Getting Your Company Ready for A Sale Session
Session 4: Getting Your Company Ready for A Sale Session
Understand how to set financial objectives for a transaction, differentiate between strategic and financial buyers, and create a management success plan. Learn about the role of the founder in the new entity and how to design a strategic exit plan that aligns with your long-term goals.
About the Presenter
Terry Mocherniak is the founder and Managing Director of Apex Capital Advisors. He has over 25 years’ experience in the tech sector and is a serial entrepreneur having founded and grown several businesses with two successful exits including one to a division of global giant Siemens. Terry also has extensive M & A, venture capital and corporate advisory experience and has raised over $20 million in venture capital for his own enterprises and has been involved in over $250M in M & A transactions. Vertical expertise includes Industry 4.0, cleantech, software, e-commerce, consumer marketplaces, marketing and Martech, IT services and media.
Terry currently serves as a Director at Sourcerty, Senior Advisor at EACL Consulting Services, Cleantech Advisor at MaRS, Director of Qeatech Inc. and previously held the role as Executive Director at York Angels.
Mr. Mocherniak is a corporate lawyer by training and has an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School.
Investment Readiness Workshop Series
The Investment Readiness Series is a comprehensive four-part workshop designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and skills to prepare your startup for investment and master the fundraising process.
From understanding the fundamentals of financing to navigating complex investment deals, this series offers invaluable insights for early-stage entrepreneurs.
Each session is led by industry experts and will provide you with practical tools to secure funding and manage investor relationships effectively.
Session 1: Funding Pathways: Fundamentals of Startup Financing - June 25
Session 3: Cap Table Management: Preparing Your Startup for Investment - July 31
Session 4: Getting Your Company Ready for A Sale Session - August 7
About YSpace
YSpace is York University’s pan-university entrepreneurship and innovation hub supporting startups and entrepreneurs from a variety of sectors and communities. Our programming spans across scaling innovative technologies through customer and investor capital to scaling agri-food businesses into mass retail to diversity-focused initiatives like ELLA for women-led businesses and in partnership with Black Entrepreneurship Alliance (BEA) for Black-led businesses. We are also home to two physical hubs in the City of Markham and the Town of Georgina.