Specialists in startups, investment analysis and legal aspects have explained the best strategies to face investment rounds
Prepare the company to receive professional investment requires the collection of documentation and specific information, as well as an analysis of the situation of the company in corporate, economic-financial and legal terms, among others. The professional investment by Private Equity and Venture Capital to companies continues to grow in Spain and in 2017 has reached its highest figure, exceeding the 5,000 million euros, according to the Spanish Association of Capital, Growth and Investment (ASCRI).
For this reason, the University of Valencia Science park Foundation (UVSPF) has organized a conference for entrepreneurs and companies interested in raising funds. Representatives of the Asociación Valenciana de Startups, Startupxplore and Legal Aktion will be part of the program.
The first to intervene has been Raúl Martín, president of the Asociación Valenciana de Startups, who has addressed what is the current situation of the startup ecosystem in the Comunitat Valenciana. Expert in business development and management of companies with special focus on innovation, he has extensive experience in international environments. He also knows the public sector after serving as general director of Economy and Entrepreneurship in the period 2013-2015.
Next, the senior investment analyst at Startupexplore Manuel González has explained what investors are setting in an investment round. In this sense, he has focused his speech on the mistakes that entrepreneurs and startups should avoid. González knows various branches of the financial sector, among others, financial auditing, mergers and acquisitions of companies, M&A operations and capital markets focused on MAB and MARF within the biotech, health and renewable clusters.
Legal experts
Finally, Antonio G. Asturiano, founding partner of Aktion Legal, has detailed the legal tricks to seduce the investor. Among others, the importance of establishing a good partnership agreement. Within his specialization in the field of startups, Antonio G. Asturiano has been selected as the first independent lawyer at a national level in the ranking of legal advice firms for startups in Spain prepared by the magazine El Referente. For his part, Juan Manuel Pérez has spent two decades advising on commercial and corporate law issues in M&A and Venture Capital operations nationally and internationally. Secretary of the Board of Directors of Big Ban Angels, Juan M. Pérez has been recommended by the most relevant legal rankings as an expert in Commercial Law, M&A and Venture Capital.