Why this session
Investors rarely kill rounds. Startups kill them first.
Most rounds do not collapse because the startup is bad. They collapse because trust starts eroding: unclear ownership, founder misalignment, scattered contracts, unmanaged AI usage and decisions that only live in memory. This webinar turns legal into a practical signal of maturity, clarity and investability.
The map
Five trust killers founders should fix before pressure arrives.
Cap table chaos
Product / IP control
AI & data ambiguity
Legal debt
Program
A practical founder readiness session.
Built from Rui Neves Ferreira's founder trust architecture workshop, adapted into a webinar format for founders and operators.
Legal as trust infrastructure
Why legal is not the enemy of speed; ambiguity is.
The five trust killers
Founder dynamics, cap table, ownership, AI/data and accumulated legal debt.
Founder Trust Readiness Map
A private scoring exercise to identify what would survive diligence.
Embedded legal intelligence
How legal should move to workflows, approvals, documentation and institutional memory.
Speaker
Rui brings founder trust architecture into the NOVA Legal ecosystem.
Rui Neves Ferreira is the founder of NOVA Legal. As a lawyer working with founders where legal structure, product velocity, fundraising pressure and operational decisions meet. This session turns a live founder workshop into a practical webinar for the startup community around NOVA Legal.
Rui Neves Ferreira Founder, NOVA Legal Lawyer | novalegal.pt
Founder contextDesigned for teams preparing rounds, diligence and scale decisions.
Trust architectureLegal used as evidence of clarity, resilience and investability.
NOVA ecosystemA live entry point into the firm's founder-facing work and network.
The goal is not becoming more legal. The goal is becoming more resilient.
Registration
Reserve your seat for 25 June.
Live on 25 June 2026, 12:00-12:45 Portugal time. We will send the access link and materials after registration.