How to Successfully Prepare Your Startup for Venture Capital Funding

During the presentation and Q&A session, you will learn about the essential organizational- and ownership-related issues that need to be properly addressed by your startup so that you will be able to have discussions with early stage venture capitalists without any undesired surprises. The speaker will discuss the following: What to consider when planning your own venture and still working for others, how to structure the initial allocation of equity among the founding team, what types of restrictions on the founder’s stock are required by investors, impact of a Stock Option Plan on the company capitalization, how much capital should companies consider raising, what type of securities should a company consider issuing to investors, what are the most important due diligence issues for the investors, how to close a financing round without delays, and more! Please come with your questions, concerns and scenarios.