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So You Think You Own Preferred Stock?

It is no secret that the bulk of today's activity in the private equity sector is taken up with late rounds of financing. Typically, the VCs (ie, private equity funds, including but not limited to funds which are the incumbent in a particular company's series of preferred shares) negotiate the terms of, let's call it, the Series D round ' a so-called "follow on" round. The D Round succeeds, in point of time, the initial issuance to the following investors: common stock to the founders, friends and family and sometimes angels, followed by Series A, B and C convertible preferred shares, to the professional investors.

23 minute read September 03, 2003 at 12:39 AM
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Joseph Bartlett
So You Think You Own Preferred Stock?

It is no secret that the bulk of today's activity in the private equity sector is taken up with late rounds of financing.

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