Venture Capital & Startup

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Venture Capital & Startup

NYK Law Firm has the experience and passion to assist your startup from the stages of initial development of your ideas or Intellectual Property. We assist fundraising while also endeavoring to protect your ideas from misappropriation. We see our start-up support as an opportunity to power visionaries who bring progress. Furthermore, we could offer assistance in connecting potential investors to new start-ups.

Our investment and commercial advisory has certainly brought us in touch with potential investors and our experience in corporate, commercial, intellectual property, transactional and many other related services and sectors, would ensure that our services are holistic and fact-based. We provide very specific and specialized assistance to start-ups in the UAE. Such services include company incorporation and advising the suitable entity and drafting and preparing the necessary documents, liaising with the relevant government authorities and providing overall counsel and advice.

We understand the constraints of scarce resource allocation and we do our best to ensure that we do justice to the same. UAE has more than 20 free zones and three offshore jurisdictions, each of which has its own licensing body. We are experienced in incorporating all types of companies in the mainland Dubai, Sharjah, Free Zones and Offshore Jurisdictions. Hence, we are well-versed in assistance on a range of legal issues such as incorporation, intellectual property, agreements involved, employment, corporate governance and so on.

Hot topics that may arise in venture capital & startup

How long does it take to raise capital?

Most companies vastly underestimate the time commitment necessary for raising capital for business. In actuality, a company seeking financing needs to budget between 500 to 1000 work-hours to the capital-raising process, spread out over a 6-9 month time period.

What is the recommended amount of capital to raise before starting a venture?

In general it is expected that you’ll be raising 18–24 month’s of cash in a VC fund raising. If you have a shorter runway than that the time you’ll have to make enough progress to raise more capital is too short.

What percent of startups raise venture capital?

According to data compiled by Fundable, only 0.91 percent of startups are funded by angel investors, while a measly 0.05 percent are funded by VCs. In contrast, 57 percent of startups are funded by personal loans and credit, while 38 percent receive funding from family and friends.

What does startup capital pay for?

Startup capital is what entrepreneurs use to pay for any or all of the required expenses involved in creating a new business. This includes paying for the initial hires, obtaining office space, permits, licenses, inventory, research and market testing, product manufacturing, marketing, or any other expense.

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