Raising investment for startups: what does raising investment mean in practice?

In this video, Roberta Draper and Emer Hughes in our Corporate and Commercial Team discuss what raising investment for your startup means in practice, in particular how you value your company and how much you want to give away to investors in return for investment.

Our startup lawyers act for companies, investors and employees, and have particular experience of acting for founders: not only in terms of guiding them through the investment process, but also in resolving problems which may have arisen in earlier rounds. 

We also have many years of experience of advising on the legal issues which arise from running a technology business. Our aim is always to protect your rights and to allow you to realise the maximum value from your technology assets.

About the speakers

Roberta Draper is a Senior Associate in the Corporate and Commercial team. Roberta advises startup founders, angel investors and established businesses on a variety of corporate and commercial legal matters. She advises on early stage investments, share option schemes, shareholder agreements, share buybacks and company sales and acquisitions. 

Emer Hughes is a Senior Associate in the Corporate and Commercial team. She works on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions including advising on commercial contracts and shareholder agreements, corporate governance, company restructuring, asset and share acquisitions, VC investments and listings on junior stock markets.