• SeedBlink invites to a webinar on communication strategies and pitfalls to avoid for startups
• The event will take place online via Zoom on September 17th
• The guest speaker is Ted Cominos Jr. of Eversheds Sutherland

On September 17th, the renowned Romanian co-investment platform SeedBlink is holding a ‘How to avoid becoming uninvestable to a VC?’ webinar. It will cover key communication strategies to keep a startup remain attractive in the eyes of venture capitalists and common pitfalls to avoid red lights. The webinar will feature Eversheds Sutherland’s partner Ted Cominos Jr. and SeedBlink’s chairman of the board of directors Radu Georgescu.

SeedBlink is a crowd investment platform that provides tech startups from Romania, CEE, and beyond, with an opportunity to raise additional funds from smaller investors. The regular ticket size in a SeedBlink campaign is as affordable as EUR 2,500 or EUR 1,000 for Club members, but the campaigning startups have a possibility to customize it further.

Among other advantages, a SeedBlink campaign is a perfect opportunity for a startup to engage its customers as stakeholders.

The platform’s most famous portfolio companies include Dronamics, Rayscape (ex-XVision), and Bright Spaces.

Speakers and Topics

Ted Cominos Jr. is a partner at Eversheds Sutherland’s Chicago office where he specializes in M&As, private equity, and corporate transactions. With over two decades of legal experience, he advises domestic and international clients, including private equity firms and public companies, on intricate matters like restructurings, joint ventures, and asset sales. Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, Mr Cominos was a partner at Faegre Drinker.

Radu Georgescu is a prominent Romanian entrepreneur and investor with more than three decades of experience in the IT and technology sectors. He established GeCAD Software in 1992, achieving notable success through significant exits, such as the sale of ePayment to Naspers and Vector Watch to Fitbit. He is currently the founding partner of Gecad Ventures and the chairman BoD of SeedBlink.

The speakers will cover the following topics:

• A startup’s attractiveness for VC
• Preparing for meetings with investors
• Common mistakes that can make a startup uninvestable at different stages of growth
• A VC’s view of cap tables, debt, ESOPs, etc., and the role of equity management

The webinar will feature a live Q&A session. All interested are welcome to join here.

In a Nutshell

• When: September 17th 2024, 17:00 EEST / 16:00 CET
• Where: Online on Zoom
• Registration: here, free