Raising Capital 101

 

 

Silicon Valley – China Wireless Technology Association (SVC Wireless) and Chinese Information & Networking Association (CINA) are teaming up with Fenwick & West LLP to bring you the entrepreneur workshop focusing on fundamental yet essential financial and legal knowledge for potential entrepreneurs.  Please do not miss this wonderful opportunity to interact with top-notch attorneys and sharpen your skills whether you are a student, young professional, technologist, or business executive.

 

 

Date & Time:     Monday, September 13th, 2004, 7:00 ~ 9:00 pm

 

Venue:              Room 101, Fenwick & West

                        Silicon Valley Center

                        801 California Street

                        Mountain View, CA 94041

 

Agenda:            07:00 pm ~ 07:30 pm: Registration and Networking

                        07:30 pm ~ 08:30 pm: Presentation

                        08:30 pm ~ 09:00 pm: Q & A session

 

Topics:             Preparing your corporation for investment

Role of a term sheet

Seed financing alternatives

Typical Series A valuations and financing terms

Control issues

Sample capitalization tables

Calculation of pre and post-money valuations

Impact of size of option pool

 

Speakers:         Fred Greguras, J.D., Of Counsel, Corporate Group

 

Mr. Greguras focuses on strategic legal issues for software, semiconductor-related and life sciences companies. His practice includes start-up issues and financings in both domestic and international transactions. He has represented a wide range of companies in financing, M&A, licensing and other commercial transactions, from privately held start-ups to publicly traded companies. He has also been a venture capitalist and a general counsel and CFO for a startup.

 

                        Andrew Y. Luh, J.D., Associate, Corporate Group

 

Mr. Luh's practice focuses on general corporate representation of technology clients and transactional representation on venture capital financings, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions and related matters.

 

Pricing:             Members/Guests: Free  (All SVC Wireless and CINA members) 

Non-Members: $5 Pre-registration (before 9/13);  $10 On-site registration.

CINA members please RSVP: eSIG@cina.org with subject “CINA 09/13”

           

Event                Stan Liu,  liu_stan@yahoo.com (SVC Wireless, http://svcwireless.org/) 

Contacts:          Edward Tan,  esig@cina.org (CINA, http://cina.org/)