Cresco Law: Masterclass 6 - Venture Capital and Corporate Venture Capital
Sint Michielsstraat 2-4
3000 Leuven
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Free for Leuven MindGate members - €50 for non-members

Growth companies, corporates and research institutions are increasingly establishing comprehensive partnering strategies, building ecosystems of partners, encompassing joint-go-to-market strategies, funded development and joint development initiatives, as well as (corporate) venture capital, joint venture and M&A transactions.
Cresco has written the management book “Innovate. Collaborate. Grow!“ and developed the Corporate Partnering Framework, providing strategic and practical guidance for the analysis, design, negotiation and implementation of a broad range of corporate partnering transactions.
Cresco offers eight Corporate Partnering Master Classes to the members of Leuven MindGate, diving into a variety of topics.
You can find the details of the various masterclasses below. You can subscribe for one or multiple masterclasses through this link.
Masterclass 6 - Venture Capital and Corporate Venture Capital
18th of April '23 - Leuven
Startups and scaleups typically raise external equity funding from investors to grow their business to the next stage.
From day 1 such equity funding needs to be carefully thought through at the strategic, financial, business and governance level.
Raising equity funding from corporates (so-called CVC) adds another layer of complexity because of the strategic nature of such investment.
Topics:
- Design and structuring of a capital raising strategy, from (pre)seed through different series of growth capital
- Design and structuring of a governance model tailored to the development and growth stage
- Need for balanced relationships with corporate investors, from a freedom to operate, fundraising and exit perspective
What will you learn:
- How to plan for and negotiate with various types of investors, from business angels to venture capital investors
- How to pro-actively plan your capital raising strategy, adequately balancing valuation with investor protection
- How to align founders/management and investors from a governance and exit perspective
- How to negotiate with a corporate investor
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