All memos tagged #investor-relations

A liquidity event is a critical transaction that allows investors (holders of Preferred Shares) and employees (holders of Common Shares) to convert their illiquid equity stakes in a private company...

Liquidation preference is a crucial contractual right granted to holders of Preferred Shares—typically venture capital investors—that determines the order and amount of proceeds they receive in a...

Preferred shares are a class of equity granted primarily to investors—such as venture capitalists—when they finance high-risk startup companies. Unlike Common Shares, which are typically held by...

Lines, Not Dots — a principle popularized by Mark Suster — asserts that investors will more readily invest in founders, teams, and organizations who have shown trajectory — perceived as lines— than...