RVC Valuations & Term Sheets Workshop - August 2025

RVC Valuations & Term Sheets Workshop

Hosted at Thrive Ballpark

• How can you assign value to a company with no income and no assets?
• Does discounting future value work?
• What is the role of risk quantification in early stage valuation.
• Find out how an inflated valuation can deflate a company.
  
• Hands-on practice with FIVE different valuation methodologies.
• How to use valuation models for negotiation.
• How exit strategies five years in the future can impact your valuation NOW.

Term Sheets

The Term Sheets workshop is designed to help you understand the key terms of an investment term sheet, including how to structure a deal that gets you not just through the current round of funding but that also carries you all the way through to a successful exit.

Term sheets are the documents investors and entrepreneurs use to negotiate the deal. There can be as few as three or four terms and as many as thirty terms depending on the complexity of the deal. We will talk about what level of detail is appropriate and how to structure an Angel term sheet so that the company will be attractive to VCs in a follow-on funding situation.

A sample term sheet will be provided to facilitate discussion but participants are encouraged to bring their own term sheets (if they have them) so the discussion can focus on specific and relevant term sheet issues and development of strategies to address those issues.

Investors: You will be able to read a company's term sheet and identify red flags, bad terms, and other reasons to walk away after this course. Find out how to protect yourself from dilution and protect your investment from future fundraising or exit troubles. You can't afford to miss this one!

Entrepreneurs: You should walk away from this workshop better prepared to evaluate the key terms of an investment term sheet – specifically those that relate to the economics of a deal and control of your company. Market conditions dictate terms but learn how to avoid common missteps and be a better, and informed, negotiator. You can't afford to miss this one!

Learn more about membership: RVC Membership

Who Should Attend?: Entrepreneurs looking for group feedback their startup company; Investors looking to help provide insight from their experience and get to know companies who will be looking for funding.

What is the Format?: 2-hour session, with the first hour reserved for introductions and a presentation on the mastermind topic. From there, facilitators will open the group up for discussion diving further into the topic discussed or other dilemmas presented by attendees.

Hybrid: In-person @ Thrive Workplace Ball Park, 1415 Park Ave W, Denver, CO 80205 or Virtual via Zoom