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There are many terms used in terms sheets but there are only a few that have a significant impact.

Here are the key ones:

– Liquidation Preference — a liquidation preference gives the shareholder their initial investment back first, before splitting the rest of the proceeds.

– Non-Participating Preferred — the investors receive preference over the common shareholders.

– Anti-Dilution — investors retain their ownership percentage through subsequent rounds of funding.
If they maintain their full ownership, then this is called Full-Ratchet Anti-Dilution.

– In a Weighted Average Anti-Dilution, the founders get diluted but not as much.

– Pay to Play — a pay-to-play clause incentivizes investors to continue investing in subsequent rounds. If not, they lose some portion of their ownership stake.

– Warrants — a security that gives the holder the right to buy stock over a certain timeframe and at a specific price.

These are key terms to look for in a terms sheet.

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