Venture Deals · glossary

Term sheet

A short summary of a round, signed before anyone drafts. At Solaris only exclusivity, costs and confidentiality bound, so the Cap Base it fixed was agreed again in the Investment Agreement. Recital (E) · Chapter 6

Explained in Chapter 6, The Term Sheet and the Document Set, of Venture Deals.

How it comes up, in Chapter 6
A term sheet is a short summary of the deal, signed before anyone drafts the long documents. On the sale of a company the same paper is called heads of terms. It shows cheaply whether there is a deal at all, before the lawyers start drafting. Solaris, Elena Marsh and Meridian signed their term sheet on 8 March 2022.
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