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Ed Zimmerman: The Growing Scarcity of Series B Venture Rounds

WSJ - The Accelerators

is the primary provider of venture capital to itself and the rest of the world, the companies vying for these funds are now more global than ever. Because the U.S. If you don’t think the competition for Series B funding is very global, you need only consider very stale data from Canada.

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Second-Class Investor Citizens: Facebook’s IPO and Dual-Class Equity Structures

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By contrast, venture capital and angel investments normally take the form of Preferred Stock with rights and preferences set forth in the company’s Certificate of Incorporation and other governance documents. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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