You’re just getting started with your company – and suddenly everyone’s throwing around terms like vesting, cap table, or convertibles?

In this online session, you’ll get a clear, beginner-friendly introduction to the legal and financial basics every founder should know from day one.

Together with season5 (a law firm headquartered in Berlin with an office in Schweinfurt), Katharina (lawyer for Corporate, Venture Capital & M&A) will show you how to structure founder roles in a smart way, distribute equity fairly, and which key agreements form the foundation of your company. We’ll also look at how these early decisions affect future funding rounds – and what investors typically expect.

What you’ll take away:

• Clarity on common founder topics like vesting, cap tables & more

• What matters when it comes to fair equity and role allocation

• Which agreements are truly important in the early days

• How to set yourself up properly for funding early on – practical & easy to understand

Format: Online (Zoom)
We’ll email the Zoom link to all registered participants a few days before the event.

Save the date: “Unlock Your Venture” – full-day event on 17 July 2026
On 17 July 2026, our full-day event “Unlock Your Venture” will follow — again together with season5, plus local investors and key players from the regional start-up scene. We’ll dive much deeper into the topics and work hands-on in workshops on your specific questions and needs.

About Katharina
Katharina brings over ten years of experience in Corporate, M&A and Venture Capital. Over that time, she has supported nearly every phase of the startup lifecycle — from the very first investor conversations to exits in the high hundreds of millions.

What sets her apart isn’t just the depth of her experience, but her passion for the early stages: when ideas are still raw, structures are taking shape, and the right decisions lay the foundation for everything that follows. This is exactly where she shares her knowledge most clearly, hands-on, and straight to the point.

Katharina consistently goes the extra mile for her clients. Anyone listening to her will quickly notice: this is someone who has seen a lot — and knows exactly what truly matters. One hour with her can replace months of learning curve.

About season5
We’re a next-generation law firm — founded by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs.

season5 stands for a new season in legal: moving away from purely paragraph-driven thinking and toward real entrepreneurial advice.

We support tech startups, investors and funds exactly where things get truly exciting (and often difficult) for young companies: in the in-between spaces — where legal areas overlap and collide with operational reality, growth, and time-critical decisions.

As an interdisciplinary team, we don’t think of law in silos. We see it as a tool that helps founders grow faster, more securely and more sustainably. We know the challenges firsthand — we’re founders ourselves and in the same boat as our clients.

From the first idea through founding and scaling all the way to exit: we advise on corporate, employment and tax law — practical, easy to understand, and always with an eye on what comes next.