# Fundraising and equity

Every entry in Fundraising and equity on the Tulsa Ecosystem Map. Tulsa entries first, then by connections.

- [Venture capital](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/venture-capital): Money that professional investment firms put into young companies in exchange for equity.
- [Non-dilutive funding](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/non-dilutive-funding): Money a company receives without giving up any ownership.
- [Equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equity): Ownership in a company.
- [Grant](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/grant): Money given for a stated purpose that does not have to be repaid and does not buy any ownership.
- [Pitch deck](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-deck): A short slide presentation that explains your business to investors: the problem, your solution, who it is for, your traction and what you…
- [Small business loan](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/small-business-loan): Money a business borrows and must repay with interest.
- [Board of directors](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/board-of-directors): The group that a corporation's shareholders elect to oversee the company.
- [C-corp](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/c-corp): C corporation.
- [Pre-seed](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pre-seed): The earliest outside money a startup raises, often before the product is finished or has customers.
- [SAFE](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/safe): Simple agreement for future equity.
- [Seed](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/seed): An early round of funding that helps a startup go from a first product to a business that shows traction.
- [Due diligence](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/due-diligence): The checking an investor or buyer does before committing money: reviewing your finances, legal documents, product and the claims you have…
- [Series A](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/series-a): Usually the first larger funding round led by a venture capital firm, where investors buy shares at a set price.
- [Stock options](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/stock-options): The right to buy shares in the company later at a price that is set today.
- [Valuation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/valuation): What the company is agreed to be worth for the purpose of an investment.
- [EIN](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ein): Employer Identification Number.
- [Exit](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/exit): The moment when founders and investors can turn their shares into cash.
- [Lead investor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/lead-investor): The investor who negotiates the terms of a round with the founders and usually puts in the largest share of the money.
- [Vesting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/vesting): Earning your shares bit by bit over time instead of all at once.
- [Advisor shares](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/advisor-shares): A small amount of equity a startup gives an advisor in return for ongoing help, usually as stock options that vest over the period of the…
- [Angel investor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/angel-investor): An individual who invests their own money in a very young company, usually in exchange for equity or through a SAFE or convertible note.
- [Bootstrapping](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bootstrapping): Building a company with your own savings and the money customers pay you, instead of money from investors.
- [Cap table](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cap-table): Short for capitalization table.
- [CDFI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cdfi): Short for community development financial institution.
- [LLC](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/llc): Limited liability company.
- [Priced round](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/priced-round): A fundraising round where investors buy shares at a set price per share, which fixes the valuation of the company.
- [Term sheet](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/term-sheet): A short document that lays out the main terms of a proposed investment, such as the amount, the valuation and the investor's rights.
- [83(b) election](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/83b-election): A notice sent to the US tax agency, the IRS, by a person who receives stock that vests over time.
- [Accredited investor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/accredited-investor): A person or organization that meets tests set by the US securities regulator, the SEC, based on income, net worth or professional…
- [Data room](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/data-room): An organized online folder of a company's key documents, shared privately with investors or buyers so they can check the facts during due…
- [Dilution](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dilution): When the company creates new shares, each existing owner's percentage gets smaller, even though the number of shares they hold stays the…
- [Incorporation in Delaware](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/delaware-incorporation): Forming a company as a corporation under the law of the state of Delaware.
- [Cliff](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cliff): The first stretch of a vesting schedule, during which nothing vests.
- [Fiduciary duty](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fiduciary-duty): A legal duty to act in someone else's best interest and not your own.
- [Limited partner](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/limited-partner): An investor who puts money into a venture fund.
- [Non-provisional patent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/non-provisional-patent): The full US patent application that the patent office actually examines.
- [Option pool](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/option-pool): A block of shares a company sets aside to grant to future employees, advisors and contractors, usually as stock options.
- [Trade secret](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/trade-secret): Valuable business information, such as a formula, algorithm or process, that is protected by keeping it secret rather than by registering…
- [409A valuation](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/409a-valuation): An independent appraisal of what one share of a private company's common stock is worth.
- [Angel group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/angel-group): A group of angel investors who hear startup pitches together.
- [Capital gains](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/capital-gains): The profit from selling an asset, such as stock or property, for more than it cost.
- [Convertible note](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/convertible-note): A loan from an investor that is meant to turn into shares later instead of being paid back in cash.
- [Liquidation preference](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/liquidation-preference): A term that sets who gets paid first, and how much, when a company is sold or shut down.
- [Opportunity zone](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/opportunity-zone): A designated low-income area in the US where investors can put money through special funds and postpone tax on certain gains.
- [Preferred stock vs common stock](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/preferred-stock): The two main kinds of shares in a startup.
- [Private equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/private-equity): Investment firms that buy stakes in, or all of, established private companies, usually aiming to improve them and sell later at a profit.
- [Pro rata rights](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pro-rata): An investor's right to buy enough shares in a later round to keep the same percentage of the company.
- [S-corp](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/s-corp): A corporation that has chosen a US tax status in which profits and losses pass through to the owners' own tax returns.
- [Notice of allowance](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/notice-of-allowance): A notice from the patent or trademark office that an application has been approved, pending final fees or steps.
- [Office action](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/office-action): A letter from a patent or trademark examiner explaining problems with an application, often rejecting some claims.
- [Prior art](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prior-art): Anything public before a patent was filed, such as earlier patents, papers or products, that shows the idea was already known.
- [Valuation cap](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/valuation-cap): A term in a SAFE or convertible note that sets the highest valuation used to work out how many shares the investor gets when it converts.

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