Topic
Startup Finance
50 published works
Capiche
Unlocking Growth: Equity Crowdfunding for Canadian Startups
By Capiche
Canadian startups now have direct access to capital through equity crowdfunding under Canada’s Start-Up Crowdfunding Exemption (NI 45–110), introduced in September 2021. This exemption enables innovative businesses to raise funds…
Startup Law Blog
A startup lawyer’s guide to non-standard investment term sheets
By Izwan
These non-standard terms can be detrimental to founders, especially first-time founders who encounter such terms often without realising their long-term implications. This article explores several non-standard terms we’ve encountered in…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
8 Legal Issues Influencing Investors In The Creator Economy
By Louis Lehot
Authors: Louis Lehot and Alan PateThis article was originally published in Law360 on May 10, 2024, and is republished here.In recent months, there has been an onslaught of negative news surrounding…
Founders Legal Blog
Research Confirms Intellectual Property Rights are Crucial for Startup Financing and Exit Success
Research Confirms Intellectual Property Rights are Crucial for Startup Financing and Exit Success by Jaime Chandra Joint Study Highlights the Role of Patents and Trademarks in Securing Startup Funding and…
StartupProgram.com
What is a Cap for SAFEs and Convertible Notes?
Now that you’ve formed your business and you and your fellow founders are hard at work building your startup, if you are like most burgeoning businesses, at some point you…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Startups surviving a slump: What it takes to make it through a downturn | Secondary Sources |…
By Louis Lehot
Startups surviving a slump: What it takes to make it through a downturn | Secondary Sources | National | Westlaw Today | Louis LehotLouis Lehot of Foley & Lardner LLP discusses…
It's Just Business
It’s Always About the Money : Regulating the “Finders” who Secure Financing for Start-ups
The Business Court regularly deals with disputes that arise from the financial challenges facing start-ups and the principals behind them. As our colleagues Ernie Badway and Josh Horn note, “The…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
Early Stage Startup Financing in 2023
By Louis Lehot
2023 is not 2021. There is plenty of seed financing activity going on in the startup world, but it’s a different economic environment with a variety of different structures being…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Start-up venture capital ‘resilient’ despite economic challenges: Osler report
Report also shows increase in number of woman-founded companies participating in financing rounds
Startup Law Blog
Dealing with investor’s veto rights for startups
By Izwan
Any sensible investor would want to minimise their downside risks when making an investment especially in a risky asset class portfolio such as when investing in an early stage startup.…