Week 8: Follow-On Venture Financing Complexities

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 the ScaleUp Speaker Series as a virtual-only event, and sessions will be held on Fridays.*

Topics covered in this one-hour session include:

• “Down rounds” and antidilution adjustments
• Recapitalizing prior investments
• Pay-to-play financings
• Capitalization tables and financing models

For an overview of the topic, kindly view this brief video.

To register for upcoming events in this series, see our full schedule below:

To register for any of the sessions in the series, kindly email your LinkedIn profile to ECVCEvents@mofo.com.

Week 9: Selling Your Startup – November 14, 2025

Learn the differences among acquisition structures, master fundamental mergers, and acquisitions (M&A) terms, and receive an overview of definitive M&A agreements and processes.

Week 10: Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) – November 20, 2025

Learn about the steps necessary when considering an IPO, including the process and timing, and life as a U.S. public company.

Week 11: Raising Capital from Foreign Investors: CFIUS Basics – December 5, 2025

Learn about the underlying regulatory framework of foreign investment in U.S. startups, how founders should think about approaching foreign investors for investment, and how U.S. investors will likely view startups with foreign investment. 

Week 12: Open Forum Recap – December 12, 2025

Join our interactive, open forum where you can ask our experienced startup attorneys questions on topics raised during earlier sessions or startup legal questions generally.

For more information on our ScaleUp programming offered in Austin, Boston, New York, and Palo Alto, please visit us at MoFo ScaleUp.

* Week 10: Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) will be held on Thursday.