparently it was unnecessary as they filled the round in 24 hours despite the relatively unfavorable terms for investors.
> I’d imagine there will be almost no pressure to sell because to my knowledge, no past employees or current contractors have equity, nor do they have outside institutional investors that want a return for LPs
They did wipe out early employee equity, but this funding round does have $1mm of institutional VC investment leading it. That’s a curiously small number given the high valuation (effectively 1%) so I wonder if the VCs were more interested in leading the first big public startup investing round than the company itself. This raise is all over headlines today.
- nrmitchi 6y ago> despite the relatively unfavorable terms for investors This is a concern that I have around equity crowdfunding in general, and I hope this situation doesn't go poorly and ruin it for everyone. The terms as described here are eerily reminiscent of the Toptal story, where at the time many defending Toptal saying "VCs should have known better". Does that same defense apply to a group of individual investors who were (apparently) limited to a maximum 1k check size? There was a lot of hype around this investment, which convinced a ton of people to try to get in on it, but I'm legitimately worried that the masses don't understand the actual terms of the round