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STO (Security Token Offering) Introduction
STO Use Cases
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We originally created the 'OWN YOUR RAISE' Fellowship for Female Founders to solve some of the unique issues women founders face when it comes to raising money: lack of access to knowledge and investor networks and a need for greater confidence and executive leadership growth in scenarios where they are often the only woman in the room. But this program is now so much more: it's a safe space where Fellows can be inspired by and champion each other, connect and build on their leadership & fundraising strategy, and execute & celebrate their many milestones together.
The pressures of running a business while looking for funding causes many founders to underestimate the importance of creating a clear fundraising strategy. You don’t want to waste your time seeking capital without a clear timeline and plan. In this workshop, the experienced investors and entrepreneurs will guide you on how to best prepare, plan and execute a strategy that’s best suited to your business.
This workshop will also address the specifics of what it means to raise capital as a female founder and provide practical tips, checklists, templates and interactive exercises so you can start applying these to your company and Own Your Raise.
Key topics addressed include:
What’s the landscape of raising money for female founders?
What does raising capital mean for me and for my business?
Is my company ready to raise?
How much should I raise?
What’s the process and timeline of raising from angels/VCs?
How can I best prepare to raise my first outside capital?
How do I figure out and understand who the right investors are for my company?
How can I best align running my company and running a fundraising round?
What are the resources out there that can help me fundraise?
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Understand what raising outside capital means for you and your business
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4. CAST
Founders: Mike Conza and Gitte Blanchet
Mike has spent many years in business development at TechCo, a large technology
company. He and Gitte recently launched a new tech start-up, Speedy Charge. Mike
estimates that SpeedyCharge needs between $750,000 to $1,000,000 to develop a beta
version of the product and place it with a local electric car club that has signed on to
beta test the prototype.
Gitte has also spent many years at TechCo, in engineering. She and Mike met about six
months ago and discovered a mutual interest in electric cars. Gitte was working on an
idea at night and on weekends that addressed charging times for electric cars. Having
spotted the growing interest in electric cars, the two started further work to develop a
device that sits between the power source and the car charging port that speeds
charge times by 30%-50% (in early lab tests of a crude prototype).
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5. CAST
Seed Investor: Julio Vega
Julio, a lawyer by training, now spends his time investing in early-stage growth
companies, and together with his group of old friends, coordinates their angel/seed
investments.
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6. SETTING
Previously...
Originally introduced by email through a mutual connection, Mike had a long
teleconference where he talked through Speedy-Charge’s pitch deck and its
business model, which received interest.
Now...
We are at the first in-person meeting to discuss and negotiate terms for the seed
investment.
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9. SPEEDY-CHARGE, INC. – (FOUNDER DRAFT)
Model of Capitalization Table
SERIES SEED
Pre-Money
Type Shares Options Total %
Class and Series of Capital Stock:
Common Stock
Founders 900,000 900,000 100.0%
Total 900,000 0 900,000 100%
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10. SPEEDY-CHARGE, INC. – (FOUNDER DRAFT)
Model of Capitalization Table
SERIES SEED
Pre-Money
Type Shares Options Total %
Class and Series of Capital Stock:
Common Stock
Founders 900,000 900,000 90.0%
Option, Warrants and Other Securities:
Equity Incentive Plan
Granted/Committed - - 0.0%
Available for Grant (*) 100,000 100,000 10.0%
Total 900,000 100,000 1,000,000 100%
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11. SPEEDY-CHARGE, INC. –
(FOUNDER DRAFT)
Model of Capitalization Table
SERIES SEED
Pre-Money Post-Money
Type Shares Options Total % Shares Options Total %
Class and Series of Capital Stock:
Common Stock
Founders 900,000 900,000 90.0% 900,000 900,000 60.0%
Others - - 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
Series Seed Preferred Stock 500,000 500,000 33.3%
Option, Warrants and Other Securities:
Equity Incentive Plan
Granted/Committed 0 - 0.0% 0 - 0.0%
Available for Grant (*) 100,000 100,000 10.0% 100,000 100,000 6.7%
Plan Increase, Seed 0 - 0.0% 0 - 0.0%
Total 900,000 100,000 1,000,000 100% 1,400,000 100,000 1,500,000 100%
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12. INVESTOR DRAFT –
CAP. TABLE (15%)
Model of Capitalization Table
SERIES SEED
Pre-Money Post-Money
Type Shares Options Total % Shares Options Total %
Class and Series of Capital Stock:
Common Stock
Founders 900,000 900,000 90.0% 900,000 900,000 54.6%
Others - - 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
Series Seed Preferred Stock 500,000 500,000 30.4%
Option, Warrants and Other Securities:
Equity Incentive Plan
Granted/Committed 0 - 0.0% 0 - 0.0%
Available for Grant (*) 100,000 100,000 10.0% 100,000 100,000 6.1%
Plan Increase, Seed 147,059 147,059 8.9%
Total 900,000 100,000 1,000,000 100% 1,400,000 247,059 1,647,059 100%
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13. INVESTOR DRAFT–
CAP. TABLE (15%)
Model of Capitalization Table
SERIES SEED
Pre-Money Post-Money
Type Shares Options Total % Shares Options Total %
Class and Series of Capital Stock:
Common Stock
Founders 900,000 900,000 77.5% 900,000 900,000 51.7%
Others - - 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
Series Seed Preferred Stock 580,645 580,645 33.3%
Option, Warrants and Other Securities:
Equity Incentive Plan
Granted/Committed 0 - 0.0% 0 - 0.0%
Available for Grant (*) 100,000 100,000 8.6% 100,000 100,000 5.7%
Plan Increase, Seed 161,290 161,290 13.9% 161,290 161,290 9.3%
Total 900,000 261,290 1,161,290 100% 1,480,645 261,290 1,741,935 100%
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14. Act I
• Angel/seed/VC
• Valuation
• Cap table
• Pre-money
• Post-money
• Option plan
• Vesting
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