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- Limited Partnership Agreement: Front End Loaded: Allocations and Distributions Deal-by-Deal
- Accountants' Letter
- Action By Consent Of Stockholders Anticipating IPO
- Advisory Board: Member Agreement Form
- Agency Agreement: Asset Sale (Private)
- Agreement And Plan Of Merger: Reverse Triangular Merger
- Agreement Between The Fund and the Management Company
- Agreement Of General Partnership (General Partner)
- Agreement of Indemnification of Directors and Officers
- Agreement Of Limited Partnership (Investor Partnership)
- Agreement to Lockup
- Agreement To Purchase 100% Of Target Stock
- Agreement to Remit Portfolio Company Compensation to the Management Company
- Alternative Term Sheet B Round (Cram Down Features)
- Application To Register In New York
- Board of Advisors Agreement: (Scientific and Clinical)
- Bridge Financing Term Sheet: Convertible Note with Warrants
- Bridge Note--Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note (Non-recourse)
- Bridge Note; LLC Version
- Bring Down Certificate - Equity Finance
- Business Plan For Acme Corporation
- Buy-Sell Agreement
- ByLaws (Sample Form)
- Certificate of Designation (Series A Convertible Preferred)
- Certificate of Formation
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Certificate of Incorporation (Delaware)
- Certificate of Incorporation (Model)
- Co-Investment Rights for LP's: Sample Side Letter
- Common Stock Subscription Agreement (Short Form)
- Common Stock Warrant
- Common Stock Warrant (Alternate Version)
- Common Stock Warrant: Private Company; Issuer Favorable (Short Form)
- Company Valuation
- Confidentiality Agreement (Short Form)
- Confidentiality Agreement: Strong Form
- Confidentiality And Non-Competition Agreement (Model)
- Consulting Agreement--Independent Contractor for BioTech Startup (Short Term, High Level Executive)
- Convertible Bridge Note ('Next Round' Pricing)
- Convertible Note - Subscription Agreement
- Convertible Note Term Sheet (Next Round Pricing)
- Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement
- Convertible Promissory Note
- Convertible Promissory Note (Short Form)
- Copyright License Agreement
- Directors and Officers Questionnaire
- Due Diligence Checklist
- Due Diligence Checklist (West Coast Version)
- Due Diligence Guidelines (IPO)
- Employee Compensation: Commission Only Salesman
- Employee NDA (Noncompetition, Confidentiality, Inventions)
- Employment And Stock Purchase Agreement (Model)
- Exclusive Dealing Provisions
- First Refusal Agreement
- Form of Guaranty of Clawback by Individual GP Members
- Founders Representation Letter
- General Partner: LLC Agreement
- Incentive Stock Option Agreement (Alternate Version)
- Indemnification Agreement (Compact Form)
- Indemnification Agreement 2008
- Indemnification Trust Agreement
- Industry Sponsored Research Agreement
- Intellectual Property License Agreements: Development and License Agreement
- Intercreditor Agreement
- Letter of Intent
- Limited Liability Company Agreement
- Limited Liability Company Agreement (the Management Company)
- Limited Partner Subscription Agreement
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Administrative Provisions
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Capitalization
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Definitions
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Dissolution and Liquidation
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Distributions
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Formation
- Limited Partnership Agreement: General Provisions
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Liability and Indemnification
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Miscellaneous Tax And Regulatory Compliance Provisions
- Limited Partnership Agreement: Transfers and Withdrawals
- LLC Agreement for Advisers Fund
- LLC Agreement: Long Form
- LLC Operating Agreement (Delaware) (Long Form)
- LLC Operating Agreement (Delaware) (Short Form)
- M&A Agreement: LLC Acquired by a SPAC
- Management Agreement Direct to GP
- Management Agreement Pass Through for Fund Partnership Agreements
- Management Rights Letter
- Memorandum Regarding Procedures For Offering And Sale Of Shares
- Memorandum Regarding the Procedures for Offering and Sale of Shares in NEWCO, Inc.
- Model NDA a Reluctant VC Fund May Sign Before the Term Sheet is Finalized
- Motion Picture/Film Investment Agreement
- Mutual Confidentiality Agreement
- Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (Model Form)
- Mutual Nondisclosure And Confidentiality Agreement
- NDA Between For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Entities
- Non Disclosure Agreement: Venture Capital Fund and Prospective Portfolio Investment
- Non-Competition Agreement
- OEM Purchase Agreement
- Opinion of Issuer's Counsel
- Opinion of Issuer's Counsel (Alternate Version)
- Partnership Organization Under RULPA (Standard Partnership Opinion)
- Partnership Status Under the Code (Opinion of Counsel)
- Placement Agent - Issuer Version
- Placement Agent Agreement
- Placement Agent Agreement Form
- Placement Agent: Engagement Letter and Agreement (Short Form)
- Placement Memorandum (Series A Round) (Model)
- Pledge and Security Agreement
- Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Short Form)
- Preferred Stock Purchase Warrant
- Private Equity Fund (Biotech): Model Offering Memorandum
- Private Placement Memorandum
- Promissory Note
- Purchase Agreement (Rule 144A And Regulation)
- Questionnaire for Public Company Managers to Complete When a Director is Nominated
- Referral Letter Agreement
- Registration Rights Agreement
- Registration Rights Agreement (Short Form)
- Resolutions Of Board Anticipating IPO
- Restricted Stock Agreement
- Restrictions on Transfer
- Rights of First Refusal: Long Form
- Sample Hedge Fund PPM (Fund of Funds)
- Sample Private Placement Memorandum (Nanotech and Biotech)
- Schedule Closing
- Schedule of Exceptions (Model Form)
- Scientific Consultant--Pharmaceutical Company Consulting Agreement
- Second Amended LLC Agreement: Long Form
- Second Priority Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes
- Secretary's Certificate And Board Resolutions
- Seller's Certificate Of Representations And Performance
- Separation and Release Agreement
- Series A Legal Package I
- Series A Legal Package II
- Series A-1 Term Sheet (Higher Valuation, Same Terms)
- Shareholders' Agreement
- Shareholders' Agreement (Alternate Version)
- Side Letter with State Pension Plan Trustee
- Software Professional Service Contract (Pro-Consultant)
- Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement
- Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement
- Stock Incentive Plan (Model)
- Stock Option Award Agreement (Model)
- Stock Plan (Alternate Version)
- Stock Purchase Agreement (Short Form Providing for Option to Purchase Additional Shares)
- Stock Purchase Agreement Form
- Stockholders Agreement Amended
- Subordinated Convertible Promissory Note
- Subordinated Promissory Note (Priced Off Next Round Valuation)
- Subscription Agreement and Execution Documents (Model)
- Subscription Agreement for Private Equity Fund (Model)
- Subscription Agreement for Series A Round (Short Form)
- Subscription Agreement, Convertible Preferred Stock (Model)
- Term Sheet - EBIDTA Milestones
- Term Sheet (Neutral to Investors and Issuer)
- Term Sheet (West Coast Version)
- Term Sheet For Convertible Promissory Notes
- Term Sheet Form
- Term Sheet: Series A Preferred Stock (with Milestone Provisions)
- Term Sheet: Series B Preferred Stock
- Trade Or Business Issue (Opinion Of Counsel)
- Trademark Security Agreement
- Underwriter's Letter Of Intent
- Underwriting Agreement For IPO (Incl. Insider Secondary Sales and Options to Underwriters)
- Valuation: Resolutions of Special Meeting of the Board of Directors Establishing Fair Market
- Venture Finance Forms: Cover Sheet
- Voting, Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement
- Written Consent In Lieu Of Organizational Meeting