Cliff Vesting

A horizontal merger is when two or more competing companies in the same industry combine into one company.

A weighted average assigns importance to values before calculating their average. This importance is represented mathematically by multiplying each value by its own predetermined "weight" number.

Series A funding is a type of equity-based financing that is considered the first major round of external funding startups can raise. Also known as Series A financing, it’s usually funded by private equity firms and venture capital firms.