Webinar #16: Equity financing for your venture

Are you planning the growth of your company and you need external financing? Be prepared in advance for what the entry of an investor into your company brings. In this webinar session, we will deep dive into different types of funding sources for your project with a more detailed overview about equity financing. How to prepare for fundraising, how to choose the best financing structure and what is its impact to your business model. We will also focus on the shareholder agreement (SHA) or investment agreement and their essential clauses and parts, such as valuation, special rights, founders vesting or liquidation preference.

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Ivan FILUS is senior consultant in BIC Bratislava, EU project manager, innovation advisor, financial and administrative coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network in Slovakia, Horizon 2020 National Contact Point for Innovation in SMEs and Access to Risk Finance and the key account manager for all successful EIC Accelerator beneficiaries in Slovakia. He is active in the EU RTD Framework Programmes for research and innovation, project management, financial management, technology transfer, research and innovation policies and strategies, innovation management, SMEs development, business modelling, business planning, financing, regional development, pre-commercial procurement.

Andrej PETRUS is investment Manager @ ZAKA - venture capital family office investing primarily in the pre-seed and seed stage (50-500k EUR) in CEE region. Agile generalist with experiences in venture building for CEAi and M&A and Strategy consultancy for PwC in Prague. Assisting the Board of Directors of SLOVCA (Slovak Venture Capital and Private Equity Association) as Project Manager. Lived in Berlin, Bratislava and Rome, currently based in Prague.