{"id":3129,"date":"2023-05-30T11:51:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=3129"},"modified":"2023-10-13T13:58:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T20:58:14","slug":"raising-your-series-a","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/raising-your-series-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Cap Table 101: Raising Your Series A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">You&#8217;ve raised your seed based on an idea and team. Now you&#8217;ve got traction (and initial revenue) \u2014 it&#8217;s time for your Series A.<\/p>\n<p>In this session, Natasha Arora, Esq. Carta&#8217;s Director of Business Development moderated a panel with Carta\u2019s CEO, Henry Ward, founders, Raj Bhaskar (Hurdlr), and Ryan Eisenman (Arch) to discuss raising a Series A in today&#8217;s environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We covered topics from section 2 of <a href=\"https:\/\/carta.com\/learn\/cap-table-101\/?ir=classroom-ct101-feature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carta\u2019s cap table 101 course<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Priced rounds and valuations<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Fundraising for your Series A<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Option pools, dilution, and SAFEs<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Valuation caps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Resources mentioned in the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carta.com\/lp\/carta-deal-concierge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carta Deal Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/henrysward.medium.com\/seed-financing-fees-are-too-expensive-f89ac6674c9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seed Financing Fees are too Expensive by Henry Ward<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulgraham.com\/growth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Startup = Growth by Paul Graham<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carta.com\/events\/safes-convertible-notes-first-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to watch the first event in the Cap Table 101 series: SAFEs, Convertible Notes and Your First Employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>DISCLOSURE: This event is presented on behalf of eShares, Inc., dba Carta, Inc. (\u201cCarta\u201d). The content of this event is not, and no opinions or comments shared in this event should be treated or construed as, accounting, business, financial, investment, legal, tax, or other professional advice or services . This event is for information purposes only. The content of this event is not intended as a recommendation, offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security. Carta does not assume any liability for reliance on the information provided herein and undertakes no obligation to update content. The opinions of the guests and host are their own and do not reflect the view of Carta or Carta&#8217;s affiliates. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners in the U.S. and other countries, and are used for identification purposes only. Use of these names, logos, and brands does not imply affiliation or endorsement.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve raised your seed based on an idea and team. Now you&#8217;ve got traction (and initial revenue) \u2014 it&#8217;s time for your Series A. In this session, Natasha Arora, Esq. Carta&#8217;s Director of Business Development moderated a panel with Carta\u2019s CEO, Henry Ward, founders, Raj Bhaskar (Hurdlr), and Ryan Eisenman (Arch) to discuss raising a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":3247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[9],"mec_speaker":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/3129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3129"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=3129"},{"taxonomy":"mec_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-staging.carta.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_speaker?post=3129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}