ScaleUp Speaker Series Palo Alto Winter/Spring 2025 - Week 11: Raising Capital from Foreign Investors: CFIUS Basics

You’re invited to Morrison Foerster’s ScaleUp Speaker Series Palo Alto—a complimentary series that will provide insight into the legal side of founding a startup. This weekly seminar 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.

We are hosting this cycle of ScaleUp Speaker Series as a hybrid event, offering participants the option to either attend virtually or in person in our Palo Alto office at 755 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA. For extended Q&A sessions and networking opportunities, we strongly recommend in-person attendance. Complimentary lunch and parking will be provided.

This session will cover the underlying regulatory framework of foreign investment in U.S. startups, how founders should think about approaching foreign investors for investment, and how U.S. investors will likely view startups with foreign investment. This session will cover the types of technologies, infrastructure, and sensitive personal data that regulators view as critical to U.S. national security, the voluntary and mandatory filings that startups must make while raising capital from foreign investors, and the risks to both startups and investors of raising capital from foreign investment.

To register for this session, kindly email your LinkedIn profile to ECVCEvents@mofo.com.