Raise: Powering Startup Growth and Fundraising Across Africa

At Equidam, we work with partners around the world who share our ambition of enabling fairer deals…


Frank Appeldoorn Managing Partner at Arches Capital

VC Perspectives: The misconception about convertible loans

Convertible loans: a loan with interest (whether actually paid or accrued), in which the loan will…


Dilution 101: Calculation And Examples

What is dilution? TL;DR Dilution is the reduction in the ownership percentage in a certain…


Average Discount Rate For A Convertible Note

A few weeks ago, we built and released a convertible note calculator. It’s useful for making…


Business Angels or Venture Capital?

Angel investors are individual investors who provide capital to early stage startups in exchange…


Fundraising: A Treasure Map

When it comes to fundraising, entrepreneurs are like  knights on a quest to find the Holy Grail.…


Milestones To Raise Series A In 2017

Do you prefer to listen to podcasts? Listen to the audio here Any metric of VC activity has…


Convertible Debt vs Equity Financing

Do you prefer podcasts? Listen to the audio here. You have probably heard of the concept of…


Planning and Timing Fundraising

Fundraising is an activity that requires considerable time and effort and, as founders, we often…


Convertible Debt: risks and terms to be aware of

Do you prefer podcasts? You can listen to it here.  Gianluca Valentini, co-founder of Equidam,…