April 2024

Part Two: SeedLegals Webinar

This session is designed to provide founders with crucial insights into the best practices and legal frameworks surrounding early-stage financing. You will gain a deep understanding of the mechanisms, advantages, and potential pitfalls of different fundraising instruments, enabling them to make informed decisions for their startups' growth.

Watch the recording here.

Key Topics:

🚀 Understanding SAFE Agreements: An overview of Simple Agreements for Future Equity, how they work, and why they might be a beneficial choice for your startup. 🚀 Convertible Notes Explained: Examining the structure, terms, and conditions of convertible notes, and how they compare to SAFEs in early-stage financing. 🚀 Navigating Investment Agreements: Insights into the negotiation and structuring of direct investment agreements, including key terms and investor expectations. 🚀 Legal and Financial Implications: A comprehensive look at the legal considerations, financial implications, and how to prepare your startup for the chosen fundraising path.

This webinar is the second in a three-part series focused on raising from VCs, with participation from active investors. The next webinar will cover how to understand your start-up's equity compensation and team motivation (May 15th).

Panelists:

Anna Andersson currently leads as the Head of Platform and Chief of Staff at Pretiosum Ventures, where she leverages her background in consulting and platform management to work with the fund portfolio, content, marketing and fundraising. Before her current role, she worked at EY in London, focusing on providing consulting services to clients across multiple sectors. Her experience also includes a tenure at AlphaSights, where she was involved in developing the company's platform.

Jonny Seaman is the VC Investor Partnerships Manager at SeedLegals. Through his current role working with investors and 3 years working with pre-seed to Series A+ founders, he’s seen the good, the bad and the ugly of startup investment. With over 200 closed rounds under his belt and £100m+ raised, he’s one of SeedLegals’ most experienced investment experts.

Pretiosum Ventures Services Limited is an appointed representative of Talbot Capital Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority