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title: "3 Ways to Raise Funds & Differences of USA from Hong Kong"
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date_published: "2014-01-06T02:11:36+00:00"
description: "GFA015. Part 2 of a 2 part series, Jon gets deep into equity financing structure at the seed level, breaking down the 3 main structures when raising startup capital. He also goes over the difference raising money in Hong Kong (Asia) versus USA (Silicon Valley). Take out your notebooks, this is jammed with value and examples."
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# 3 Ways to Raise Funds & Differences of USA from Hong Kong

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Part 2 of a 2 part series, Jon gets deep into equity financing structure at the seed level, breaking down the 3 main structures when raising startup capital. He also goes over the difference raising money in Hong Kong (Asia) versus USA (Silicon Valley). Take out your notebooks, this is jammed with value and examples.

## About Jon Buford

A startup entrepreneur, founded Hong Kong’s first co-work space BootHK and currently building up Makible.com A Carnegie Melon robotics and mech engineering graduate.

## Topics Covered in this Episode

*   3 ways startups can raise money in seed round
*   Straight Equity for cash
*   Convertible Note
*   Convertible Security
*   Jon’s idea of raising money in Asia (Hong Kong) versus Silicon Valley

## People / Companies / Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Contacting Jon: Twitter – [@JonBuford](http://twitter.com/jonbuford)  
Jon’s company: [Makibot 3D printer](http://www.makibot.com)

[Introduction to the convertible security](http://blog.ycombinator.com/announcing-the-safe-a-replacement-for-convertible-notes)

## Episode Length: 22:25

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