Pro-rata is a Latin term that means “in proportion”. In the context of salaries, a pro-rata salary means pay in proportion to the time employees work, although it can mean share dividends etc. This is ...

In the context of a term sheet, pro rata rights (or pro rata) govern whether investors may continue to invest in subsequent rounds of funding in proportion with their ownership. Investors with pro ...

Pro-rata rights are one of the most important rights of private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are ...

Pro rata rights or proportional rights let existing investors keep their ownership stake by investing more when a company raises funding. Pro rata rights, sometimes called proportional rights, are ...

Note: This article is part of Morningstar's 2018 Guide to IRAs special report. A version of this article appeared on Oct. 10, 2016. At first blush, the term "pro rata" sounds like the worst type of ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Lee Edwards, partner at Root VC, has a saying at his firm that “pro rata rights are earned, not given.” That may be a bit of a stretch since pro rata refers to a term that VCs put in their term sheets ...