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Capital Type Definition
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Equity Loan |
Offer of an ownership position to induce the loan or can be a note that
has an option to convert from debt to equity.
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Financial Capital |
Represents obligations, and is
liquidated as money for trade, and owned by legal entities.
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First Round Funding |
Typically funding that accomodates growth. Company may have finished R&D.
Funding is often in the form of a convertible bond.
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Human
Capital |
Investment in skills and
education.
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Later Stage Funding |
Mature company where funds are needed to support major expansion or new
product development. Company is profitable or breakeven.
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Merger and Acquisition Funding |
The combination of two companies. If one company survives, it is a merger.
If both survive, it is an acquisition.
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Mezzanine Funding |
Company's progress makes positioning for an Initial Public Offering viable.
Venture funds are used to support the IPO.
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Natural Capital |
Inherent in ecologies and
protected by communities to support life, e.g. a river which
provides farms with water.
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Second Round Funding |
Maturing
company where a future leveraged buyout, merger or
acquisition and/or initial public offering is a viable
option
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Seed/Startup Funding |
Earliest stage of business, typically no operating history. Investment is
based on a business plan, the management group backgrounds along with the market and financial projections.
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