Before You Raise: Startup Legal Mistakes That Complicate Fundraising (NY Fintech Week Kickoff)

​Ad Hoc Founders Counsel is hosting a live legal workshop to kick off New York Fintech Week, focused on the most common structural questions and pitfalls that surface during active fundraising.

​Most founders enter investor conversations assuming their structure is solid and find out during diligence that it’s not. This session walks through what investors actually verify, where things commonly break, and how to approach them early so they don’t become complications later.

​For fintech founders, where regulatory, ownership, and capital structures are often more closely examined, getting this right early matters. For investors, this session offers a clearer lens into how early-stage companies are actually structured in practice, and where gaps tend to arise before capital is deployed.

​Who this is for:

• ​Founders with a product, MVP, or early traction

• ​Teams actively making decisions around equity, cofounders, or early hires

• ​Companies preparing for a fundraise (or planning to raise in the near term)

• ​Investors looking to better understand how early-stage fintech companies are structured in practice

​What we will cover:

• ​LLC vs. C-Corp in the context of raising outside capital

• ​How cap tables actually work and where they diverge from legal reality

• ​SAFEs, convertible notes, and how early dilution plays out over time

• ​The relationship between cap tables, stock ledgers, and actual equity issuance

• ​The most common structural issues that surface during investor diligence

​If you’re actively working through these questions, there will be an opportunity to connect after the session.

​Hosted by Ad Hoc Founders Counsel (Bagchi Law PC), a legal practice focused on founders and early-stage companies.
Learn more: founderscounsel.law

​This event is a part of #NYFinTechWeek – an inclusive collaboration of the entire FinTech ecosystem.

​This session is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or create an attorney client relationship.