After the First Meeting: Demystifying Venture Financings from Intro to Close
Building a venture backed company comes with a distinct set of challenges with raising venture capital often being one of the most challenging. Join us for a discussion with early-stage investors and leading industry experts who will provide candid advice and insights into the fundraising process.
Moderator: Evan Prislovsky, Pilot
Panelists:
Tom Driscoll, Differential Ventures
Nick Wijnberg, Lorimer Ventures
Derrick Maultsby Jr., FBT Gibbons
Meet the Panelists:
Differential Ventures is a pre-seed and seed fund with the flexibility to lead, co-lead and follow. They invest in data-centric B2B tech companies. Their team has decades of operational, technical and investing experience to support founders through their toughest challenges.
Lorimer Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in ambitious entrepreneurs building the next generation of technology companies. What makes Lorimer different is that its team is made up of experienced founders, operators, and investors who work closely with the companies they back—providing not just capital, but hands-on help with hiring, customers, strategy, and fundraising.
FBT Gibbons’ Venture team is a leading corporate venture legal team with the access and resources of a large national law firm. From ideation to exit, FBT Gibbons assists founders with formation, capital raising, protecting intellectual property, building their team, tax optimization, data privacy, commercial transactions, and everything else a high growth startup needs.
Pilot is a financial services company that helps startups and growing businesses manage the financial side of their companies. They handle things like bookkeeping, taxes, accounting, and CFO support, giving founders the financial information and guidance they need to make better decisions and focus on growing their businesses.