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Meet The VC is The Hub Singapore's exclusive fireside chats series with leading VCs (Venture Capitalists), where they share their tools and insights into the local fundraising scene to get you ready for (more) investment. From seed to growth stage investing, we have got you covered with our monthly Meet The VCs series!


This month with a new twist, we are bringing you Lee Bagshaw, a leading corporate technology lawyer advising VC funds, startups and growth tech companies in Singapore and across SEA, for a special session on Meet The VC LAWYER.


Lee, Partner and Corporate Technology Lawyer at Simmonds Stewart, a boutique technology law firm providing corporate and commercial legal services, would be at the Meet The VCs series to share with you his insights.


Key takeaways from the session include:

1. Understanding the fundraising process including key deal terms and their meanings

1. Understanding the fundraising process including key deal terms

2. War stories from his experience advising on close to 100 VC and other investment deals in SEA

3. Tips for dealing with investors

2. War stories from his experience working with about 100 deals in the last 4 years

3. Tips for dealing with investors

4. Highlights on what a startup should watch out for when raising capital

4. Highlights on what a startup should watch out for when raising capital

All tickets purchased includes one drink from our in house cafe, Blue Collar Collaborative Cafe.

About Lee Bagshaw:

Lee is a Partner and Corporate Technology Lawyer at Simmonds Stewart, a boutique technology law firm, providing corporate and commercial legal services. Prior to joining Simmonds Stewart, Lee was a Partner and Head of the Corporate Technology Singapore firm RHTLaw Taylor Wessing. Before working in Singapore, Lee worked in the London office of Taylor Wessing, which regularly tops the rankings of UK venture capital law firms.


Lee is an experienced corporate lawyer specializing in venture capital and M&A transactions in the technology sector across Asia Pacific. Lee’s experience in Asia advising technology businesses includes:

· Advising investors, startups and growth tech companies on governance, structuring, venture capital financing including seed and follow-on series investments, convertible and venture debt investments and exits

· Managing complex legal and regulatory issues relating to setting up operations or transacting in unfamiliar jurisdictions across Asia;

· Advising technology companies across Asia on acquisitions or disposals and joint ventures with international counterparties;

· Providing added value on M&A and other transactions, coordinating input from dedicated specialists experienced in advising technology businesses;

· Assisting US and European technology businesses on inward investment into various territories across Asia, coordinating advice through the firm’s dedicated ASEAN+ platform.


The Hub would also love to share in your good news as we establish our own seed-stage investment fund for Hubbers so do approach germaine@thehub.sg if you are fundraising.