Research and Markets: What VC-Backed Companies Need to Know About Raising an Additional Round of Capital in the Next 12-24 Months

Business Wire, June 17, 2009

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/61e255/what_vcbacked_com) has announced the addition of the "What VC-Backed Companies Need to Know About Raising an Additional Round of Capital in the Next 12-24 Months" report to their offering.

In What VC-Backed Companies Need to Know About Raising an Additional Round of Capital in the Next 12-24 Months, Reed Seminars examines the most up-to-date funding strategies and how to negotiate the best deal terms possible for follow-on rounds in the current economic environment. The seminar is guaranteed to have a direct financial impact on negotiating terms with existing and prospective venture capital investors and helping you determine the best timing possible for raising a follow-on round. Take the 90 minutes to view this Instant Impact seminar to make sure you are aware of new changes to deal structures and specific clauses that are being added to term sheets.

Upon ordering, we will send you a CD with the seminar on it for viewing on your computer or mobile media device (iPod/iPhone, Blackberry). The CD will include the PowerPoint presentation, audio narration and jpeg images of the slides (for watching on your mobile media device).

The seminar is led by Jim Sanger, a General Partner at ABS Ventures, and focuses on:

• Everything you need to know in 90 minutes about deal terms and how to determine the right timing to start pursuing an additional round
• A detailed look at the process of raising a follow-on round of capital and what to expect over the next 24 months
• Specific deal terms you should ask for of new investors and existing investors, and how each are different
• Management compensation and employment contract issues for key executives such as the CEO & CFO
• The 10 questions that are being asked the most by CEOs & CFOs of VC-Backed companies about raising a follow-on round of capital
• Case studies of other VC-Backed companies that have raised follow-on rounds of funding and what you can learn from them (as well as detailed commentary on an actual term sheet that you can use for reference)

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/61e255/what_vcbacked_com