Founders, Entrepreneurs and Startups

Five Most Important Things Your Founders’ Agreement Has to Include

July 16, 2023August 31, 2022 by Yair Udi, Adv.

Founding a company is a lot like getting married. During the honeymoon period, everything looks promising for the newlywed couple, but as the relationship evolves, complexity and tension become more familiar to them, and issues like property, money, and children become magnified. People try to solve these issues by putting pre-nup agreements in place. A … Read more Five Most Important Things Your Founders’ Agreement Has to Include

Understanding ASP Loophole

July 16, 2023August 30, 2022 by Yair Udi

The GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) is part of the GNU GPL family which includes Lesser General Public License and General Public License (GPL) v2, and GPL v3 as well. These licenses were developed by Richard Stallman and they aimed at not only protecting the rights of creators by allowing them to keep their software open … Read more Understanding ASP Loophole

D&O INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS

July 16, 2023August 30, 2022 by Yair Udi

Directors and Officers Indemnification Agreements intend to cover liabilities the covered persons may suffer as a result or in connection with their decisions and actions, as directors or officers of a company. Directors and Officers in a company are responsible for performing certain duties, and acting in a way that favors the company over their … Read more D&O INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENTS

Liquidation Preference: Meaning and difference between “participating” and “non-participating” liquidation preference

July 16, 2023July 13, 2022 by Yair Udi

Investors purchasing preferred stock, usually demand to have a liquidity preference mechanism, whereby their purchased stock is being cashed out on preferred terms, in the event of an M&A, or liquidation of the Company. Preference provisions serve as a hybrid mechanism, combining equity and debt concepts. Although preferred shares are, at the end of the … Read more Liquidation Preference: Meaning and difference between “participating” and “non-participating” liquidation preference

Right of Co-Sale

July 16, 2023July 5, 2022 by Yair Udi

Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement is one of the standard transaction agreements executed in the framework of a US based startup’s financing round, based on the NVCA templates. This agreement envisages different rights, the two key being a right of first refusal, and a co-sale right. We discussed the right of first refusal … Read more Right of Co-Sale

Purpose of Valuation Cap in SAFE

July 16, 2023June 27, 2022 by Yair Udi

SAFE is an agreement used by startups mainly to raise funds during their seed financing rounds. By using a SAFE, investors invest capital in the company, which converts into equity upon certain trigger events, most commonly a subsequent financing round. A SAFE could contain investor-“friendly” economic mechanisms, such as discount and valuation cap, the first … Read more Purpose of Valuation Cap in SAFE

No Shop Provision in Term Sheet and its Implications

July 16, 2023June 19, 2022 by Yair Udi

A term sheet outlines the rights and obligations of parties involved in private equity transactions. Generally speaking, most term sheets being provided by venture capital firms or potential acquirers are non-binding, with only two provisions considered to be binding upon the transacting parties – confidentiality and no-shop (also referred to as “exclusivity”). There are important … Read more No Shop Provision in Term Sheet and its Implications

Why Breakup Fee clauses needed in M&A transactions?

July 16, 2023June 8, 2022 by Yair Udi

Breakup fee clause, also known as “termination fee” clause, is often included in the Letter of Intent, a Memorandum of Understanding, a Term Sheet or other preliminary documents involved in Mergers and Acquisitions transactions (M&A). Although, as a general rule, M&A’s letters of intent tend to be non-binding in nature, the breakup fee clause is … Read more Why Breakup Fee clauses needed in M&A transactions?

What are Protective Provisions (or veto rights), why do investors insist on having them and how founders should negotiate them?

July 16, 2023June 1, 2022 by Yair Udi

Protective provisions or veto rights are usually granted to the preferred stockholders (stockholders’ purchasing preferred stock) and they allow them to exert power to approve or disapprove specific decisions or actions taken by the company that could have an adverse impact on their investment, or any matter considered to be material. These rights usually serve … Read more What are Protective Provisions (or veto rights), why do investors insist on having them and how founders should negotiate them?

Benefits of SAFE for Startup Founders

July 16, 2023May 26, 2022 by Yair Udi

Simple Agreement for Future Equity, also known as SAFEs, is an agreement mainly (but not only) used by founders to raise capital during the early stages of the startup. SAFEs are considered as an alternative to the established convertible note structure. It provides the advantages of convertible debt minus its disadvantage, in order to simplify … Read more Benefits of SAFE for Startup Founders

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