Jul 28, 2021
A company which has developed a new type of biomaterial that can be used for 3D printing of medical implants has completed a £1.6m funding round. The investment into Nottingham-based 4D Biomaterials was led by DSW Ventures and backed by the MEIF Proof of Concept... 
Jul 26, 2021
Exit preference – yet more problems down the line In our last post we covered what kind of follow-on round structures were likely to follow, when an earlier round contained exit preference rights. In this post, let’s consider the position when that earlier-round... 
Jul 19, 2021
Exit preference – problems down the line In our last post we briefly introduced exit preference structures and how they work in a first-round of funding. In this post, we are going to take a brief look at how exit preference can work in a second or... 
Jul 15, 2021
Exit preference – simple in theory VCs and some angels like to invest with some downside protection or a built-in return. They can do this in various ways. One way is by using exit preference (sometimes called liquidation preference). The concept is pretty simple,... 