YoungUpstarts
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” The Cost of Financing.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Traditional brands, namely eCommerce/luxury fashion and CPG brands are trying to figure out how to get in the action. Toya represents a new type of digital ,branded, social experiences that are already creating brand equity. Thinking ahead 5-10 yearsm we believe that Toya will be one of the leading IP owners of the virtual world.
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NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Remuneration will reflect the stage of the startup but it’s generally at a rate of about $500-1000 a meeting or directors might be paid in equity at about 0.5-0.75% This equity will vest over 2-3 years. In deep tech companies value creation milestones are more likely to be tagged to validating the technology and IP creation.
Scott Edward Walker
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
And if the departing founder has a huge chunk of equity, it is unlikely that the company will find many sophisticated angels or VC’s interested in investing. IP Ownership. You must confirm that none of the founders’ prior employers has any rights to the venture’s IP because he or she was “moonlighting” while previously employed.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
You never got around to agreeing exact equity splits but you had many conversations about it. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. But if you can stomach that he’s a star and contingency work / risk sharing on IP claims is key! Disclosure: he’s my cousin.
ithacaVC
DECEMBER 9, 2013
No need to disclose the company name or industry for purposes of this post. I use the term “pro forma” as often there are equity issues that need to be resolved prior to the deal closing that are NOT currently reflected in the company’s current cap table (like planned grants to advisors, co-founder true ups, etc.).
David Teten
MAY 16, 2011
I’m excited about the program below on “Investing in Intellectual Capital: Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets” Click here to make a reservation.
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