Vancouver: How to Plan for Future Fundraisings - Hosted by Fasken & Rubicon Venture Capital

Join us for “How to Plan for Future Fundraisings” Hosted by Rubicon Venture Capital

Join us for a morning presentation and panel of entrepreneurs and VCs for a tactical discussion about how startups can strategically plan for their future rounds. With the blurring of lines in early stage financings and the increasing sizes of Seed and Series A rounds, the panel will discuss dynamics, trends and metrics for raising early stage capital, what investors look for and how to best position your startup for potential fundraises.

This event is open to everyone in the startup ecosystem including entrepreneurs, angels, VCs, corporates, family offices and everyone supporting startups. Breakfast and coffee will be provided for everyone to get going and there will be plenty of time for networking before and after the event.

Discussion Topics

• How much capital to raise at each stage?

• How to plan and budget for the proper amount of operational runway for angel & seed stage companies

• Dangers of raising too much money too soon and how that affects future valuations and exit expectations

• Key metrics and milestones for each round

• Best practices on building relationships and communications with investors before and during the fundraising process

• How to simplify the process by using standard documents and best practices from the onset

• How startups should be leveraging their angel and micro VC investors to build the business and gain capital introductions for follow on capital

Agenda

• 7:45am - 8:30am: Registration and breakfast

• 8:30am - 8:35am: Welcome remarks by Fasken

• 8:35am - 8:50am: Presentation on best practices of early stage fundraising

• 8:50am to 10:00am: Panel & audience Q&A

Panelists

Joshua Siegel, General Partner, Rubicon Venture Capital

Matt Mickiewicz, Co-founder of 99Designs & Hired.com, raised over $150m combined

Jason Xu, CEO of Battlefy, raised over $12m

Eric Bukovinsky, Partner, Yaletown Partners

Fraser Hall, Managing Partner, VFF

Mike Stephens, Fasken

Special thanks to Fasken for hosting this event.

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