ReedLogic Seminars
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2008-2009 Strategies for Raising an Additional Round of Venture Capital Funding: What to Know About Timing, Dilution & New Deal Term Strategies
The goal of this ReedLogic Video Seminar is to provide executives of VC-funded companies with critical information on starting the process of raising a follow-on round of venture capital in 2008-2009. The 120-minute seminar can be viewed streaming online or on DVD (on your computer or iPod) and features specific strategies on timing, dilution and necessary changes when negotiating deal terms in follow-on rounds of financing. The seminar is guaranteed to have a direct financial impact on negotiating terms and helping you determine the best timing possible for raising follow-on rounds. The video also highlights important new changes to deal structures and specific clauses that are advantageous to the company receiving funding, that are now being accepted in deal structures by all parties.
The seminar features the perspectives of Alex Wilmerding (Venture Capitalist, Boston Capital Ventures), Teo Dagi (Venture Capitalist, HLM Venture Partners), Andrew Bernstein (CEO of VC-Funded Cymfony) Stephen Bollinger (CEO of VC-Funded Pervasive Therapeutics), and Julio Vega (VC Lawyer, Bingham McCutchen). Take advantage of this resource that has been invaluable to CEOs of other VC-Funded companies.
Upon your purchase being made, ReedLogic will send you the video seminar on DVD.
The ReedLogic Video Seminar focuses on:
- A detailed look at the process of raising a follow-on round of capital in the current economy and what to expect over the next two years
- What deal terms are the most important in follow-on rounds
- Specific deal terms you should ask for of new investors and existing investors, and how each are different
- Dilution issues and how to make sure the management team's ownership interest actually improves
- Management compensation and employment contract issues for key executives such as the CEO & CFO
- How long the process normally takes, how to minimize distractions and how to get the deal done efficiently
- The legal issues involved in follow-on rounds and how to make sure you don't give up anything that you already had agreed to in the first round of funding
- Case studies of other VC-funded companies that have received follow-on rounds of funding and what you can learn from them
Samples of the types of questions answered in the video seminar include:
- When is the right time for a venture capital backed company to raise a follow-on round of funding?
- How can a company prepare well in advance of raising a follow-on round to be better situated when the time is right?
- How will the valuation be different? How is the company valued differently?
- Is it expected for the first-round investors to re-up their investment?
- Is it desired for the follow-on round of funding to also have new investors?
- What are the five most important considerations for a management team when raising a follow-on round of funding (such as valuation amount, dilution issues, new board of director members and more)?
- How is the role/composition of the board of directors different after receiving a follow-on round of venture capital funding?
- What role do current board members play when raising a follow-on round of funding?
- What role does the initial set of investors play in raising a follow-on round of funding?
- How is what you look for in investors different after receiving your first, second or third round of funding?
- What are the roles each of the following people should play in achieving rapid growth for the company at the stage of the company when a follow-on round of funding occurs: CEO, CTO, CFO, CMO, Investors, Board of Directors?
- What are the benefits of new investors in a follow-on round of venture capital funding, in addition to your initial investors re-upping their investment? Are the investors you look for more strategic in a follow-on round?
- What do you hope that the follow-on round of investors bring to the table besides the investment dollars?
- What are usually the biggest sticking points with potential new investors?
- What other alternative financing options are there instead of venture capital for follow-on rounds that companies should consider?
- How are valuations calculated differently in later rounds of funding - what benchmarks are used at this point that make it different than another round of funding?
- How do deal terms change in follow-on rounds and what wording needs to be in the term sheet that is different than the original legal documentation?
- What additional executive compensation provisions, perks and equity components should the management team ask for in follow-on rounds of funding?
Praise for ReedLogic Seminars:
"Executives don't have enough time to travel - ReedLogic seminars are the perfect way to get leading intelligence without ever leaving your office." - Alex Wilmerding, Partner, Boston Capital Ventures
"Thorough, informative and interesting - these videos are an efficient, effective means of gaining in depth insight into topics that affect every executive's business decision-making." - Greg Nowak, Partner, Pepper Hamilton