Product Details
Rapidly growing companies often raise capital in angel or venture capital transactions. Investors provide capital for growth in exchange for carefully structured equity rights and frequently some form of governance rights. These investors also often provide the company with industry expertise, contacts and access that may be as valuable as financial capital. These funding transactions can take a startup or more mature company to new and greater levels of growth. But they are complex transactions that can involve a dozen or more interrelated documents. This program will provide you with a real-world guide to the stages of an angel or venture capital transaction, review common documents involved in a transaction, cover the most highly negotiated provisions of those documents, and help you spot red flags for your clients.
Part 1:
-Representing clients in angel and venture capital transactions
-Current state of angel and venture capital markets & trends in deal terms
-Review of the suite of documents involved in most funding deals
-Understanding the methods of valuation and their impact on successive stages of investment
-Reviewing or drafting terms sheets - pitfalls and opportunities
-Angel investing - equity v. debt, common terms, impact on later venture capital funding
About the Speaker
Ben Carver is an attorney in the Broomfield, Colorado office of Cooley, LLP, where he represents emerging companies from incorporation, to their first financing and through their eventual exit. In between these company critical transactions, he advises on day-to-day operations, including governance issues and general business matters. In addition, he regularly represents venture and strategic investors in financing transactions. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in New York. Mr. Carver earned his B.S. from Stanford University and his J.D. from Stanford Law School.
Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 1.0 MCLE Credit Hour, including up to 1.0 Taxation Law Specialty Credit Hour
This seminar is an Intermediate level program.
Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2020, please use this course code: 201787ADT
Note: When submitting your compliance reports to the SC Commission on CLE and Specialization, if you completed this in 2021, please use this course code: 213139ADT
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