Structure Your Startup like a Serial Founder
Join Immad Akhund and John Bautista, Partner in Orrick's Silicon Valley office, for a discussion on structuring your startup.
Join Immad Akhund and John Bautista, Orrick Partner and co-lead of the Emerging Companies Group, for a discussion on every legal optimization you can make to structure and build your startup.
They'll discuss:
- Founder preferred: make it 10x easier to do founder secondaries
- Founder dual class: set up structures used by Google and Facebook (and know when it doesn't make sense to)
- Board seats and votes: set up a board that protects founders
- Performance vesting for follow-on equity grants: learn how to offset dilution
...and lots more.
This talk will take place live on Zoom. Immad will moderate and take questions from viewers.
About the speakers:
John Bautista, Orrick Partner and Board Director: John Bautista, a partner in the Silicon Valley office, co-leads the Emerging Companies Group, which advises emerging companies and venture capital firms. He is a board member and co-founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, as well as an advisor and co-founder of Clerky.com
Immad Akhund, Mercury Founder and CEO: Immad Akhund is the co-founder and CEO at Mercury, a tech company building banking for startups. Prior to founding Mercury, Immad was the CEO and co-founder at Heyzap, a mobile developer tools company, which sold for $45m in 2016. He is an active investor in Silicon Valley and has invested in 100+ seed-stage startups including Airtable, Substack, and Rappi.
Join Immad Akhund and John Bautista, Partner in Orrick's Silicon Valley office, for a discussion on structuring your startup.
Join Immad Akhund and John Bautista, Orrick Partner and co-lead of the Emerging Companies Group, for a discussion on every legal optimization you can make to structure and build your startup.
They'll discuss:
- Founder preferred: make it 10x easier to do founder secondaries
- Founder dual class: set up structures used by Google and Facebook (and know when it doesn't make sense to)
- Board seats and votes: set up a board that protects founders
- Performance vesting for follow-on equity grants: learn how to offset dilution
...and lots more.
This talk will take place live on Zoom. Immad will moderate and take questions from viewers.
About the speakers:
John Bautista, Orrick Partner and Board Director: John Bautista, a partner in the Silicon Valley office, co-leads the Emerging Companies Group, which advises emerging companies and venture capital firms. He is a board member and co-founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, as well as an advisor and co-founder of Clerky.com
Immad Akhund, Mercury Founder and CEO: Immad Akhund is the co-founder and CEO at Mercury, a tech company building banking for startups. Prior to founding Mercury, Immad was the CEO and co-founder at Heyzap, a mobile developer tools company, which sold for $45m in 2016. He is an active investor in Silicon Valley and has invested in 100+ seed-stage startups including Airtable, Substack, and Rappi.