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Thoughts on cap tables, financing rounds, and legal issues around running and managing a startup.
Raising a convertible loan in times of Corona
Many companies are currently preparing to confront the bumpy months ahead, among others with convertible loans, so we wanted to share what we've learned.
Employee Stock Option and Phantom Share Plans (Pool Size, Vesting Schedule Examples)
It’s no secret that the current entrepreneurial world is dominated by startup giants from the United States. So, if European startups want to catch up, as well as stop losing talent to US companies, they have to start offering company shares to employees.
Term Sheet Negotiations: A Startup Lawyers Perspective With Nicolai Nuber from Kellerhals Carrard
This part of the Term Sheet Negotiations series brings us the last missing piece of the puzzle–the lawyer. Everything you've ever wanted to ask an extremely experienced startup lawyer can now be found in this blog.
Term Sheet Negotiations Done Right
The first part in a series of interviews and blogs, describing the clauses you should always pay attention to.
Term Sheet Negotiations: Interview with Cédric Köhler (Creathor Ventures)
The second blog in the term sheet negotiations series. Cédric Köhler answers questions about term sheets and the processes around it!
Explaining employee participation plans to employees
What are the questions employees most often wonder about? The free comprehensive guide can help you answer their questions.
Term Sheet Negotiations: Interview with Andreas Goeldi (btov Partners)
The third blog in the term sheet negotiations series. Andreas Goeldi answers questions about term sheets and the processes around it!
Term Sheet Negotiations: The Exit Story of Philipp Millar (Elohna)
So far in this series, we have introduced the basics of term sheet negotiations and asked our investors Cedric Kohler and Andreas Goeldi to share their experiences. In this post, we discuss another exciting part of a startup’s life—the exit.
Free digital signatures and scenario modeling on Ledgy
If you’re going through a financing round right now and need to model different scenarios, prepare for due diligence and sign documents, you can do that on Ledgy, for free.
Equity management, simplified and automated with Ledgy
Check out this exclusive interview with Spela, Head of Customer Experience at Ledgy, to find out how high-growth People teams are using Ledgy to simplify their equity plans
Attract and Retain Talent with Equity
The most successful high-growth companies understand the power of equity to attract talent. But what are the benefits and how do they efficiently manage it?
Employee Equity Plans: A Case for Democratising Ownership of Your Company
There is power in ownership! By leveraging ESOPs & PSOPs companies are able to offer a win-win scenario for their employees and also for the success of their company.
Convertible Notes: Real-World Examples
In the startup world, the two most widely used methods for raising funds are through equity and convertible notes. In this post, we’ll share with you real-world data from our app and some additional insights about convertible notes.
Handle Cap Table Management Like a Unicorn
How are the most successful startups managing their cap table? Let’s take a look at the importance of your company’s cap table and the power of a modern equity management platform.
Customer Spotlight: Yova
As part of the Earth Week 2021, we wanted to showcase one of our customers, Yova, that is doing their part in the fight for the climate!
Customer Spotlight: candi
As part of the Earth Week 2021, we wanted to showcase one of our customers, candi, that is doing their part in the fight for the climate!
The biggest questions about employee equity answered by Raisin, Index Ventures and Ledgy
Dominic (VP Talent at Index Ventures,) Frank (CFO at Raisin) and Yoko (CEO at Ledgy) share their experiences with employee equity and what it means to share ownership with employees.
How can digital signatures improve and speed up your equity management processes
Startups manage their equity online and digital signatures are a necessary addition.
Basics of Pre- and Post-Money Option Pools
If you are looking for more clarity on the details of pre- and post-money option pools (aka. the option pool shuffle) you just found the right resource.
Post-Money Valuation: What's the Right Way to Calculate It?
Post-money valuation is a straightforward and at the same time confusing term, because everyone can have a different formula they use to calculate it. In this blog post we discuss the different calculation methods!
Anti-Dilution Provisions: Which One Is Better for Founders?
During any investment, some of the integral parts of negotiations are provisions that protect investors from dilution in subsequent financing rounds.
Die 5-Minuten-Startup-GV in der Schweiz
Wir haben letzte Woche die allererste Generalversammlung bei Ledgy durchgeführt. In diesem Post teilen wir unsere Templates sowie unsere Learnings.
Tax on Startups’ Shares in Switzerland
A startup’s equity has a certain value and thus needs to be declared by the shareholders in their tax declaration yearly. Here’s a mini guide of how to communicate the equity’s value to your startup’s investors and employees.
Equity for Employees in Switzerland
It’s a counterintuitive fact when a company is small but believe it or not: equity is the most precious asset a startup has. If explained and used well, it can play a key role in motivating your employees to stay on the boat for the long run.
Are Numbered Shares Necessary?
Our daily business is cap tables and share registers. One topic we regularly see divide the minds in Switzerland: Is it necessary to number the shares? Let’s try to bring some light into this darkness.
Calculating a Financing Round with Convertible Loans
Investment rounds can get tricky to calculate when convertible rounds with cap and discount come into play. So let’s have a look at how that works.
