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– September 25, 2025 @ 2:00 PM ET –

Preparing for your First Round of Fundraising

With Forecastr

Learn how to prepare for your first professional fundraising round with Gust’s COO. Key strategies, compliance & equity insights for founders.

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Preparing for Your First Professional Fundraising Round

Join us for this interactive and educational Q&A.

 

Your first professional fundraising round shapes your company’s growth, ownership, and investor relationships. Join Ryan Nash (COO) of Gust as they share practical insights to help you prepare and succeed.

You’ll learn how to handle due diligence, choose the right fundraising instruments, stay compliant, structure equity and option pools, and avoid costly mistakes.

This will be an hour-long Q&A session.

What To Expect:

✔ Step-by-step due diligence preparation

✔ Fundraising instruments: SAFEs, Notes, SEALs

✔ Equity structuring and option pool sizing

✔ Key compliance essentials for founders

✔ Real-time, interactive Q&A session

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Featured Speaker

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Ryan Nash

Chief Operating Officer

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Ryan Nash is the Chief Operating Officer at Gust, where he leverages his background in software development and leadership to drive innovation and scalability. With prior experience leading development teams at Boeing, he brings deep expertise in Agile methodologies and building high-performing technical teams. Passionate about balancing technology, people, and vision, Ryan is committed to creating sustainable impact and fostering continuous growth.

Featured Speaker

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Logan Burchett

Co-Founder & COO

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Logan Burchett is a co-founder of Forecastr (Techstars Anywhere 2020), and has deep startup finance experience at the CFO level. Logan has built more than 200 financial models for startups, and has managed >$16B in assets. As a founder at Forecastr, Logan is instrumental in product development, finance, fundraising, and general operations.