Q: What costs are considered reimbursable to the founder of a start-up company? More specifically, if the founder has been boot-strapping his company since inception, and he agrees to a series a term sheet with a VC firm, are the operational costs incurred by the founder between this time and the closing of the round reimbursable to the founder? For example: The founder of a consumer product company and a VC firm agree to a term sheet in July. The round doesn’t close until October or November due to raising additional capital for the round, attorney delays, etc. In the interim, the founder continues to self-fund the day-to-day operations of the business – packaging design, inventory, PR firm, etc. What expenses can the founder expect – if any – to get paid back out of the series a funding?
This varies widely and is fundamentally a negotiation between the new investors and the founders who have incurred the expenses. The four variables are:
Amount of expenses Amount of funding being raised How the expenses have been accounted for Attitude / style of the investor
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