ScaleUp Speaker Series: New York Fall 2024 - Fundraising – Angel Capital, Venture Capital and Beyond

You’re invited to Morrison Foerster’s ScaleUp Speaker Series New York, a complimentary 5-part series that will provide a deep dive into the legal side of founding a startup, now presenting in New York City.

These weekly seminars will arm you with the knowledge needed to manage the legal aspects of launching, funding, and growing a startup, with insights on how to avoid common mistakes that can have serious consequences down the road.

Lunch will be provided.

Topics covered by this one-hour session include:

• Structure of equity investments (including dilution, liquidation preference, participation rights, conversion rights, voting rights and pre-emptive rights)

• Structure of debt investments (including conversion discounts, valuation caps and alternatives at maturity)

• Convertible instruments (including SAFEs and KISSs)

• General solicitation, crowdfunding and secondary liquidity

• Typical capital structure of a venture-backed startup

• Rights, preferences and privileges of preferred stock (including waterfall distribution of acquisition proceeds)

• Capitalization tables and liquidation models

• Venture capital term sheets

• Due diligence process and issues

For an overview of the topic, kindly view our brief videos: Raising Angel Investment & Raising Venture Capital Investment.

Lunch will be provided.

We invite you to register for any and all of the sessions that interest you by clicking on the registration buttons at the top or bottom of this campaign. Space is limited; registrations will be accepted until capacity is reached.

1. Fundraising – Angel Capital, Venture Capital and Beyond - November 13, 2024: Learn the most common angel investment structures and practices in seed stage investing (including debt, equity and hybrid approaches) and an introduction to the preferred stock terms that form the basis of venture capital investments. As well as the basic concepts, structures, and math behind venture capital investments, including capital structures, term sheets, and capitalization and liquidation models. 

2. Exit – M&A, IPOs, Winddowns and Beyond - November 20, 2024: Learn the differences among acquisition structures, fundamental merger and acquisition (M&A) terms, and an overview of definitive M&A agreements and processes. As well as about the steps necessary when considering an IPO, including the process and timing, and life as a U.S. public company.

3. Pratfalls and Pitfalls – Most Common Legal Mistakes and Open Forum - December 4, 2024: Learn more than a dozen common mistakes, their impact on startups, and how to avoid them in the first place. In addition, join our interactive open forum where you can ask startup expert attorneys questions on topics raised during earlier sessions or startup legal questions generally.

For more information on our ScaleUp and Pitch Day programming offered in Austin, Boston, New York, and Palo Alto, please visit us at MoFo ScaleUp.