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April 2021

Structuring Equity Investment – Get it Right

The advice we most often hear experienced entrepreneurs give new founders is: get a good lawyer. Time spent properly setting up your company, understanding the downstream ramifications of taking equity in different formats, and effectively managing your cap table, will literally pay dividends over the life of your company.

This session is a deep dive with one of those good lawyers. Meredith Fox of White Summers has represented both entrepreneurs and investors in dozens of deals, and will share the most important lessons she’s learned from years in the trenches. You will learn:

Different types of investment structures, including note financings, SAFEs, and equity financing
What type of investment tends to work best at each stage of a company’s stage of growth
Different types of equity investors (angel, VC, strategic investor), and how to find the best fit for your company

Details

Cost: Free for OEN members; $15 for non-members. *Sorry, no refunds.*

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Speaker

Meredith Fox

Counsel, White Summers

Meredith’s practice focuses on providing strategic advice to companies to position them for, and help them through, critical junctures including organization and formation, obtaining initial funding, negotiating strategic transactions, determining company growth, scaling and exit opportunities, and raising capital. Meredith previously worked as in-house counsel to a performance-based marketing start-up in San Diego, CA, giving her an inside perspective of the legal needs of start-ups and emerging growth-stage companies.

Meredith advises both buyers and sellers in transactions involving mergers, acquisitions, asset sales, joint ventures, and various other M&A matters including cross-border transactions. Meredith has an LLM in Taxation and advises clients on corporate tax structure and international tax planning.

Presented by: Oregon Entrepreneurs Network

Start:

April 21, 2021 9:00 AM

End:

April 21, 2021 10:00 AM

Calendar Type:

Special Event

Location:

Online! Link will be sent to all registered attendees prior to the call

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Investor Decks: Content and Design Strategies

Oh, the dreaded pitch deck! Everyone knows that the first presentation can make or break a lucrative relationship with an investor. But where do you start? What is important to cover? Join Venture Capitalist and Fund Manager, Himalaya Rao, and one of PSU’s Lead Graphic Designers, Xuan Cheng as they go through a deep dive of things to include (and not) in pitch decks for dilutive investors. This duo has combed through over 200 pitch decks to find examples and tangible advice for you to nail that first impression with an investor!

Details

Cost: Free for OEN members; $15 for non-members. *Sorry, no refunds.*

Note: if nothing happens when you click the Member ticket option on the right, it probably means your membership has expired. Now is a great time to renew!

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Speakers

Himalaya Rao-Potlapally

co-Managing Director of Black Founders Matter

I am the co-Managing Director of Black Founders Matter and a Venture Capital Consultant who works with Angel Funds and Venture Firms along the West Coast. I have worked with seven different funds and am currently working with Portland Seed Fund as their diligence lead while actively raising for Black Founders Matter Fund I. I have a passion for expanding the accessibility of entrepreneurship to BIPOC and rural communities as a pathway for economic development and generational wealth building.

Xuan Cen Cheng

Founder of Xuancen.Design LLC

Lead Designer at PSU CE

My vision is to help entrepreneurs create an identity for their brand and visually sharing their stories. With xuancen.design, I wanted to do differently than any other creative studio. Every client I met, we work together like friends, the quality of work from friendly collaboration shows. I’ll bring my professional experience and build a process of collaboration because it’s an effective way to make things feel right and true to the client.