In the fourth part of OUP’s Funding and Equity webinar series, Mitra Miri and Nii Dodoo-Amoo of OUP will discuss what a startup founder should expect when fundraising from venture capital groups. They will begin with an overview of how venture capital firms operate to provide context for startup founders before a deep dive into the diligence process at VC firms including:
• Team evaluation
• Market opportunity, commercial plan and operations
• IP
• Regulatory Considerations
• Competitive landscape

Part of the discussion will also address the investment memo VCs draft when conducting diligence for an opportunity. The webinar will conclude with a review of the process that takes place once a start-up has received a term sheet from a VC.

As always, feel free to provide your questions beforehand, either by emailing kmangels@oup.vc or entering them below.