Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

Today we’ll talk about a rolling close.

Closing a fundraising round can be challenging given the schedules of the investors.

A rolling close is used in a deal that is open to investors who can sign the documents and send in their money on their own schedule.  

This allows the startup to take funding a little at a time throughout the fundraise campaign rather than trying to capture all the checks and signed documents in one go.

This often applies to a convertible note in which the startup raises funding over an extended period of time using the same note.

It works even if the round does not meet its total fundraise objective in which case the company will have to move forward with less funds.

If there’s a minimum amount that must be invested to launch a company, then it’s better to use a single close method. That way the investors have assurance the company has raised enough funding to achieve the objective.  

One variation on this is an initial closing with a rolling close following.


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In this episode, Hall welcomes Bharat Kanodia, Founder and Chief Appraiser at Veristrat.

Veristrat is a professional services company, headquartered in Pleasanton, California. They provide various valuation and advisory services. Veristrat provides services to value various tangible, intangible, and financial assets for the purposes of financial and tax reporting purposes, fairness opinions, purchase price allocations, goodwill impairment, and litigation and dispute resolution.

Bharat has been in business valuation since 2000 and has valued assets in real estate, industrial, personal property, and financial assets including some unique assets such as the Golden Gate Bridge, NYC subway system, Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, and Las Vegas casinos. He has signed off on over 4,500 valuations with $2.6 trillion in assets globally. 

Bharat discusses how he helps startup and growth companies with valuations and the best way to approach valuations. He also advises investors seeking value in early-stage companies that have little to no revenue.

You can visit Veristrat at www.veristrat.com, via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/veristrat-inc, via Twitter at www.twitter.com/whatsitworthtv, and via YouTube at www.youtube.com/c/whatsitworth. 

Bharat can be contacted via email at bkanodia@veristrat.com, and via LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/bharat-kanodia-asa.

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