ScaleUp Speaker Series Palo Alto Winter/Spring 2025 - Week 4: Raising Venture Capital Investment (Deal Terms and Structures)

You’re invited to Morrison Foerster’s ScaleUp Speaker Series Palo Alto—a complimentary series that will provide insight into the legal side of founding a startup. This weekly seminar will arm you with the knowledge needed to manage the legal aspects of launching, funding, and growing a startup, with insights on how to avoid common mistakes that can have serious consequences down the road.

We are hosting this cycle of ScaleUp Speaker Series as a hybrid event, offering participants the option to either attend virtually or in person in our Palo Alto office at 755 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA. For extended Q&A sessions and networking opportunities, we strongly recommend in-person attendance. Complimentary lunch and parking will be provided.

Topics covered by this one-hour session include:

• Typical capital structure of a venture-backed startup
• Rights, preferences, and privileges of preferred stock (including waterfall distribution of acquisition proceeds)
• Capitalization tables and liquidation models
• Venture capital term sheets
• Due diligence process and issues

Watch our brief video for an overview of the topic.

To register for this session, kindly email your LinkedIn profile to ECVCEvents@mofo.com.