Deployment Period
Definition
The period over which capital raised in a funding round is expected to be deployed, from the date of receipt to the date on which the company expects to have reached the milestone that justifies the subsequent funding round. The deployment period is a required component of the use of proceeds documentation under the FFI Standard.
Common Misapplication
The most common misapplication is stating a deployment period without identifying the specific milestone the company expects to reach by the end of that period. A deployment period without a connected milestone is a time horizon without a destination.
FFI Standard Reference
This term is defined and applied in Book 3, Section 3.4: The Capital Allocation Standard.
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Citable URL
This term may be cited using the following permanent URL.
Full citation format: Founder Financial Infrastructure Standard, Beta v0.5, Glossary: Deployment Period. https://ffistandard.org/glossary/deployment-period/. 2026.