Join us for a conversation with Mitch Duncombe, Co-Founder and CEO of Vector Legal, the YC-backed, AI-native law firm for startups and investors. Before Vector, Mitch spent three years at YC Legal and four years at Fenwick. Between them, those roles put him across the table on thousands of financings. He's seen which seed-stage shortcuts get forgiven at Series A and which ones kill the deal.

​In this session, we focus on the questions that matter most:

• ​Structuring the Seed Round: Post-money SAFEs vs. a priced seed. How stacked SAFEs and side letters compound, and what founders don't model until conversion.

• ​Cap Table Hygiene: Option pool sizing, stock plan set-up, vesting and IP assignment. The housekeeping Series A investors will check line by line in diligence.

• ​Getting to a Clean Series A: The issues that most often delay or reprice a round, plus how to read a term sheet like a lawyer. That covers which terms to fight on, which to let go, and what's standard in 2026.

​There'll be time for Q&A at the end. Most useful for seed-stage founders preparing to raise their Series A, and anyone sitting on a stack of SAFEs wondering how they'll convert.