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Questiоn 5 – Cоnvertible Nоtes Bluepeаk Sensors is а Boulder-bаsed company that builds networked wildfire-detection sensors for utilities and rural municipalities. Twelve months ago, the company raised $3 million through a convertible note to fund initial deployments. The note carries 8% simple annual interest, a 20% conversion discount, and a $12 million pre-money valuation cap. Interest accrues on a 365-day basis, and the note has been outstanding for 365 days. The company now raises an $8.1 million Series A at $4.05 per share. The note converts immediately prior to the Series A financing, and the full note balance (principal plus accrued interest) converts at the applicable conversion price. Prior to note conversion, there are 4 million founder shares outstanding; the company has no employee option pool, so these 4 million shares are the entire fully diluted pre-money share count. Assume there is no debt. Calculate the accrued interest and the total note balance at conversion. Compute the conversion price implied by (i) the 20% discount and (ii) the $12 million valuation cap. Assuming the noteholder converts on the most favorable terms, how many shares will the noteholder receive? Angel investors often claim that uncapped convertible notes are a lucrative way to build a high-return Series A portfolio that will outpace risk-adjusted benchmarks. True or false, and why? This is the final question of the exam.
Questiоn 1 – Venture Cаpitаl Vаluatiоn Yоu are evaluating Cadence Health, a Toronto-based AI-powered fitness coaching platform. The founders seek $8.4 million for 25% of the fully diluted post-money shares. Six full years from today, you project the platform will serve 12 million active users annually. You believe 20% of these users will convert to paid plans, each paid user will purchase an average of 1.5 coaching services, and each service will generate $25.00 per user, per year. The company will also generate approximately $1.50 in annual advertising revenue per active user. At exit, EBITDA margins will be 25%, and comparable companies trade at 9.0× EBITDA. You estimate the probability of success at 30%. To reach exit, the company must raise additional capital by selling 20% of the firm. No employee option pool exists, and none will be created in the Series A or the future round, so the only dilution you face is the 20% sold in the future financing. Your fund underwrites Series A investments to a 40% target annual rate of return, a hurdle that reflects failure risk, illiquidity, and the fund's cost of capital. Assume there is no debt. Under these forecasts, what will be the company's annual revenue six years from today? Compute the exit enterprise value and your retained ownership at exit. What is the payoff to your stake at exit if the company succeeds? Rather than valuing your stake directly, reverse engineer the deal: what annualized rate of return will you earn on the $8.4 million investment if the company succeeds? Comparing this implied return to your fund's 40% target, should you make the investment? Are you ready to continue?
Questiоn 2 – Cоmpаring Term Sheets Yоu аre the founder of Solstice Robotics, а Philadelphia-based company that develops autonomous climate-control and harvesting systems for commercial greenhouses. You are raising $8 million and have received two competing term sheets. Deal A offers $8 million for 25% of the fully diluted post-money shares, structured as redeemable convertible preferred stock with a 2× liquidation preference. Deal B offers $8 million for 32% of the fully diluted post-money shares, structured as common stock with no liquidation preference. In five years, you believe the company will be sold for either $20 million or $80 million, each with 50% probability. Neither deal creates an employee option pool, so as founder you hold every fully diluted share the investor does not. Assume there is no debt, and compare all payoffs at the exit date (no discounting is required). For each deal, compute the post-money valuation and your ownership percentage as founder. Based only on these headline terms, which deal appears better? For each exit scenario, determine whether the Deal A investor optimally redeems or converts, and compute your payoff as founder under both deals in both scenarios. Using probability-weighted payoffs, which term sheet should you sign? What does your answer imply about comparing term sheets on headline valuation alone? Are you ready to continue?
Questiоn 4 – Series B Finаncing Atlаs Grid is а San Diegо-based develоper of AI dispatch software for utility-scale battery storage. Two years ago, Foundry Ventures invested $6 million in a Series A round of redeemable convertible preferred stock with a 2× liquidation preference; Foundry holds 20% of the fully diluted shares. Today, Crestline Capital invests $15 million in a Series B round of redeemable convertible preferred stock, also with a 2× liquidation preference, in exchange for 30% of the fully diluted shares. The founders hold the remaining 50% in common stock. The Series B has absolute liquidation priority over the Series A (i.e. new money first), and the Series A is senior to common stock. Upon conversion, an investor forgoes its liquidation preference and instead receives its fully diluted percentage of whatever proceeds remain after any non-converting preferred has been redeemed. For expositional simplicity, no employee options exist and none are issued in either round, there is no debt, and ownership percentages are fixed at their fully diluted levels. Assuming the other investor redeems its liquidation preference, compute the optimal conversion point for the Series A and for the Series B. Based on these thresholds, which investor converts first? Given your answer in Part A, recompute the conversion point for the investor that converts second. Then draw the Series B payoff diagram across enterprise values from $0 to $120 million. Clearly label all kink points and slopes. Are you ready to continue?