💜 Funding and ownership

Raising capital, splitting equity, and understanding investor language.

All 🌱 Foundations and validation 🎯 Market and competition 🛠️ Business models and product 📣 Marketing and growth 📊 Business metrics and cash 💜 Funding and ownership 🧾 Finance and accounting 🏦 Banking and investing 🧮 Tax ⚖️ Legal and compliance 👥 People and operations 🌍 Economics and trade

Financing Flotation Flotation cost Follow-on offering Friends and family round Full ratchet Fully diluted shares Fully vested Going private Going public Good leaver Graded vesting Grant Grantee Greenmail Gross spread Hands-off investor Holder of record Hostile bid Hostile takeover In-house financing Initial public offering (IPO) Inorganic growth Institutional investor Investment thesis Investor Investor relations Issue Issued shares Issuer Joint venture (JV) Junior debt Lead investor Letter of intent (LOI) Leveraged buyout (LBO) Leveraged employee stock ownership plan (LESOP) Limited partner (LP) Liquidation preference Lock-up agreement Lock-up period Love money Majority shareholder Management buyout (MBO) Merger Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) Mezzanine financing Minority shareholder New issue No-shop clause Non-accredited investor Non-dilutive funding Non-qualified stock option (NSO) Open offer Option pool Ordinary dividends Ordinary shares Oversubscribed Owner financing Paid-in capital Paid-up capital