Venture Financings
Venture Financing Counsel for Startups and Investors
For startups, founders, venture-backed companies, investors, and funds navigating SAFEs, convertible notes, priced rounds, side letters, investor rights, allocation questions, and financing diligence.
Based in New York. Working with clients across the U.S. and internationally.
How Jason Helps
Advise companies and investors on SAFE rounds, convertible notes, priced equity rounds, side letters, pro rata rights, and closing mechanics.
Translate financing terms into ownership, governance, diligence, and closing consequences before everyone is racing toward signatures.
Help reconcile the cap table, investor rights, financing documents, and business expectations.
Where This Fits
When to Reach Out
- You are raising or investing through a SAFE, note, priced round, bridge financing, or insider round.
- You have multiple SAFEs, side letters, pro rata rights, MFNs, or investor promises that need to be mapped before closing.
- You need company-side or investor-side counsel who understands both the documents and the commercial pressure of a live round.
Representative Work
- SAFE, note, seed, Series A, bridge, and extension financing support.
- Side letters, pro rata rights, information rights, MFNs, and investor-rights matrices.
- Cap table modeling support, diligence cleanup, approvals, waivers, and closing process management.
- Company-side and investor-side financing negotiation and documentation.
FAQ
Are SAFEs simple enough to handle without counsel?
A single standard SAFE may look simple at signing, but multiple SAFEs, different caps, side letters, pro rata rights, and later priced rounds can create real economics and governance issues.
What should founders clean up before a priced round?
Founders should collect SAFEs, notes, side letters, approvals, option records, investor rights, and cap table support before diligence becomes time-sensitive.
Can Jason represent investors as well as companies?
Yes. Jason works on both company-side and investor-side venture financing matters, subject to conflict checks and engagement terms.
What is the practical issue with side letters?
A side letter is not a side issue. It can affect allocation, information rights, governance, diligence, and future financing strategy.
Contact
Discuss a potential matter.
Email Jason or schedule an intro to talk through what you are building, financing, negotiating, buying, selling, or cleaning up.