Skip to main content
Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • About
    • OIE News
    • Annual Reports
    • Invention Disclosure
    • Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Newsletter
  • People
  • Contact
    • Invention Disclosure
Connect with Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • About
    • OIE News
    • Annual Reports
    • Invention Disclosure
    • Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Newsletter
  • People
  • Contact
  • Invention Disclosure

Start Smart: Funding Your Startup

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Mike Yeomans

 The Start Smart series of legal seminars for entrepreneurs recently held a session on funding a startup. If you missed it, never fear, you can watch the recording of the Zoom session here.

Oct- 1 Start Smart-1

Hosted by David Lehman of the firm K&L Gates, this session tackles legal issues associated with raising capital through friends and family, seed funding and Series A rounds. 

Topics include:

  • – Structuring investments to maximize growth

– Funding from incubators/accelerators, angels, venture capitalists and strategic investors.

{% video_player “embed_player” overrideable=False, type=’scriptV4′, hide_playlist=True, viral_sharing=False, embed_button=False, autoplay=False, hidden_controls=False, loop=False, muted=False, full_width=False, width=’1920′, height=’1080′, player_id=’35802273987′, style=” %}

The next Start Smart Session will focus on the basic legal issues involved with new company formation, including choice of entity (LLC, C-corp, Benefit Corporation and Company alternatives), founder agreements, splitting equity and employee vesting. Participants will have a chance to work with law students to design a “legal roadmap” that will recommend the best entity option for your startup – all under the supervision of experienced startup lawyers. If you want to work with a law student, please send a description to sad111@pitt.edu by Friday, October 30.

Nov. 5 Start Smart

{{cta(‘b7ae247f-66a6-4707-9037-57b6f39a08cc’,’justifycenter’)}}

Start Smart is a joint effort of the Big Idea Center, the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Project Olympus at Carnegie Mellon University.

Categories

  • All Posts
  • OIE Blog
  • OIE Newsletter
  • OIE News
  • Pitt Innovation News
  • Innovation Institute News

Archives

Tags

  • newsletter
  • Industry & Academia
  • Other Pitt Competitions
  • Year-End Stories
  • Wells Competition
  • Diversity
  • National Academy of Inventors
  • Entrepreneurs in Residence
  • LifeX
  • Pitt Rankings
  • Big Idea Center
  • Celebration of Innovation
  • nsf i-corps
  • patents
  • Pitt innovators
  • Pitt Startups
Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

1st Floor Gardner Steel Conference Center (GSCC)

130 Thackeray Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA

Phone: 412-383-7670

Pitt Innovation
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • Annual Reports
    • Startups
    • News
    • Staff Directory
  • Programs
    • Program Listings
    • Events
  • Resources
  • For Inventors
    • Why Commercialize?
    • Invention Disclosure
    • Intellectual Property
    • Inventor’s Guide
    • Create A Startup
    • Funding
  • For Industry
    • Partner with Pitt
    • Search Technologies
    • Explore Pitt Startups
    • Licensing Templates
  • Contact
    • Become a Mentor
Pitt Research Offices
  • Pitt Research (main)
  • Research Computing
  • Research Protections
  • Sponsored Programs
Connect with Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
We are part of

The Office of Senior Vice Chancellor For Research

Copyright © 2025.