ROCE
Return On Capital Employed. ...
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S&M
Sales and Marketing. See Undistributed Operating Expenses. ...
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Seed Capital
The initial capital used when starting a business, often coming from the Founders’ resources and a Friends and Family Round, used to cover initial operating expenses, demonstrate Proof of Concept, develop the Bus...
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Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)
A popular HMRC scheme introduced in 2012 designed to promote Equity investment in start-up businesses. SEIS provides investors with tax reliefs which are even more generous than those offered by its older brother, ...
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Seed Investor
Investors who provide equity funding in a company’s Seed Rounds. Seed Investors might also be Angel Investors. ...
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Seed Rounds
Equity funding rounds carried out by a company during its early stages after its initial Bootstrapping and Friends and Family Round. By the time a seed stage company is carrying out its Seed Rounds, it has normally demonstrated Proof o...
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Series A Round
Following Seed Rounds, a company’s first significant Equity funding from a VC or Angel Investors. Often the Series A Round investors will want Preferred Shares and various investor protections and&...
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Series B Round
Following a Series A Round, the second round of Equity funding for a company. The business will be expected to have achieved performance and development milestones and have a clear path to profitability. Series C and Series ...
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Share Option
A right to purchase shares in a company in the future at a given price, the Exercise Price. Share Options are often used to incentivise key employees (see EMI Option). Share Options may be subject to a Vesting, meaning that ...
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Shareholders’ Agreement
An agreement between the shareholders of a company which sets out their rights and obligations of the shareholders and of the company. A Shareholders’ Agreement will contain Consent Rights, Restrictive Covenants, Deadlock&...
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