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STARTUP FINANCING FROM CROWDFUDNING TO DEBT & EQUITY Tytus Cytowski, Managing Partner ICT Summit WARSAW, POLAND December 3, 2014

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STARTUP FINANCINGFROM CROWDFUDNING TO DEBT & EQUITY

Tytus Cytowski, Managing Partner

ICT Summit

WARSAW, POLAND

December 3, 2014

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TYTUS CYTOWSKI

Attorney at Law

EDUCATION

• HARVARD LAW SCHOOL (LLM)

• WARSAW UNIVERSITY (Mag Iur)

EXPERIENCE

• STARTUPS

• VENTURE FINANCING

• FUND FORMATION

ADVISOR

• STARTUPWISEGUYS (Estonia)

• DEFY VENTURES (NYC)

CLIENTS

• EU, USA

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STARTUP FINANCE

IS NOT …

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FUNDRAISING HARD WORK

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LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS

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Friends &

Family

Angel

Investment

Seed VC VC – Series A

Round Size $10 G - $100 G $100G - $1 M $500G - $1.5M $5M -$15M

Investment Size $5 G - $25G $25G - $75G $250 - $750G $3M - $5M

Valuation < $1 M $1 - $5 M $5 - $10M $10M - 25M

Stage - Idea

- B-Plan

- Full time Founders

- Detailed B-Plan- Customers,

pilot, revenue?- Legal

Documents

- Full time Founders

- Detailed B-Plan- Customers,

pilot, revenue?- Legal

Documents- Income- Next Funding- Business Model- Brake Even

- Big Client

- Growth Potential

- Income

- Angels

-Key Management

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CAP TABLE

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VALUATION

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STARTUP FINANCE - 101

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BUILD

RELATIONSHIPs/COMMUNITY

THEN… RAISE MONEY

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ART OF PRICING

RISK

STARTUP FINANCE – 101

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MORE RISK

= NEED TO

GIVE MORE

UP11STARTUP FINANCE - 101

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YO

YOU CAN SELL A LOT

OF THINGS FOR MONEY?

STARTUP FINANCE – 101

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EQUITY

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DEBT

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PRODUCTvia crowdfunding

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CROWDFUNDING

FINANCE IS EASY

WHAT ABOUT

US TAX?

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INCOME?

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NON-

TAXABLE

GIFT?

$14 G

EXCLUSION

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STATE SALES

TAX

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CONVERTIBLE

DEBT

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SAFE

KISS

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HOW DO

YOU

CONVERT

DEBT INTO

STOCK?

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DISCOUNT

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CAP

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EQUITY

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LIQUIDATION

PREFERENCE26

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SIZE

MATTERS

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SIZE OF

EQUITY

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SIZE OF EXIT

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OPTION POOL

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