In our ever-changing technological environment, artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to exert its influence on numerous sectors, revolutionizing our approach to work. As businesses and organizations worldwide adopt...more
10/12/2023
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Insurance Industry ,
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Venture Capital
To say it has been a tough time to be a startup founder over the past two years is an understatement. We all know that venture capital funding has been down, valuations are down, interest rates are up, and the predicted...more
The landscape of mergers and acquisitions is undergoing a seismic shift powered by the adoption of distributed ledger and other blockchain derivative technology across industries.
Recent challenges in the cryptocurrency...more
9/15/2023
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Automation Systems ,
Blockchain ,
Coinbase ,
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Investors ,
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Tokenization
Venture capital (VC) funding is the lifeblood that propels many early-stage startups from mere concepts to industry disruptors. Securing VC investment is no easy feat, especially in today’s economic climate. To stand out in...more
When two companies aim to combine, there are countless issues that can arise during the integration stage. As part of any successful merger process, a carefully crafted integration strategy should consider all the potential...more
7/28/2023
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Collaboration ,
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Employees ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Integration ,
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Mergers ,
Risk Management ,
Shareholders ,
Suppliers ,
Vendors
Despite belt-tightening in IT budgets across enterprises, software-as-a-service (SaaS) continues to experience sustained growth. As companies continue to embrace digitalization and cloud-based solutions, the Enterprise SaaS...more
Today, technology is advancing at an incredible speed, and we are seeing things that once seemed to be left to science fiction. When we have these periods of significant technological advancement, investors take notice. So,...more
We have all heard the Rolling Stones classic, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” and in 2023, the song has new meaning for startup founders. Pitchbook recently released their analysis of the current imbalance between the...more
At the beginning of any new year, startup founders are faced with a choice: stay the course, grow or sell. With significant market headwinds, soaring inflation, and an interest rate environment that looks to be rising as far...more
1/11/2023
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Price Inflation ,
Selling a Business ,
Startups ,
Valuation
In 2022, many predicted we would see a spike in M&A due to the economic downturn and the steep drop in startup valuations. However, last year was not the M&A blockbuster that was predicted, and we even saw a drop-off in...more
Legal tech can learn a lot about what to expect in the coming year by looking to the most common and interesting trends in the global Silicon Valley.
We have officially come to the time of year when everyone is putting...more
1/6/2023
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Automotive Industry ,
Avatar ,
Investors ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Metaverse ,
Remote Working ,
Silicon Valley ,
Venture Capital ,
Virtual Reality
Are we in a downturn? I am no economist, but in the global Silicon Valley, 2022 was all about the early stage in tech.
Strong headwinds in financial markets, compressed multiples leading to substantially lower...more
While we might have seen a pullback in venture capital investment in 2022, one area where investors are not slowing down is betting on artificial intelligence – specifically directing their investment in companies working...more
After M&A dealmaking cranked at an all-time high in 2021 with a record breaking 60,000 publicly disclosed deals aggregating over $5 trillion (see our recent article), the waters of M&A cooled considerably in 2022, with only...more
11/22/2022
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Career Development ,
Compensation ,
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Mergers ,
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Private Equity ,
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Risk Mitigation ,
Stocks ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Communication
A buzz is starting to build that we could see a return to blockbuster venture capital investment in 2023. Although firms have been wary of investment over the past few months, that is predicted to change. If venture capital...more
In our current economic environment, you would have to be hiding in a cave not to see, hear and feel valuations sliding downwards across the eco-system. It started in January 2022 when large-cap, mid-cap and then smaller-cap...more
With the turmoil facing public markets in recent months, it’s not a wonder that we have not seen a flood of IPO’s in the first quarter of 2022. With companies putting their IPO plans on hold, this means that employees looking...more
Companies spend billions and invest heavily in technologies that offer greater telepresence and enable an individual’s digital life. Will humans interact with each other via avatars in a three-dimensional virtual space? The...more
As the way we live and work has increasingly moved into virtual environments (I like to call it a legal metaverse), the boundaries between physical, digital, and biological worlds become blurrier by the day. Sensors lie...more
A company “flip” has become a ubiquitous method of accessing the U.S. markets, whether for fundraising or commercial growth. A “flip” involves formation of a corporation in the United States, typically a Delaware corporation...more
Why SAFEs will continue to dominate in early stages -
Amidst historic highs for startup investment in 2021, and new records broken every month, one wonders whether we can expect the venture capital boom to continue. ...more