Daniel I. DeWolf

Courses

• Venture Capital

  This course will cover a range of issues relating to start-up businesses and developmental stage companies. The course will focus on the balancing of competing legal and economic interests among founders, venture capitalists, directors, management, employees, and shareholders. The goal is for students to obtain an understanding of how these interests interact in the early stages of the development of a business and how the law attempts to deal with these competing interests. Topics to be covered will include: Choosing the Appropriate Enterprise Entity, Funding the Entity, Crowd Funding, Raising Capital Online, The JOBS Act, Angel Investing, Seed Round Investing, Venture Capital Investing, Term Sheets, Negotiating Term Sheets, Down Round Financings, Retaining and Motivating Employees, and Exit Strategies. The course will be interdisciplinary and will include issues relating to corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, securities, tax, and intellectual property law.