Series C fundraising: capital that scales globally

When growth meets discipline

By Series C, your business isn't proving itself anymore; it's scaling efficiently, expanding internationally, and preparing for either strategic growth or exit readiness. At this stage, fundraising becomes a question of structure, governance, and alignment between capital and vision.

At dups, we guide founders and leadership teams through this critical stage. Our integrated legal and financial advisory ensures that your Series C round strengthens your position, accelerates global expansion, and keeps your long-term options open, whether that's Series D, private equity, or M&A.

Why Series C is about more than capital

Series C is the point where growth meets discipline. Investors now focus on metrics, governance, and scalability, not storytelling. The negotiation shifts from potential to performance.

At this stage, rounds often involve international investors, strategic corporates, or late-stage VCs. Each has different expectations, deal structures, and risk appetites. Our job is to align them, ensuring your valuation, governance, and legal structure are consistent and defensible. We make sure your Series C strengthens your balance sheet and prepares your company for what's next.

Our Series C fundraising approach

1. Strategic preparation and structuring

We start by assessing your current capital structure, investor base, and growth plan. Together, we define your Series C strategy: how much to raise, at what valuation, and under which terms.

We refine your investor materials, strengthen your financial and governance documentation, and structure your round for both local and cross-border compliance. Our goal: make your company investor-ready for institutional and international scrutiny, not just attractive, but watertight.

2. Investor engagement and negotiation

At Series C, the investors you deal with are larger, more sophisticated, and often global. We help you manage that complexity, coordinating outreach, evaluating competing offers, and negotiating deal structures that protect your leverage.

We model each term sheet's implications: dilution, governance rights, liquidation preferences, and potential exit constraints. You get clear, quantified advice, not just redlines. We ensure the financial, legal, and operational sides of your deal remain perfectly aligned.

3. Documentation and closing

Once the round takes shape, we handle the full documentation and closing process. We prepare and review shareholders' agreements (SHA), subscription agreements, and any secondary or hybrid instruments.

We manage investor onboarding, signatures, funds flow, and completion accounts, ensuring full compliance with local and international regulations. For complex or cross-border rounds, our legal and financial teams work together to anticipate tax, jurisdictional, and reporting implications, so your structure remains clean from Series C to exit.

What makes dups different

Series C deals require precision and speed, and that's exactly what dups delivers. We bring legal and financial advisory under one roof, which means every clause, every number, every condition is consistent.

We've advised both founders and investors, giving us a rare view of what truly matters at this stage and where leverage is lost if not managed properly. We focus on substance, not show. You'll get clear analysis, aligned documentation, and a closing process that reflects institutional rigor without bureaucratic drag.

Deliverables you can expect

Our Series C advisory covers every strategic and operational step of your round, including:

• Funding strategy and valuation modeling
• Investor targeting and term sheet negotiation
• Legal and financial due diligence support
• Shareholders' agreement (SHA) and subscription drafting
• Governance and rights structuring
• Closing documentation, escrow, and funds flow coordination

Every deliverable is built to withstand investor due diligence and prepare your company for its next transition, whether that's a Series D, private equity investment, or sale.