On February 26, 2018, at the Startup Law training held at ING Orange Lab, our Managing Partner Erdem Mümtaz Hacıpaşaoğlu and R. Okan Şencan offered founders and investors a two-sided perspective in a single session.
The central thesis of the training was clear: the founder’s list of “legally important” topics largely overlaps with the investor’s list of items to control; where they diverge, reading the economic consequences in advance turns into a strategic edge for the founder.
Guest speakers
The session featured serial founder and TRANGELS co-founder Namık Kural, along with Abonesepeti founder Deniz Okumuş: recently funded, and the host, Özge Öz, who has long led startup–bank collaboration at ING.
Topics “legally important” for founders
Incorporation, vesting among founders, employee option plans, SAFE/convertible in investment rounds, SHA clauses, and due-diligence readiness were addressed from the practical perspective of both the founder and the investor side.
Highlights from this training
- Founder perspective: Incorporation, vesting, option plans
- Investor perspective: Due diligence, SHA, control clauses
- Bank–startup partnership: The ING Orange Lab model
You can watch the training on YouTube.
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