Preparing for Early Stage Funding
• How much money do you need - Mapping the startup lifecycle with investment needs
• Finding the investor that aligns with strategic business goals
• Different modes of Startup financing - Crowd Funding, Angel Investment, VC Investment,
- Venture Debt Investment, Equity Instruments, Debt Instruments, Mezzanine
• The pros and cons of raising funds from angels/VC funds
• Building pitch perfect business plan
• Structuring a company for seed, angel and venture capital investment
Investors View:
• Aligning fund and investment objective with business goals
• Checklist for investor before investing into business (at different levels - Seed, Angel and VC, debt funding)
• The current investment trends
• Post investment relationship between investors & startups
Key Legal Issues and Deal Documentation
• Key terms in a term sheet
- Liquidation preference
- Anti-dilution
- Board composition
• Negotiation of terms sheet
• Share-holding agreement
• Deal structuring
• Legal documentation
• Exit clauses
Valuation of Startup & Early Stage Companies
• Methods of Valuation
- Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
- Venture Capital Method
- First Chicago Method
- Risk Factor Summation Method
• Challenges in valuing/pricing startup & early stage companies
• VCs most applicable method in the current scenario