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The 15-Minute Founder’s Guide: Pay-to-Play Transactions

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If your startup continues to follow the proverbial “hockey stick” of uninterrupted, exponential growth that you presented in your seed round pitch deck, you might always have easy access to capital and never encounter a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 244

Food Venture Financing Trends - Branded egg producer Eggoz, based in India, raised $20 million in a Series C round to strengthen its market presence, expand into new locations, and invest in technology....more

Fenwick & West LLP

Q1 2025 Venture Snapshot: Selectivity Over Scale

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After a cautiously optimistic close to 2024, Q1 2025 brought a measured pullback in venture activity. Rather than a dramatic downturn, the market saw a strategic recalibration....more

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Innovation in Compliance: LeadHERship with Linda Fisk

Innovation comes in many areas and compliance professionals need to not only be ready for it but embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers and creators in the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Navigating Life Sciences Transactions: A Five-Part Series

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The life sciences industry is built on breakthroughs and partnerships. From early-stage biotech startups to established medtech and pharma companies, success often depends on navigating complex business transactions, securing...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - Full-Year 2024

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 2024, with the objective of identifying...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Global 2024 Insurtech Trends

The insurtech industry experienced some challenges in 2024, with notable shifts in funding, deal activity, and strategic investments, according to CB Insights’ State of Insurtech 2024 report.  The report highlights a number...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 221

Food Venture Financing Trends - Ferrero announced that it plans to buy Power Crunch, a protein snacks brand, for an undisclosed sum....more

Goodwin

Fundraising Strategies for Early-Stage Medtech Startups

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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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 213

Hershey announced that it purchased Sour Strips, a sour candy emerging brand, for an undisclosed sum. Oceanloop, an indoor shrimp farming startup, received a 35 million Euro loan from the European Investment Bank....more

Freeman Law

Startup Funding: Using Convertible Notes and SAFEs to Bridge the Valuation Gap Between Early Investors and Founders

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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

ArentFox Schiff

Emerging Businesses and Venture Capital in 2024: 10 Hot Topics for Founders, Investors, and Executives of Emerging Companies

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2023 was a pivotal year for the emerging companies, creating new categories of winners and losers across the board. Emerging companies incorporating artificial intelligence or that have clear line of sight to positive cash...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 176

Infinite Roots, an alternative protein foodtech startup that focuses on mycelium fermentation, announced that it raised $58 million in its Series B round. Elo Life Systems, a foodtech company that develops a natural...more

BCLP

Investing in your IP Rights: A Key Step to Attracting European Startup Funding

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A recent study by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) provides useful support for those working to develop and protect valuable IP rights. It reveals that European...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Exploring the Build to Scale Program: Funding Opportunities for Entrepreneurs and Tech-Driven Startups

On June 1st, the Economic Development Administration’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) within the U.S. Department of Commerce launched the application process for the Build to Scale (B2S) Program. This program...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Venture Capital 101

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A company starts off with an idea and needs capital to secure a patent and build a prototype .At this point, the founding team’s personal resources and network are the primary source of capital. ...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Global Insurtech Trends in 2022

CB Insights’ State of Insurtech 2022 provides a perspective on trends in the sector.  In 2022, global insurtech funding fell over 50% to $8.4 billion, following 2021’s record-breaking total funding of $17.8 billion.  With...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 133

Food Venture Financing Trends - Eastern Standard Provisions, a soft pretzel maker, announced that it closed its $13.5 million funding round. Mondelēz International's SnackFutures was an investor in the company's latest...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Will We See the Predicted M&A Spike in 2023?

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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

Allen Matkins

Life Sciences Real Estate Update -1.06.23 #1

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California’s lab and biotech industries provide 435,693 jobs that generate $376 billion in total economic output, according to a new report from Biocom California, an association representing life sciences companies and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

A Look at Series A Financing Amidst the Downturn

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financing Options in the Alternative Protein Industry

This article is Part B of the fifth alert in our series of alerts focussed on the alternative protein industry. While Part A provided an overview of financing options in the industry, this Part B considers a variety of key...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Cities - November 11, 2022

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LOS ANGELES — Waymo Says It’s Bringing Robotaxis to L.A. Driverless car company Waymo, owned by Google parent Alphabet, said October 19 that it plans to add autonomous taxi fleet operations to Los Angeles. “L.A. is in the top...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

IPEM 2022 | Key Takeaways

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After an insightful conference in Cannes, our partners have compiled some of the key takeaways from IPEM 2022. As well as exploring the private equity landscape in the UK, Germany, France and Italy, we also explore the...more

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It's (Mostly) Good to be the Serial Entrepreneur

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Two startups with competing, equally compelling technologies at the same stage of development are pitching venture capital investors for Series A funding.  One startup is led by a serial entrepreneur founder, the other by a...more

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