Gathr’s Senior VC Professionals Educational Breakfast
Gathr’s Senior VC Breakfast: Portfolio Value Protection
Topic: Raising with the Exit in Mind
The 5 Value-Destructive Traps International Scale-Ups Fall Into
The Mission: Beyond the Pitch Deck
Our session aims to help VCs identify and prevent the most common value-destructive behaviours that emerge as portfolio companies expand internationally, scale, and prepare for exit. We will explore how early operational intervention across structure, tax, systems, governance, and reporting can materially protect valuation, reduce diligence friction, and improve exit outcomes.
What We’ll Explore:
The "Silent Killers": The 5 most common operational traps startups fall into during US expansion.
Early Warning Signals: How to spot risks in structure and compliance before they surface in a data room.
The VC Lever: Practical ways to intervene and guide founders toward "exit-ready" hygiene.
Tactical Resilience: Improving outcomes for tax, GAAP/IFRS compliance, and equity management.
The Morning Agenda:
08:30 – 08:45: Arrival & Coffee
08:50: Seating & Introductions
08:55 – 09:15: Topic Kick-Off: The 5 Traps (Served with Breakfast)
09:15 – 09:30: Peer-to-Peer Roundtable
09:30 – 10:00: Optional Networking
Supported By Our Partners:
Sage delivers trusted, finance‑first AI with Sage Intacct, combining automation, assurance, and real‑time, investor‑grade insight. Trusted by over 22,000 businesses globally, Sage Intacct helps scaling portfolio companies build the financial control, credibility, and confidence required to scale effectively and remain exit‑ready. (Privacy Policy)
Frazier & Deeter (FD) is an international tax and advisory practice specialising in supporting scale up and growth stage SMEs expand into the US marketplace. In the last 3 years, they have supported more than 400 companies in making this crucial step. (Privacy Policy)
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