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Funding glossary
Definitions for the most common terms founders run into when raising funds. Tap a letter to jump straight to it.
- R&DTaxCredit
- Research and Development Tax Credit is a UK government incentive to reward businesses for investing in research and development innovation.
- Raise
- A capital raise is a business's strategic process to fundraise the money needed to grow a start-up. Also known as an "investment round".
- Recurring revenue
- Recurring revenue is the amount of a business's revenue that's predicted to continue over time.
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Research and Development Tax Credit
a.k.a. R&DTaxCredit
- Research and Development Tax Credit is a UK government incentive to reward businesses for investing in research and development innovation.
- Restrictive Covenant
- A restrictive covenant is a contract that restricts the way a person can act. For example, it could prevent a departing founder from working in a competitive business for a defined period of time.
- Reverse Vesting
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Reverse vesting happens when someone's shareholding is taken from them if certain things happen. For example, if they don't hit KPIs, or leave the business.
See also: Vesting
- Runway
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In the start-up world, the runway is how long a business can keep going before the money runs out.
See also: Burn rate




















