How to Navigate Startup Funding & Legal Essentials in Houston

Do you have a new startup? Wondering about the real costs to launch? Need funding or legal support? Set your expectations and start understanding how funding and legal processes work for early-stage startups.Join us for an interactive, online Q&A session that provides practical, step-by-step advice. Learn what you need to know and do before launching and raising early funding. Receive tips on common pitfalls to avoid, what investors are looking for, and how equity and warrants work.The event features experts who have helped local startups structure their businesses and raise funding successfully.

❯ What You'll Learn:

• Costs to launch a startup
• Recommended structures for success
• Legal aspects of early startup incorporation & guidance
• Key metrics and pre-requisites for raising funding
• How to make yourself more attractive to investors and customers
• The best ways to source different funding resources such as Angel investors, Venture Capitalists, grants and loans

❯ Featured Speakers:

• Robert Tucci - Managing Director at HALO - He has extensive experience and knowledge in the Houston Angel funding space. As the past President and current GM of the Yardley Group he has managed and developed performance chemicals, source and supply to South American mining companies for mineral separation. His primary personal Angel Investments are in science and life sciences.
• Andrea Course - Founder and Managing Director at Course Investments - An investor, board member, gender equality advocate, and environmentalist driving scalable climate innovation at the intersection of technology, capital, and impact. With over 15 years of experience as a global innovation strategist and sustainability technologist, she helps organizations—from startups to Fortune 100s—scale climate solutions through AI, digital infrastructure, and decarbonization platforms.
• Gary Katz - Patent Attorney & Managing Attorney at Katz Law Group - A business investor and intellectual property attorney, founder & CEO of Katz Water Technologies, a water purification startup. He specializes in patent law and also works in real estate investing and commercial development.

❯❯ This is a live, interactive online event, so be sure to RSVP at https://fi.co/e/367299/meetup to receive the Zoom URL to join us live!