Funding
Venture debt gone wrong: what happens when a UK scaleup can't repay
Venture debt looks like cheap, non-dilutive growth capital until a scaleup misses a covenant or a repayment, and then its position as secured debt changes everything.
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Founders EMI share options and disqualifying events: what UK employees need to watch for
AI Unit economics for AI products: pricing per token, query or seat against real compute cost
Exits The disclosure letter: how UK sellers manage warranty risk in an exit
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The latest in every corner of your finances Funding
- Venture debt gone wrong: what happens when a UK scaleup can't repay
- Venture debt term sheets: the warrants, covenants and triggers founders often miss
- Bridge to nowhere or bridge to growth? How UK founders should read a bridge round
- Convertible loan notes: the terms founders need to understand before signing
Founders
- EMI share options and disqualifying events: what UK employees need to watch for
- The option pool shuffle: how pre-money top-ups quietly shift dilution onto founders
- How an option pool dilutes founders and why investors want one
- How EMI Share Options Are Taxed for UK Employees
Scaleups
- Preparing a data room for a funding round: process, tools and common mistakes
- The Rule of 40's blind spots: when it misleads investors on UK scaleups
- What a Data Room Actually Contains Before a UK Funding Round
- The Rule of 40: how investors use it to judge a scaleup's health
Exits
- The disclosure letter: how UK sellers manage warranty risk in an exit
- Asset sale vs share sale: why buyers and sellers pull in different directions
- Warranty and indemnity insurance: how UK founders cap their risk after selling up
- Asset sale vs share sale: how each route is taxed for UK founders selling up
AI
- Unit economics for AI products: pricing per token, query or seat against real compute cost
- Why AI startup gross margins start low and what a credible path back up looks like
- Cloud credits and compute contracts: how AI startups protect their margin
- How AI startups think about compute cost versus gross margin