Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 75 - Rethinking Hong Kong’s Startup Ecosystem and Its Legal Foundations with Syed Musheer Ahmed, Joshua Chu, and David Cameron
Money-Saving Licensing Tips for Startups
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 242: Business Planning in Healthcare & Life Sciences with Jennifer McEwen of Maynard Nexsen
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
How Startups Can Comply With Ever-Changing Privacy Laws
The Future of Supply Chains: Chris Andrassy on Using AI to Predict & Prevent Disruptions
How IP Can Fuel Your Startup's Growth
Strategies for Startups at Foundation
A Guide to SEP: Standard Essential Patents for Tech Startups
Innovation in Compliance: Visionary Leadership with Jackson Calame
The Entrepreneur's Journey with Kass and Mike Lazerow
AGG Talks: Women in Tech Law Podcast - Episode 6: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Venture Capital: Key Considerations for Startups
Creating Impact Through Innovation: Brandon Kashani on Leading Mission-Driven Startups
A una acción de retener talento
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 25: Venture Capital Trends and Fundraising Strategies for Foreign Startups Expanding to the U.S.
Driving Towards Greater Transparency and Sustainability in the EV Market with Davide Giacobbe and ScoutIt
What's Shaping the Capital Raising Environment?
Raising a Down Round and How to Be Prepared
JONES DAY TALKS®: Five Pillars of Series A Shareholder Rights: A Discussion for VC Investors
From Innovation to Commercialization: Turning Research Into Tangible Outcomes With John Bamforth
What really happens behind the scenes of a $175 million startup deal? In a special live episode of the Founder Shares podcast, recorded at Raleigh-Durham Startup Week, Tim McLoughlin, managing partner of CoFounders Capital,...more
Investor interest in the medtech sector is strong. According to DealForma and JPMorgan, medtech companies raised $16.1 billion from 544 funding rounds, including $3.3 billion from 244 seed and Series A rounds, through the...more
In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we’ve compiled a range of data on venture, convertible note, and SAFE financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the second quarter of 2024, with the...more
Many startup projects begin with small investments from founders and friends or family who believe in the founders’ plan, product, or idea. As startups further develop their business offering and concept, they often require...more
We have previously written regarding founders’ choice of entity decisions as well as a number of tips for entrepreneurs to keep in mind as their businesses begin to operate and grow. But for those founders who have eyes on...more
As we’ve noted in a previous article, the Y Combinator-hosted SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) has become the investment contract of choice for startup companies that have already attracted investors. However, the...more
The SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) investment structure was a great innovation in financing structures by the Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator team. It has simplified and lowered the cost of first-stage financings...more
Initial public offerings (IPOs) and M&A exits are the two most common means of achieving liquidity in a private company. This article addresses an acquisition transaction, which requires preparation and oversight that many...more
Identifying potential investors is one of the most difficult challenges facing early-stage companies. The range of amounts sought at this stage is typically greater than what could be provided by the founders and friends and...more
Our Client Corner: Perspectives from Founders, Financiers, and Friends podcast series hosted by Mintz Member Joshua Fox explores the challenges and rewards associated with starting and running a business and investing in a...more
The moniker “venture capital” is believed to have originated from the financier John Hay Whitney. Having served in World War 2, Whitney returned to the United States with a new mission: to spread American ideals of free...more
Over three and a half years since the death of George Floyd spurred some members of the venture capital community to enact promises to increase their investments in diverse entrepreneurs, California has enacted legislation in...more
Are you an investor who has or is interested in funding an early-stage life sciences company in Massachusetts? If so, we have good news. Massachusetts offers an Angel Investor Tax Credit program that could provide certain...more
Jennifer Steiner has spent her entire career in the healthcare services sector: at Fortune 100 companies, private equity backed companies, and now at her own private equity backed startup. Jennifer shares her experience...more
While sophisticated participants in private markets have historically been seen as capable of bargaining for information or withstanding losses better than mom-and-pop investors, current events signal that the U.S. Securities...more
Investing is cyclical. It’s a lesson that has repeated itself over the past two years for entrepreneurs and investors in emerging digital health technologies. The pandemic brought more urgency to digital health...more
The CB Insights’ State of Venture Report for the third quarter of 2022 notes that global venture funding declined to $74.5 billion in the third quarter, down 58% from the funding peak in the fourth quarter of 2021. This...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - BioVeritas, an upcycled food sustainable startup, announced that it raised $65 million from Ara Partners, its majority shareholder....more
Joe Colopy started his career at a little startup named RedHat. In 1999, the company had about 100 employees, but grew to 700 and went public within the next year....more
As a child, Charlie Banks dreamt of becoming a sports agent. His father was a lawyer, he studied hard and took the Law School Admissions Test and he was ready to apply for school. Then, he got a taste of entrepreneurship and...more
With the Summer 2022 Y Combinator Demo Day being held September 7 and 8, a new group of startup companies will have investors approaching them with term sheets for preferred stock financings. For many companies, the key...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: 5 Essential Categories of Diversity All Successful Businesses Share - Influential leaders rely on a diverse team to help them solve problems and bring unique...more
There a lot of matters to consider when a European company decides it wants to open operations in the U.S., and one common structure for doing so is anecdotally known as a “flip”—inserting a U.S. corporation above a European...more
A small business investment company (SBIC) is a privately owned and operated investment fund that makes long-term investments in U.S. small businesses and is licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the...more
A Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) is a privately owned and operated company that makes long-term investments in American small businesses and is licensed by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA)....more