ADVISORY SERVICES FOR INVESTORS
Is your startup in trouble or at risk?
As a trusted advisor, early investor or maybe even a co-founder in a startup you may need to share your concerns with an independent, objective and seasoned professional.
Benefit from our 35 years of venture finance expertise, knowledge and wisdom to move forward and protect your investment.
COMPANIES that trusted Brad Furber and Aery Advisors
in venture finance matters
When might you need a venture finance advisor?
Find out the most common reasons why funders, investors and co-founders turn to us for advice that can save the startup and protect their investments.
The company prematurely scaled
Now the startup has a short runway to either raise new capital or downsize or both. What can you do about it?
You want to protect your investment
Should you implement new protective provisions or even implement a change of control within the corporate governance of the company? What are your options?
The organization does not have the requisite leadership
Current management does not have required talent to achieve the current business plan. How to initiate the change?
Talents are leaving a sinking ship
Some of your most talented people are voting with their feet? How to stop the talent bleeding?
Broken Cap table
Ownership by those who create the most value in the organization is disproportionately small relative to those who add little value, or even no value? How you can rearrange that?
Something is wrong, but it`s not visible
Maybe there is something else challenging you or your organization, but you can’t quite put your finger on exactly what it is yet?
It`s time to reallocate and reprice stock options
What about the “sweat equity” holders - do you need to effectively reallocate and reprice stock options or other equity compensation arrangements? How you can do that without major impact on the key players?
The full reorganization of the business is the only option?
Perhaps things have gotten so bad that only an assignment for the benefit of creditors or bankruptcy reorganization is the best way to save the business?
Current burn rate is extremely high
If your company’s current burn rate is extremely high, no doubt tensions are rising among all key stakeholders. Time seems to be flying by and you’re probably feeling physically and mentally exhausted. Maybe you’re kicking yourself for having given up so much for what appears to be a sinking ship. How can you get over this without losing it all?
What your Venture Finance Advisor can bring to the table
The materials, strategies and tactics of how we help you:
A comprehensive Venture Finance Assessment to determine your current state and what remains to be done to get you to your desired future state.
A Venture Finance Audit to discover what you need to do to turn the current situation around.
Access to an external network of resources and expertise.
Access to a library of essential curated resources and templates adjusted to your needs.
1-on-1 Strategic Advisory calls with seasoned venture finance advisor Brad Furber who has:
- 30+ years experience and expertise as an angel investor or party to over 200+ of innovative startups.
- Spent many years watching founders of all stages and sizes go through the grind of raising capital as a corporate finance and securities lawyer.
- Been a co-founder of an innovative tech startup with 18M+ annual turnover.
- Knowledge how difficult it is to attract talent and capital to design, develop and launch new products and services, and to navigate complex challenges presented by shifting financial, regulatory, competitive and technology landscapes.
- Experience helping as an interim tech executive and operator, and as an educator, facilitator, coach and advisor to founders and funders globally.
- Negotiated deals as a United States corporate and securities lawyer in connection with more than 50 Mergers and Acquisitions, public and private, and more than 10 public offerings registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
- Sponsored non-US public companies in connection with enabling their shares to be quoted to USA investors without registering with the US SEC through the OTC Market.
- Represented founders and funders in connection with angel and VC deals, for startups headquartered in more than ten different countries.
- Formed and managed dozens of startup advisory boards.
- Worked for one of the top 50 research-intensive universities in the world (UNSW Sydney), as the founding business leader charged with designing, launching, and operating a cross-faculty innovation centre and generated more than 40,000 meaningful engagements with end users, and was recognized as one of the leading university innovation centres in Asia Pacific.
- Experience working as advisor in several global innovation hubs, including Seattle-Bellevue, Washington (USA), Research Triangle, North Carolina (USA), Copenhagen, Denmark and most recently Basel and Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Alastair Rampell
General Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz
As a partner, adviser, and friend, Brad is fantastic on all counts. I met him as a forward-thinking client (Xeriton under Brad became our first client), became the beneficiary of his valuable advice, business ideas, and introductions, and have emerged as one of his biggest fans...even though he is one of very few people who has out-negotiated me every time! ;) He's quite the poker player. If you have a startup or even an established business, you should get Brad involved sooner rather than later.
Matt Boisen
VP of Legal at Highspot
If you get a chance to work with Brad, take it. For almost four years I had the privilege of working with Brad and learned a tremendous amount about resolving complex legal issues and running a business strategically and with a vision. I also valued Brad’s professionalism and friendship and enjoyed collaborating with him on a daily basis. Brad hired me when I was a young lawyer, and in addition to being an outstanding manager, he also was an excellent mentor, leader and advisor, providing a solid foundation for me to succeed in my future endeavors.
Nicholas Hawtin
Investor Network Builder, Founder and Mentor
I had the pleasure of working with Brad in Copenhagen as a founder, investor, and mentor. He brought the ‘Term Sheet Battle’ concept with him from the US West Coast, where he staged a mock term sheet negotiation between a startup and an investor. The local ecosystem loved the program so much that it has spawned a host of imitators in the Nordic startup scene. Brad worked with a number of startups either as founder, interim CEO, advisor, investor, and mentor.
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WHY YOU SHOULD PICK BRAD FURBER
AS YOUR STRATEGIC TRUSTED ADVISOR?
200+
Angel and venture
capital financings
50+
Mergers and
acquisitions
10+
Public offerings
$1B+
Aggregate capital
financing raised
I’m Brad Furber. I’m a seed investor, company advisor, entrepreneur and lawyer. I've been working closely with funders, intermediaries, founders and visionary entrepreneurs just like you for my entire professional career (30+ years).
I want to help YOU help yourself by sharing access to knowledge, expertise and networks that will enable you to meet and exceed your venture finance goals and objectives.
Venture finance is not one size fits all. It requires empathy, design thinking, legal, financial and marketing know-how, strategy, persistence and true grit.
I’ve been a strategic mentor, advisor and angel investor in 200+ tech startups, 15 of which have already achieved an exit or liquidity event.
Over the past ten years, I’ve lived and worked in four countries – the USA, Denmark, Australia and now Switzerland. I understand that each region and each jurisdiction has its own unique culture and way of doing deals. I’ve seen first hand what’s worked and what hasn’t.
Meet Brad Furber
FOUNDER OF AERY ADVISORS
Now I`m providing (non-legal) professional Advisory services for serious startup co-founders and funders, who seek sophisticated advice and expertise to face complex business challenges.
If you have a startup or emerging growth venture that is stalled, stuck or about to hit the wall and you are seeking a sophisticated advisor to help you analyze and design a plan to successfully address and overcome the challenges you face, then this service may be perfect for you.