Funding Your Startup: What Are Your Options and How to Choose?
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đAre you ready to raise money for your startup but not sure where to start?
Whether you're bootstrapping, pitching to angels or eyeing a Series A, this webinar will walk you through the essential legal, strategic and practical steps to fund your startup the right way. Led by Michael Buckworth, founder of Buckworths, the only law firm in the UK working exclusively with startups and high-growth businesses.
đWhatâs in Store for You?
- Funding Demystified: Get a clear breakdown of how startup funding works from your first pound to multi-million-pound rounds.
- Know Your Options: Explore key funding types: equity, debt, convertible loans, crowdfunding, grants and when to use each.
đFunding Rounds Explained
Understand every stage:
- Pre-seed
- Seed
- Series A and beyond
- How to Prepare for Investment
Get investor-ready with:
- Cap tables
- Data rooms
- Valuation tips
- Legal documents (SAFE, term sheets, subscription & shareholder agreements)
- Equity vs. Debt
đžWhoâs Writing the Cheques?
Navigate the investor ecosystem:
- Angel investors
- VC firms
- Accelerators
- Family offices
- Avoid the Legal Traps
Get Inside the Deal. Understand how investment deals are structured:
- Warranties & due diligence
- Investor rights
- Board structure
- Drag-along and tag-along clauses
- Bonus: Grants & Crowdfunding
âïžQ&A with Michael Buckworth
Bring your questions! This is your chance to ask the UKâs top startup solicitor anything about fundraising, documents and investors.
đââïžMeet the Speaker: Michael Buckworth, the founder of Buckworths and author of Built on Rock, the entrepreneur's legal guide to start-up success. Michael makes complex startup law simple and provides actionable advice you can implement immediately.
đDownload Chapter One of Built on Rock for free and start building your business on solid legal foundations: click here