FIC & Sidecar Finance Present Learn + Network: “Demystifying Startup Equity” for Female Founders & Investors
We welcome Female Investors and Female Founders to join this event to discuss
Why is equity important in startups? It means Ownership: having equity means you're one of the owners of the company, even if it's a tiny part. Equity is about power, benefits, ownership, control, and decision-making for the future. This is a critical topic whether you’re a founder, employee or investor.
FIC & Sidecar Finance Present Learn + Network: “Demystifying Startup Equity”
Hosted by the Female Investors Club, Sponsored by Sidecar Finance, co-hosted by Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Grit Capital Partners GP, FIC Co-Founder Jenn Byrne, Deep Tech Entrepreneur & FIC Co-Founder Kate Lynch.
Delighted to have Caitlin Keep, Partner, Sidecar Finance present an overview of Understanding Private Company Equity from both a founder and investor point of view including:
Compensation
Forces that impact your equity value and access to liquidity
Preferred vs Common Shares
Granted vs Vested Equity
and more
Presentation will be followed by Q&A with the community
Agenda
5:30-6:00pm Networking
6:00-7:15pm Programming
7:15-8:00 Networking
Jennifer Byrne is Co-Founder of The FIC and is a General Partner at Grit Capital Partners. She launched the world's first and largest Female Founders in FinTech & InsurTech accelerator -over 500 women-led startups participated, raising over $1.8B.
Kate Lynch is a deep tech entrepreneur with a focus on the convergence of deep tech, the future of on Earth and off-world infrastructure, negotiation, geopolitics, and finance. Her technical focus has been in aerospace, AI, blockchain, and novel forms of compute.Kate is also co-creator of the Female Investors Club.
The Female Investors Club (FIC is a community of tech-oriented investors: Angels, LPs, GPs, Family Offices, Asset Managers & Allocators, RIAs, Wealth Managers, Endowments, Funds of Funds, and women who are interested in starting their tech investment journey this year. The FIC is committed to empowering, building community, breaking down barriers, and advancing women in investing. Contact: info@joinfic.org
Special thanks to the FIC's team: VC Dina Khattab, VC Stephanie Nwokolo, Investor/Founder Jessie Somekh.
About Sidecar Finance
Sidecar connects investors, shareholders, and wealth advisors with the private markets. Our team, made up of former private shareholders, tech operators, VCs, and wealth managers, leverages its deep expertise to help clients understand and unlock the value of their equity. We work with both institutional and retail clients, facilitating transactions in high-growth companies across various industries and stages, with investment opportunities of all sizes.
About Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLPis a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions, litigation and intellectual property practice groups focusing on the representation of venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology companies, entertainment and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. The firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, videogame, apparel and medical device sectors.
Their PRECCELERATOR PROGRAM is an accelerator for early-stage startups that provides sophisticated legal services, interim office space, mentorship, a targeted curriculum, investment strategy counseling and access to a strategic perks portfolio with the objective of helping you grow your idea from business concept to funded startup.