How to Do a Venture Capital Financing

Recorded 5/11/23

This webinar is critical for entrepreneurs who will be raising a preferred round in the near future. This webinar is designed to teach you what to expect when your company sells preferred stock in a venture round.

During this webinar, veteran Silicon Valley venture capital attorney Jason Putnam Gordon covers the following topics:

· What venture capitalists are looking for when they invest in a company

· What makes a company a potential investment for a venture capital fund

· Pre-round issues

· What makes a good investor and how to find them

· How to negotiate a term sheet

· The deal documentation

· The diligence process

· Closing issues

· Post-closing issues

· Common pitfalls when raising venture capital

· And much, much more



About the Speaker

Jason Putnam Gordon is a results-oriented corporate attorney in the Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice of the San Francisco office of K&L Gates. Jason has a passion for working with experienced entrepreneurs and executives to make their vision a reality.

In his practice, he regularly represents companies throughout their life cycle in matters related to venture capital financing, strategic corporate relationships, corporate formation, complex mergers and acquisitions, sales, and divestitures. Jason also works with angels and venture capitalists as they deploy capital. With industry focuses in health and technology, because of his broad skill set and deep network, Jason regularly works in a wide array of verticals including life sciences, digital health, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, software, hardware, the internet of things, and agricultural technology.

Jason works with companies based locally, elsewhere in the U.S. and internationally. Jason brings a unique skill set to the negotiating table and to litigation-minimization strategies in the boardroom. He started his career as a federal law clerk in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and then continued as a litigator handling corporate, securities, intellectual property, and commercial litigation before establishing a transactional practice.