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How to Position Your Startup for Venture Capital Funding

9:00 a.m. PST – January 18, 2024 | Webinar

Join Alidad Vakili, Of Counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP, for a discussion on how to position your startup for venture capital funding. During this webinar you will learn the basics of the venture model and path along with the necessary steps to take so that your company’s legal structure is an attractive investment. The discussion will cover:

1. Why a Delaware C-Corp is the most-common structure

2. How to document the relationship of the founders and early employees

3. The typical funding stages of a successful startup

4. An overview of convertible debt and SAFEs

5. Why it’s critical to run pro forma cap tables before financings

6. What happens in a venture financing

7. Why compliance with securities laws is important

8. Common legal mistakes in raising capital

Join us on Thursday, January 18 at 9 a.m. PST. Register Here.

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