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Investment & Finance acronyms

7 acronyms. Use the first table to decode an acronym and the second to find the acronym for a term. Venture financing, term sheets, valuation, and capital structure for MedTech startups.

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Acronym to term

Acronym	Stands for	In short
Cap Table	Capitalization Table	Ledger of all securities issued by a company and who owns them.
IPO	Initial Public Offering	First sale of a company's stock to public investors via a registered SEC offering, typically on NYSE or Nasdaq.
LP / GP	Limited Partner / General Partner	The two principal roles in a venture capital fund: LPs provide capital, GPs manage the fund and make investment decisions.
M&A	Mergers and Acquisitions	Transactions in which one company acquires or combines with another, the dominant MedTech exit path, typically a strategic acquisition by an established player.
SAFE	Simple Agreement for Future Equity	Convertible instrument that converts to equity at a future priced round.
SBIR/STTR	SBIR / STTR Grants	U.S. federal small-business R&D grants from agencies including NIH and DoD.
SPAC	Special Purpose Acquisition Company	A publicly traded shell company formed to raise capital through an IPO with the sole purpose of acquiring or merging with a private operating company.

Term to acronym

Term	Acronym	Also known as
Capitalization Table	Cap Table	-
Initial Public Offering	IPO	-
Limited Partner / General Partner	LP / GP	-
Mergers and Acquisitions	M&A	-
SBIR / STTR Grants	SBIR/STTR	-
Simple Agreement for Future Equity	SAFE	-
Special Purpose Acquisition Company	SPAC	-

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