Four Ways to Avoid the Confusion of Financing Documents

Four Ways to Avoid the Confusion of Financing Documents

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Emerging Company Practice Co-Chair Peter Buckland provides insight into what early-stage companies need to know about SAFEs—Simple Agreements for Future Equity—in this contributed post published on Inc.com on May 22, 2017.

Entrepreneurs often raise capital with a combination of convertible notes and an agreement called a SAFE, or Simple Agreement for Future Equity. A SAFE seems like a no-nonsense DIY solution for early-stage companies—but there's more you need to know about them than you might realize. Read the full article

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