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ScaleUp Boston – Session 1: Most Common Legal and Business Mistakes of Startup Entrepreneurs

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Please join Morrison Foerster and Bayer Co.Lab for a four-part series exploring the legal aspects of startup entrepreneurship in...

Please join Morrison Foerster and Bayer Co.Lab for a four-part series exploring the legal aspects of startup entrepreneurship in the life sciences space. Sessions will be held at Bayer Co.Lab in Cambridge, providing an ideal environment for early-stage life sciences entrepreneurs to network and ideate.Session 1 (February 26): Most Common Legal and Business Mistakes of Startup EntrepreneursPresented by: Jesse NevarezLearn key mistakes, their impact on life sciences startups, and how to avoid them in the first place. You will gain an understanding of how to build a solid foundation for your business from its inception.Topics covered in this session include:<ul><li>Organizational mistakes</li><li>Stock issuance mistakes</li><li>Tax mistakes</li><li>Intellectual property mistakes</li><li>Employment mistakes</li><li>Fundraising mistakes </li></ul>Additional programs in the series will include:<ul><li>March 20: Raising Venture Capital Investment with Jim Krenn and Andrew Dixon</li><li>April 3: Intellectual Property Essentials with Nate Vogler</li><li>April 24: Licensing, Collaborations, Commercial Transactions, and Regulatory Essentials with Matt Karlyn and Brigid Bondoc</li></ul>MOFORUMProgram participants are also invited to our annual MoForum event, set to take place on May 7 at The Newbury Hotel Boston. This free, one-day program brings together leading investors, innovators, and strategists from across the life sciences industry to explore the critical business, legal, and regulatory developments transforming the life sciences ecosystem.Prizes will be awarded to companies attending all five sessions!Space for these events is limited. To register your interest, please use the RSVP button at the top of this page and fill out a short form.<hr>

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Jesse Nevarez is a partner in the New York office and is a member of the Emerging Companies + Venture Capital practice group.Jesse advises startups, growth-stage, and later-stage companies primarily in the technology, healthcare, and life sciences industries, including those in the artificial intelligence, fintech, ad-tech, clean energy, digital media, software, consumer, digital health, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics spaces, and related fields. As part of his practice, he counsels companies on a range of matters, such as entity formation, seed and venture capital financings, growth equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, SEC compliance, IPOs, and other capital markets transactions. Additionally, he regularly represents venture capital firms and investment banks on a variety of investor-side deals.Jesse has been named to the Lawyers of Color “Hot List” and named a Massachusetts Super Lawyer “Rising Star.”He has previously served as a member of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association and the Boston College Law School Black Alumni Network, while also serving as a mentor for the MIT $100K Launch Competition.<h4>Selected Venture Financings</h4><ul><li>Scope3, PBC in its Series A and Series B financings</li><li>Firsthand Labs, Inc. in its Series Seed financing</li><li>Cockroach Labs, Inc. in its Series F financing and secondary transactions</li><li>Freshly Inc. in its Series B, Series C, and Series C-1 financings</li><li>CMDTY Inc. in its Series A financing</li><li>Podium Data, Inc. in its Series Seed and Series A financings</li><li>Yumanity Therapeutics in its Series A, Series B, and Series C financings</li><li>Enspire DBS Therapy in its Series A financing</li></ul><h4>Selected Mergers + Acquisitions</h4><ul><li>Open Lending, LLC in its business combination with Nebula Acquisition Corporation, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company</li><li>TripAdvisor in its acquisition of Viator</li><li>TAG Manufacturing in its acquisition by Center Rock Capital Partners</li><li>Neon Therapeutics, Inc. in its acquisition by BioNTech</li><li>Lysosomal Therapeutics, Inc. in its exclusive option agreement with Allergan plc</li></ul><h4>Selected Public Offerings</h4><ul><li>Sage Therapeutics, Inc. in its $103.5 million initial public offering and several follow-on public offerings raising an aggregate of $2.07 billion</li><li>Neon Therapeutics, Inc. in its $100 million initial public offering</li><li>Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. in its $100 million initial public offering</li><li>Ascentage Pharma Group International in its $61 million initial public offering</li><li>TPI Composites, Inc. in its $79 million initial public offering</li><li>Plug Power Inc. in follow-on offerings raising an aggregate of $146.8 million</li></ul>

ScaleUp Boston – Session 1: Most Common Legal and Business Mistakes of Startup Entrepreneurs

26 Feb 2025 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM EST