Start Smart: Legal Essentials for Early-Stage Startups

Presented by RMIT Activator, RMIT's hub for entrepreneurship and startups, this event unpacks the legal essentials of raising capital.

Planning to raise capital? Before moving forward, it's important to understand the legal fundamentals that underpin a successful capital raising.

Whether you're still sounding the market for investment or are in the midst of negotiating a term sheet, this session will equip early-stage founders with necessary legal insights.

Join startup law experts Jasmine and James from Hall & Wilcox Lawyers, as they break down the key legal considerations for raising capital.

Both speakers co-lead the firm's startup accelerator program, Frank Lab, and have experience advising high-growth companies.

With experience supporting startups through major transactions, they'll help with the foundational legal knowledge so you can prepare for what's next.

What they'll cover:

  • Capital raising process
  • Getting investor-ready: legal due diligence
  • Investment documents 
  • What we're seeing in the market

Understand the legal implications in this information session with speakers from a startup-savvy space.

Schedule:

  • 5:00pm – Networking drinks  
  • 5:30pm – Presentation/ workshop 
  • 6:00pm – Q&A
  • 6:15pm – Event to conclude 

Tickets are free, but spaces are limited! Register today to avoid disappointment.

Register here

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