Issued Shares are the amount of shares the company has sold or granted to shareholders.
An Investment Adviser is an individual or entity that is registered to provide investment advice about securities.
Information Rights are investors’ agreed upon rights to receive certain financial records and other information from the company. Some rights will provide timelines for the company to provide certain financial reports and statements to the investor. Most information rights also […]
An In-Kind Distribution is a distribution to investors made in the form of securities or other property when a company is unable or unwilling to distribute cash.
An Inside Round is a round of financing where money is raised only from investors from previous rounds.
Insolvency is when a company cannot afford to pay its debts. If insolvency lasts for an extended period, creditors may bring an action to liquidate some of the company’s assets to repay the creditor, or alternatively, initiate a bankruptcy proceeding […]
An Institutional Investor is an entity with large amounts of resources that invests significant amounts of money on behalf of individuals and companies. Institutional investors are typically investment companies, mutual funds, brokerages, and insurance companies.
Integration, in regard to a sale of securities, is when the SEC determines that two of a company’s financing rounds were actually one large round for securities regulation purposes. The SEC then combines the two rounds, and depending on the […]
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, names, and images. IP is protected in varying degrees by state, federal, and international laws. Common examples of IP include patents, trademarks, […]