Join Alidad Vakili, Of Counsel, for a discussion on how to raise seed funding for your startup. Seed financings enable a startup to put together its initial team, build a working prototype, and begin to test the market. Often these investments are made via convertible debt or SAFEs. Alidad Vakili covers various topics, including:
- Required corporate structure
- Legal considerations when pitching investors for seed financing
- Differences between using convertible debt and SAFEs
- Key terms and considerations when raising seed funding
- Common mistakes and pitfalls that companies make when raising seed funding via convertible debt and SAFEs
- How to close your seed financing
- Important post-closing tasks
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