Silicon Valley lawyer Louis Lehot, partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, gives a high level overview for startup founders and executives on how a venture capital works, what are the economic incentives at play, and how to anticipate a venture capital firm’s investment horizon in your company. While no two venture capital funds are the same, Louis shares the key concepts that are ubiquitous. Finally, Louis shares how corporate venturing groups work, and how they are different from traditional venture capitalists, both in terms of deploying and harvesting capital.
Louis Lehot, business lawyer and partner at Foley & Lardner LLP in Silicon Valley.