The Series Seed Documents were created by Ted Wang and Marc Andreessen in 2010. This set of legal documents are used to help new companies raise money from investors.

History

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Ted Wang[1] and Marc Andreessen[2] who were partners at Fenwick & West published the Series Seed Documents in 2010 to help lower the costs and barriers for startups to obtain funding.[3][4][5] An appeal of these documents is there simplicity and open source license.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Thomas, Jeff; Kosuri, Praveen; Grant, Bernice (2017–2018). "Democratizing Entrepreneurship: Online Documents, Tools, and Startup Know-How". Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law. 26: 193.
  2. ^ Rice, Bob (2013). The alternative answer: the non-traditional investments that drive the world's best performing portfolios (1st ed.). New York, NY: HarperBusiness. ISBN 978-0-06-225790-1.
  3. ^ Coyle, John (2014-12-01). "Contractual Innovation in Venture Capital". UC Law Journal. 66 (1): 133. ISSN 0017-8322.
  4. ^ Swisher, Kara (2010-03-03). "Series Seed Documents Legal Guru Ted Wang Speaks". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  5. ^ Lawton, Kevin; Marom, Dan (2013). The crowdfunding revolution: how to raise venture capital using social media. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-07-179045-1.
  6. ^ Bernthal, J. (2018-01-01). "The Evolution of Entrepreneurial Finance: A New Typology". Brigham Young University Law Review.
  7. ^ Taulli, Tom (2012), "Raising Capital", How to Create the Next Facebook, Berkeley, CA: Apress, pp. 45–62, doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-4648-0_4, ISBN 978-1-4302-4647-3, retrieved 2024-08-26
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