Mergers & Acquisitions,
Corporate
Aug. 24, 2016
Startups need to pay more attention to founder stock
Inadequate attention to founder stock and seed investments can lead to greater legal and tax expense, adversely affect new employee hiring, and delay future venture capital financings.
Murray A. Indick
Partner
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Email: mindick@mofo.com
Murray is the co-chair of the firm's Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Practice Group. He has more than 30 years experience as a corporate lawyer, with expertise in venture capital, private equity, fund formation, M&A and corporate governance.
VENTURE CAPITAL CORNER
The good news is that exciting and disruptive startup companies continue to be formed on a daily basis. The better news is that companies continue to close financing rounds with unicorn ($1 billion-plus) valuations - and occasionally even early-stage businesses have an extraordinarily large M&A takeout generating front-page news coverage.
The bad news? Inadequate attention is paid by some startup businesses to imp...
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