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Funding

An employee option pool funds future equity grants, but its size and pre- or post-money treatment determine who absorbs dilution.

By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago

Pro rata rights let an existing startup investor buy into a later round to preserve its ownership percentage.

By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago

A data room is a controlled repository for confidential company records used in fundraising and other diligence-heavy transactions...

By Marcus Adeyemi 1 month ago

A 409A valuation sets a defensible fair-market-value reference for private-company option prices, separate from a startup’s headli...

By Marcus Adeyemi 1 month ago

A capitalization table shows who owns a startup, which securities they hold and how fundraising can change the percentages.

By Ingrid Halvorsen 1 month ago

A practical SEO audit starts with a baseline, then sorts technical, content and backlink findings into a measured remediation plan...

By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago

Investors reportedly see a $2 trillion Anthropic IPO, but the figure is a revenue-based thesis, not a company-set target.

By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago

AMD is reportedly marketing $4 billion to $5 billion of investment-grade notes, with final size dependent on demand.

By Ingrid Halvorsen 2 months ago

Databricks closed a $5 billion round at a $190 billion valuation, six months after a $134 billion financing.

By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago

Kalshi is reportedly discussing a $750 million-plus round at a $40 billion valuation, though the financing and lead investors rema...

By Marcus Adeyemi 2 months ago

Former carpenter Sarah Buchner turned construction’s fragmented paperwork into Trunk Tools, which raised a $40 million Series B in...

By Ingrid Halvorsen 2 months ago

CodeRabbit raised $143 million from Atomico and Smash Capital to expand its AI code-review platform and enter more overseas market...

By Ingrid Halvorsen 2 months ago