Early-Stage Financing Strategies for Startups

Early-stage financing provides Life Science startups with the critical capital needed to develop their product, grow their team, and bring their vision to market.


Join Procopio Partner and Emerging Company & VC practice leader, Paul Johnson, for a valuable webinar that focuses on the essentials for early-stage financing. Raising capital is a critical challenge for early-stage life sciences startups. In this webinar, we’ll unpack the key financing instruments commonly used at the seed and early stages - convertible notes, pre and post-money SAFEs and equity rounds. The session will equip participants with practical insight into structuring deals that align with your long-term strategic goals while meeting investor expectations.

Event Speaker

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Paul Johnson

Partner
Procopio LLP

Paul helps entrepreneurs and their investors get companies formed, funded and sold, including initial formation of corporations and LLCs, negotiation of seed, early and mid-stage equity financings and buy and sell-side mergers and acquisitions. He is also adept at venture capital investments, public and private securities offering and compliance and general business counseling. Paul has also counseled some of San Diego’s most successful companies in Securities and Exchange Commission compliance and general corporate governance. He is the co-leader of Procopio’s Mergers & Acquisitions practice and leads its Emerging Company and Venture Capital practice.

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