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11 resources
Raising
- Pitch deck outlineTen to twelve slides in the order investors expect them, and a note on which number gets quoted in the partner meeting you are not in.DOCX · Sign in to download · Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
- Financial modelThree to five years driven off one assumptions sheet, with a downside case. Nobody believes month 47. They believe you understand what drives month 6.XLSX · Sign in to download · Seed, Series A, Series B+
- SAFEs and convertible notesRaising without setting a valuation, and the terms that decide what you actually gave away. Model the stack before you sign the next one.PDF · Sign in to download · Pre-seed, Seed
- Raise trackerEvery firm, the intro path and where each conversation stands. Built before you contact anybody, and run in parallel batches rather than in the order people reply.XLSX · Sign in to download · Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
- Data room checklistEvery document an investor asks for, the stage it should open at, and why they want it. The spine of a data room you can build before anybody requests anything.XLSX · Sign in to download · Every stage
- Diligence request trackerOne row per request, not one per investor. Records what was withheld and why, because a request you declined is a conversation you will have again.XLSX · Sign in to download · Seed, Series A, Series B+
- Investor rights agreementWhat an investor gets besides shares. Three or four clauses decide how much friction you take on, and information rights need a threshold.PDF · Sign in to download · Seed, Series A
- Term sheetMostly non-binding, and it decides almost everything. The four terms to read first, and the one binding clause that can actually hurt you.PDF · Sign in to download · Seed, Series A, Series B+
- Amended charter and preferred sharesThe new share class and the rights it carries. Run the preference stack at half your last valuation before you agree to it.PDF · Sign in to download · Series A, Series B+
- Voting, first refusal and co-saleWho controls the board and what happens when somebody wants to sell. Less discussed than valuation and it matters for longer.PDF · Sign in to download · Series A, Series B+
- Growth round data room indexThe Series B and C diligence list, three times the length of a seed one, with what each document is for and the stage to open it at.XLSX · Sign in to download · Series B+