Funding options - Life Science Fast Track
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From the life science venture fast track: http://www.thecapitalnetwork.org/programs/life-science-venture-fast-track/
![High
Growth
Company
Characteris*cs
• Disrup*ve
Innova*on
with
Strong
value
proposi*on
– Correla*on
between
Large
Unmet
Need
:
Solu*on
• High
Margin
Product
(Ra*o
of
Revenue
:
COGS)
– Some*mes
Massive
Volume
Products
where
innova*on
is
incremental
• High
Rate
of
Revenue
Growth
over
sustained
period
• Scalable
(Fixed
cost
is
a
low
percent
of
Revenue)
• No
major
barriers
to
con*nued
growth
(ex.
blocking
IP;
geography;
regulatory)
• Repeatable
sales
and
distribu*on
model
with
many
credit
worthy
customers
• Large
Total
Addressable
Market
(TAM)
• Defensible
innova*on
able
to
withstand
compe**on
and
changing
condi*ons
• [Capital
efficient]
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Funding options - Life Science Fast Track
- 1. Funding Op*ons for Life Science Companies January 21, 2014
- 2. Funding the Company Assuming you plan to be a “high growth” company… What are your funding op*ons?
- 3. Entrepreneurship comes in many types SOCIAL VENTURE COMPANY NORMAL GROWTH COMPANY • Goal is to fulfill a social need • Has mission orientation • Team needs to support mission • Growth profile often one resource at a time • Exit …much harder to find fit • Includes all service businesses • Exploiting a local market need • Team has ‘great jobs’ • Growth by adding resources one by one • Exit will be based on value of cash flow (mature biz.) HIGH GROWTH COMPANY • Company can grow fast (on-line) or has a scalable system • Team often motivated by exit • $10m revenue in 5 yrs & market size allows significant additional growth • Capital efficient total investment $2-4M • Exit by M&A 3 EXTREME HIGH GROWTH COMPANY • Growth profile ultra-scalable • Team focus is exit • Revenue $40M+ with lots of room for growth (5 yr.) • Based on $20M+ investment • Exit targeted to IPO or by ‘large’ M&A event
- 4. Close Up: Extreme High Growth vs High Growth M&A or IPO Later VC Rounds Capital Needs High Risk Formal Venture Capital Friends, Family & Founders Friends, Family & Founders Crystallize Ideas Angels or Accelerators or Micro-cap funds Busines s Angels Demonstrate Product M&A Angels or Accelerators or Micro-cap funds Angel Group (or Micro-cap) Syndication Low Risk Time Market Entry Early Scaling Growth Extreme High Growth High Growth Sustained Growth 4
- 5. High Growth Company Characteris*cs • Disrup*ve Innova*on with Strong value proposi*on – Correla*on between Large Unmet Need : Solu*on • High Margin Product (Ra*o of Revenue : COGS) – Some*mes Massive Volume Products where innova*on is incremental • High Rate of Revenue Growth over sustained period • Scalable (Fixed cost is a low percent of Revenue) • No major barriers to con*nued growth (ex. blocking IP; geography; regulatory) • Repeatable sales and distribu*on model with many credit worthy customers • Large Total Addressable Market (TAM) • Defensible innova*on able to withstand compe**on and changing condi*ons • [Capital efficient] 5
- 6. Capital Source View NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION SOCIAL VENTURE COMPANY NORMAL GROWTH COMPANY HIGH GROWTH (COMPANY) EXTREME HIGH GROWTH (COMPANY) Risk / Return Impact / Tax Write off Charity $$ Return on Debt Income DebtPay it back Fixed Amounts Return on Equity High Return Equity – Ownership stake % of Future Value 6
- 7. Match Funding Sources SOCIAL VENTURE COMPANY • Friends family, founders • Charity$$ • Crowds (Kickstarter) • Impact Angels • (Future) Crowd funding (portal style) NORMAL GROWTH COMPANY • Friends family, founders • Debt Bank and other • (Future) Crowd funding (portal style) HIGH GROWTH COMPANY EXTREME HIGH GROWTH COMPANY • Angels • Angel Groups • Angel Group Syndication • Angel List • Micro-cap Funds • (Future) Crowd funding (portal style) • Increasingly Strategic Corporate VCs Early on • Accelerators • Individual Angels • Micro Cap VCs • Seed from VC Later stages • Venture Funds • Strategic VCs • Angel Syndication 7
- 8. Non-‐Equity Sources • Accelerators (some) • Kickstarter type dona5ons • • • • • Pre-‐orders from end-‐customers Credit from vendors Strategic VCs Strategic NREs Distribu5on Contracts Common Theme: Providing early cash in exchange for a beHer commercial opportunity 8
- 9. Equity Sources • Accelerators (some) • Friends & Family Common Theme: Suppor5ng success of the entrepreneur; business terms vary • • • • • • Portal Funding Early Angels Super Angels Angel Groups Micro VC Tradi5onal VC (1st Round) Common Theme: All are looking for – sale (or IPO) of the Company at 4-‐10 x original investment – Capital gains treatment on all sale proceeds – Preferen5al treatment on subop5mal exit versus the founders 9
- 10. Sources of Equity Capital Must have exits for equity model to work!! – 2011 US IPOs -‐ $36B – 2011 US M&A -‐ $57B – 2011 US Private Equity -‐$35B • Exit sources extremely variable … health of economy • All exits: indica*ve of future cash flow or market control Idea Stage Demonstrate Market Entry & Product & • Friends Early Growth Market Interest • Crowdfunding family, founders • Grants • Crowds (Kick-‐ starter) • Accelerators • Individual Angels • Angel Groups • Accelerators • Micro Cap VCs (portal style) • Angel Groups • Angel Group SyndicaSon • Angel List • Micro-‐cap Funds Early Scaling Growth • Most Venture Funds • Angel SyndicaSon Repeatable Growth • Most Venture Funds • Strategic VCs • Angel SyndicaSon • Private Equity
- 11. High Growth Capital by Stage &Amount Traditional VC Micro VC Angel Groups AngelList Investment Size Corporate Venturing Equipment Financing Grants Angels Portal Funding Customers Friends & Family Vendors Crowdfunding Founder Venture Stage 11
- 12. Capital Sources: Size & Cost Angel Groups Angels Traditional VC AngelList Micro VC Crowdfunding Investment “Cost” Friends & Family Founder Personal Loans Bank Loans Vendors Private Equity Corporate / Strategic Venture Portal Funding Venture Debt Equipment Financing Customers Grants Investment Size
- 13. So What is Equity Anyway? • Stock = right to residual economic interests upon sale/liquida*on + stockholder vo*ng rights (usually limited to Board of Directors and Sale of the Company) • Preferred Stock = right to be paid before Common Stock Par*cipa*ng = original investment PLUS a pro rata share of remainder Non-‐Par*cipa*ng = original investment OR a pro rata share • Common Stock = whatever is lep aper all other creditors and preferred stockholders are paid • Dividend = a right to an addi*onal amount upon liquida*on measured as a func*on of *me x percentage of original investment . Ex. 6.0% per annum • OpSons / Warrants = Contracts allowing holder to purchase an amount of stock in the future at a pre-‐determined price • Control Rights = Statutory and Contractual 13
- 14. Equity Type Comparisons Solo Angel Super Angel Angel Group MicroVC VC Valua*ons High rela*ve to High rela*ve to Low rela*ve to Low rela*ve to Medium stage stage stage stage Type -‐ Likely (less likely) Common (Warrants) Conv Note (Preferred) Preferred (Conv Note) Preferred (Conv Note) Preferred Board Seat Maybe 1 or none 1-‐2 of 5 +/-‐ Observer 1 of 5 +/-‐ Observer 1-‐2 of 5 +/-‐ Observer Audited Financials No No No (reviewed) Yes Yes Nega*ve Covenants No Some*mes Yes Yes Yes Preemp*ve Rights No Some*mes Yes Yes Yes Ver*cal Exper*se Some*mes Rarely Some Usually Always 14
- 15. Equity Type Comparisons Solo Angel Super Angel Angel Group MicroVC VC Exit Horizon (from $ in) 7 years 5 years 4 years 5 -‐7 years 4-‐5 years Exit Range $20m+ $40m+ $50m+ $100m+ $250m+ 15
- 16. Structure of an Equity Deal • Company and Investors agree on a “pre-‐money valua*on” (PM) which leads to a price per share • Investors put in $X • Investors then own: X / (X + PM) of the company Example: PM = $1M X = $0.5M Investors own 0.5/1.5 = 33% Remember: New issuance NOT transfer 16
- 17. Understand the Funding Path • We’re talking about 1st funding here • What is the probable complete funding picture? – This is only funding – Another small round then probable small exit – Big money needed before exit • Each funding event should occur at an “inflec5on point” – Hopefully at a point where risk is removed – Increased PM = so-‐called “up round” 17
- 18. Understand the Funding Path, cont. • What if things aren’t going so well? – Flat or decreased PM = so-‐called “down round” • More money coming in without increased PM means everyone gets diluted, but… • Depending on anS-‐diluSon provision entrepreneur may carry more burden than the investors 18
- 19. What about Conver*ble Debt? • Many seed-‐stage companies use an instrument called Conver5ble Debt. Huh? • Conver5ble debt is not tradi5onal bank debt • Converts exist for two major reasons – Investors and Entrepreneurs find it hard to agree on a PM valua5on – Some5mes quicker and cheaper to document than equity deals (but not really) 19
- 20. Conver*ble Debt provides Op*onality • ConverSble Debt = unsecured debt obliga*on of the Company that may be converted into equity of the Company. • Conversion Trigger = Qualified Financing usually at some minimum amount of funds (ex. $500,000) • If Notes stays as Debt = Get back principal and interest ahead of other equity (behind other creditors typically) • If Notes Convert = Convert amount of debt and interest into equity at the valua*on in the next round • aper applica*on of a Discount (open 5 – 20%) • subject to a maximum valua*on amount (the “Cap”) 20
- 21. Basic Structure of Conver*ble Debt • Investor loans $ to Company an5cipa5ng another round of funding • Investment accrues small interest • When the funding occurs, investment + interest convert to equity, usually at a discount (5-‐20% typically) Example: • Investors loan $200K to Company • 20% discount • As of conversion, interest of $10k has accrued • Next Round PM = $2m • Conversion Amount = 1/(1 -‐ 0.2)* $210k = $262,500 At Conversion, Noteholders receive 262.5K / (PM + 262.5K + New Money) 21
- 22. Conver*ble Debt – Complica*ons! When does the debt convert? What happens if PM of next round is huge? Does the investor have any say in things? What if there is an equity investment that doesn’t trigger conversion? • What happens if it never converts? • What happens if Company gets bought? • • • • 22
- 23. Conver*ble Debt – Solu*ons? • Caps and Floors – May defeat purpose with signaling • • • • Default conversion price and security at maturity Quick sale preferences (ex. 2x) Governance provisions Careful agenSon to conversion condiSons 23
- 24. Conver*ble Debt – Worse than Equity? • MulSple liquidaSon preference (circa 2008) – – – – Ex. $500k of Notes with cap at $2m PM Next Round at $6m PM Issue Noteholders 3x number of shares 3x shares equals 3x liquidaSon preference!! • Without a floor, effecSvely Full Ratchet AnS-‐diluSon • Preference Overhang – In prior example Noteholders bought $262,500 of preference for $200,000. – All other Series A Holders bought 1:1 preference • Not Just a Price Adjustment 24