Funding and fundraising
Funding and fundraising: resources to prepare your business plan, structure your metrics and fund your growth, with Ember guides and tools.
Guides
NVCA Model Legal Documents Guide for Startup Founders
Use NVCA model documents to review a US venture financing with counsel: compare economic rights, governance clauses, versions and exceptions.
Seed Voting Agreements: Preserving Founder Operational Control
Protect execution autonomy in a US seed round: board seats, investor vetoes and drag-along terms, to be validated with a lawyer.
Negotiating Tranched Financing Milestones Without Stalling Runway
How to negotiate tranched financing milestones without starving your runway: verifiable criteria, cash buffers and alternative performance paths.
How to Close the Books in 5 Days Without Hiring a Controller
Cut your month-end close from 15 to 5 days without a controller: a five-day sequence, hard cutoffs and lean internal controls.
Cap Table Governance: Balancing Equity Control and Exit Liquidity
Learn how to structure preemption, approval, tag-along, and drag-along provisions to protect cap table control without blocking liquidity for investors.
How to Build a Seed Financial Model and Investor List?
Align your Seed round runway with operational milestones to secure the right venture capital partners. Build driver-based models and qualify target funds.
Balance Grants, Debt, and Equity in Your Capital Stack
Preserve founder equity and extend runway by pairing non-dilutive grants, debt, and equity. Sequence each funding instrument around operational milestones.
How to Balance Grants, Debt, and Equity in Your Capital Stack
Grants, operational debt or venture equity: match each funding instrument to the risk it covers to protect your cap table and your cash runway.
How to Prepare a Seed Round for US Venture Capital?
Size your seed round accurately by tying operational runway to clear commercial milestones. Target thesis-aligned US investors and prepare an audited data room.
How to Qualify B2B Prospects Without an Enterprise CRM?
Qualify B2B prospects faster by focusing on operational timing instead of rigid budgets. Learn how lean teams uncover urgency without administrative CRM drag.
How to Build a Defensible 13-Week Cash Runway Forecast?
Track weekly cash flow to identify liquidity troughs and prove operational solvency to investors. Map real collections, plan disbursements, and track variances.
How to Negotiate Investor Veto Rights in a Term Sheet?
Investor veto rights protect minority shareholders but can paralyze operations. Four levers to frame protective provisions without stalling daily execution.
How to Calculate BSA-AIR Dilution with Cap and Floor?
Calculate BSA-AIR dilution by comparing cap, discount and floor. A documented step-by-step method with a worked numeric example to prepare your raise.
Calculating BSA Air Dilution Across Multiple Valuation Caps
Model multiple BSA Air valuation caps accurately to protect founder equity before your next priced round. See how conversion prices impact your cap table.
What Happens When a Convertible Note Reaches Maturity?
Learn what happens when a convertible note matures and how to negotiate extensions to protect your cap table. Discover key outcomes and runway strategies.
Liquidation Preference and Waterfall: How Exit Payouts Work
A liquidation preference sets who gets paid first at exit. The distribution waterfall, participating clauses and the indifference point explained.
Fund Your Growth Use Cases for Account Executives
Use cases of Fund Your Growth for Account Executives in growth financing. A guide for B2B sales teams to structure their decisions and next steps.
How to Set B2B Prices Without Competitors to Benchmark?
Discover how to set B2B prices without competitors. Use Fund Your Growth to test your assumptions and avoid pricing guesswork as an early-stage founder.
Finance ta croissance Use Cases for Accounting Firm Owners
Use Lead Intelligence to capture qualified leads and structure your firm's growth. A decision framework for managing partners seeking actionable results.
How to Read a Bpifrance Investor Presentation for Your Fundraise
How to read a Bpifrance investor presentation to benchmark your own fundraise, as a structured decision for SME leaders.
Use cases of Fund Your Growth for agency leaders
Discover how to finance your business growth effectively with Ember. Our practical guide covers key funding use cases for ambitious agency and SME leaders.
How to Read a Bpifrance Financement Presentation for SME?
How to read a Bpifrance Financement investor presentation to benchmark SME debt conditions, as a structured decision with a clear next action.
Growth Use Cases for Sales Directors via Fund Your Growth
Sales Directors use Fund Your Growth to align commercial goals with funding strategy. This guide turns growth into a structured action plan with clear metrics.
Fund Your Growth Use Cases for Founders Seeking Visibility
How a founder links visibility and funding with Fund Your Growth: Business Plan, Data Room, then Lead Intelligence to frame outreach.