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It looks like your convertible note math is off. Given the $1M minimum trigger, the $100K note will not equal 10% of the company unless we plug in absurd numbe
by leelin 12y ago
It looks like your convertible note math is off. Given the $1M minimum trigger, the $100K note will not equal 10% of the company unless we plug in absurd numbers ($100K premoney Series A with a note discount).
Based on this Quora answer, the cap is $3M with a 20% discount. http://www.quora.com/What-are-Techstars-convertible-notes-terms http://www.quora.com/What-are-Techstars-convertible-notes-te...
Say you raise $1M on a $3.9M pre-money. The $1M investors wind up with almost 20% (a little less because the note investors pay the $3M price), the note investors about 2.6% (they get $130K worth of Series A plus interest), and the remaining ~77.4% is your former cap table, including TechStars, diluted by the $1M and note conversion.
- tptacek 12y agoIs the point here that Techstars "7-11% equity" claim is accurate given the range of possible valuations for their convertible note? Or is it just that it's not as inaccurate as the post claims?
- seats 12y agoThe quora post is correct (note is a 100k convertible 3 mil - 5 mil cap, 20% discount). It appears that the OP misunderstood the terms.