Download Pre Post IPO Global Offering Stats Share Cap Table Excel Spreadsheet Template
AskVenture.com pre post IPO global offering stats share cap table is available for US$9.99 only. It is a valuation model spreadsheet used by major investment banks and law firms showing the IPO offering structure of a company contemplating IPO. It is divided into three parts: 1. Offering stats at IPO (market cap, forecast earning, pe [...]
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Download AskVenture.com Professional Excel Cap Table Template (.xls)
AskVenture.com professional excel cap table is available for US$9.99 only. It’s an excel template that you can plug in your own variables and it will automatically calculate all the figures and information, and the template will generate a complete cap table for a company. It shows the capitalization of a company before and after 3 [...]
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Benefits of Investing in a Startup
Benefits of Investing in a Startup When looking at where to invest, it can be difficult to decide whether or not it is worth putting your money into a startup company. The risk is often much larger with startups, but then again, so is the return which you are likely to see should the business [...]
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What is a variable interest entity (VIE) structure for foreign investment in China (PRC)?
What is a variable interest entity (VIE) structure for foreign investment in China (PRC)? A variable interest entity (VIE) refers to a structure in which an entity established in China which is fully or partially owned by a non-Chinese company, through certain contractual or services arrangements, has control over a Chinese operating company holding the necessary licenses [...]
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What is right of first refusal (ROFR) in a venture capital (vc) financing?
In a venture capital term sheet, you’ll find a right of first refusal (ROFR) clause. This right is often given to preferred shareholders. What is right of first refusal (ROFR)? The right of first refusal is the right to acquire shares before shares are transferred to a third party. For example, if A (company founder) [...]
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What is pre-emptive right in a venture capital / private equity (vc/pe) investment?
You’ll almost always see a pre-emptive right clause in a venture capital / private equity (vc/pe) term sheet or share subscription agreement. Sometimes, pre-emptive right is also called pre-emption right or subscription right. This is a right typically demanded by vc/pe investor. What is pre-emptive right? Pre-emptive right is the right of existing shareholders to [...]
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Incorporation of a Hong Kong company limited by shares as a special purpose vehicle (spv) or holding company
Some clients I work with require the incorporation of a Hong Kong limited company in the process of their private equity, M&A or capital markets investments. I have helped a lot of clients incorporate such company which is mainly used as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) or a holding company. In this article, I discuss [...]
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Confidentiality agreement or NDA – restricted use of confidential information
This is another post on NDA. I wrote a post on return or destruction of confidential information not long ago. This post is on restricted use of confidential information. I have only a few points to make. 1. Normally, Seller will be disclosing confidential information not just to Buyer, but also to Buyer’s Representatives. Representatives [...]
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Confidentiality agreement or NDA – return or destruction of confidential information
Let’s talk about confidentiality agreement (aka non-disclosure agreement or NDA) in this post – specifically on the clause relating to return or destruction of confidential information. There may be a confidentiality clause in a term sheet, but in this post, we are focusing on NDAs. You will almost definitely see a clause relating to return [...]
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Venture capital lawyer or law firm recommendation and referral
I have written a lot of posts on this website about venture capital funding and have received a lot of emails from readers thanking me for such great help – some on the posts I wrote, on advice I gave them through emails, and on the Askventure.com cap table which they can download free from [...]
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