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Seller’s Note

A seller’s note is where the seller of a company agrees to receive a portion of the acquisition proceeds as debt repayments. The buyer adds the seller’s debt note to the startup’s capital stack, and the seller becomes, in effect, the startup’s creditor. A seller’s note is one-way sellers can close the gap between their expectations and the buyer’s confidence in the business.
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