Raise Your Next Round with Confidence: EMBARK.LAW x ETH AI Center
Raising your first (or next) round is one of the biggest moments in a startup's life, and it can feel daunting. It does not have to. In one focused session, two startup lawyers walk you through how a financing round really works. You'll leave with their proven tools ready to use to secure your next successful closing.
Most founders meet their first term sheet on the back foot: waiting for interest, reacting to the investor's draft, scrambling through due diligence. This workshop flips that. We built it around the three things that decide how a round goes:
Strategy. Your funding options and what each costs you in dilution and control, how a round runs from first meeting to closing, and how to keep it from stalling.
Legal due diligence. Exactly what investors ask for. You take home our Legal DD Readiness Checklist, the same request list investors work from.
The term sheet. How to lead with your own balanced sheet instead of reacting to one, and the clauses that decide your valuation, economics, and control. You take home our proven, founder-ready term sheet.
Agenda
10:30am - Workshop
12pm - Networking & Lunch
Who it's for
Founders at or approaching their first priced round, from the idea stage to early investor conversations. Robotics, AI, and deep-tech teams out of ETH and Swiss labs will feel right at home.
Your hosts
Armin Trautmann (VC and startup lawyer specializing in M&A), who runs financing rounds end to end, and Jan Ritter (Legal Advisor Startups & VC), a former founder who works closely with deep-tech teams stepping out of the lab.
About EMBARK.LAW
EMBARK was founded in 2016 as Switzerland's first law firm dedicated exclusively to startups and venture capital. We give practical, business-oriented advice that helps founders move fast and decide well. Two things matter to us as much as to you:
We are proactive and fast: a direct contact, quick replies, and we reprioritize on our end when a deadline demands it. And we are clear and to the point: we will not quote the law and tell you "it depends," and where a topic needs a specialist, we bring in someone we trust and flag the cost first.
To date we have supported 210+ startups and investors, enabled over CHF 330 million in venture deals, and kept a 94% retention rate with ongoing clients.