Focusing only on valuation
A high price comes with terms that take back value or control.
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Get help with Shareholder agreements & priced rounds from someone who’s done it.
Know what you are agreeing to in a priced round beyond the valuation headline. Get help with shareholder agreements & priced rounds, shaped by your business model, customers and chosen goal.
How an operator helps
Where a proper funding round quietly costs control.
A priced round brings real terms about money and control. An operator helps you see which terms matter and which are normal.
Giving away too many board seats
Investors end up deciding things founders expected to keep.
Missing payout rules
Investors get paid first in a sale, leaving founders with less than expected.
Rushing the paperwork
Pressure to close means key terms are never properly read.
What your operator works through with you
Read the offer in plain terms
What they look at
The term sheet and what each term means for you.
What they push back on
Judging the deal on valuation alone.
You leave with
A plain summary of what you are really agreeing to.
Protect founder control
What they look at
Board seats, voting and what needs investor approval.
What they push back on
Giving up decisions you will need to make quickly.
You leave with
A clear view of who controls what after the round.
Check who gets paid first
What they look at
What happens to the money if the company is sold.
What they push back on
Ignoring payout order until it is too late.
You leave with
A simple example of what each side gets in a sale.
Prepare for the lawyer
What they look at
Your questions, red lines and nice-to-haves.
What they push back on
Paying a lawyer to explain basics you could learn first.
You leave with
A short brief so legal time is spent well.
1:1 expert helpA second opinion.
A second opinion.
On your actual problem.
Bring your notes and customer signals. An operator challenges the evidence, not just the idea.
Get 1:1 adviceExplain liquidation preferences, board seats and protective provisions.
Check drag, tag, pre-emption and transfer terms.
Model ownership and control after the round.
Prepare the issues list for legal negotiation.
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Summary & takeaways
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Key takeaways
Buyers solve this today with spreadsheets and extra hours.
Three of four would pay to cut onboarding to one day.
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Action points
Draft the paid pilot offer
Interview two more buyers
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Your AI coach handles the day to day. Bring in an operator when the decision matters and the evidence is thin.
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You have received a term sheet.
Explain liquidation preferences, board seats and protective provisions.
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Investors ask for veto rights.
Check drag, tag, pre-emption and transfer terms.
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Closing documents arrive with little time to review.
Model ownership and control after the round.
Questions, answered
Before you
take the next step.
Shareholder agreements & priced rounds
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