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Startup Equity and Dilution: What Every Founder Must Know
Equity and dilution are the twin forces that shape every founder’s economic outcome. From the moment a startup issues its first shares to the day it exits, the interplay between giving up equity (to…
Stéphane Paillard · March 25, 2026 
Startup Runway: How to Calculate, Manage, and Extend It
Stéphane Paillard 
Startup Valuation: Methods, Benchmarks, and How to Negotiate
Stéphane Paillard 
Venture Debt for Startups: When and How to Use It
Stéphane Paillard Cap Table Management: The Complete Guide for Startup Founders
Stéphane Paillard 
SAFE Notes, Convertible Notes & Term Sheets: A Founder’s Guide
Early-stage fundraising rarely begins with a traditional priced equity round. Instead, most pre-seed and seed investments are structured using one of two instruments: SAFE notes (Simple Agreement for Future Equity)…
How to Raise a Seed Round in Europe: The Complete Guide
Raising a seed round in Europe has never been more accessible — or more competitive. The continent’s seed ecosystem has expanded dramatically over the past five years, with hundreds of…
Series A Funding: The Complete Playbook for European Founders
Series A funding represents the most critical inflection point in a startup’s journey — the moment when a promising early-stage company must prove it can become a scalable business. With…
Startup Funding Guide: From Pre-Seed to IPO
Utrecht’s Guideways raises €1.2M for medtech compliance
Regulatory compliance is devouring three-quarters of medtech companies’ budgets, creating a bottleneck that’s particularly acute for European startups navigating both EU MDR requirements and FDA approvals for global market access.…