Startup Funding Glossary

Fundraising has its own vocabulary, and the words often describe very different things: a financing stage, an instrument, a valuation term, or the amount of time a company can keep operating.

This funding glossary focuses on the concepts founders and early-stage teams are most likely to meet when they begin thinking about outside capital.

Funding terms make more sense when you separate the method from the stage. A convertible note is a financing instrument; Series A describes a funding round and stage of company development.

Start with these Funding terms

What Is Series A Funding? What Is a Convertible Note? What Is Startup Runway? What Is Bootstrapping in Startups?

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