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Q1 2025 Deal Structures Reflect Shift Toward Portfolio Support

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Fundraising dynamics continued to evolve in Q1 2025, with early-stage companies seeing a modest uptick in down rounds while late-stage companies experienced fewer. Down rounds rose to 20.8% of deals at the Seed through Series...more

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Key Takeaways | Deploying Sponsor Capital: Tactical Financing Moves for Portfolio Companies

During this session, the panelists explored whether portfolio company support should come from the sponsor or lenders when portfolio companies require additional funding. They discussed when to deploy sponsor-backed financing...more

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Emerging Manager Spotlight: Constance Freedman of Moderne Ventures

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Q: What led to the decision to raise your first fund? Constance Freedman: In 2008, I began building my track record at Second Century Ventures, the predecessor fund to Moderne Ventures. It was the first time I had a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 226

This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is BRF S.A. - BRF S.A., based in Brazil, is one of the largest global food companies. It has nearly 100,000 employees working out of 120 countries....more

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What's Changed in California's Diversity Reporting Law

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On June 29, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law S.B. 164 (the “Diversity Reporting Law”), amending the previous version of the law that was adopted in 2023, S.B. 54. Please visit the following link for our...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

California to Require Venture Capital Firms to Disclose Diversity Data

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Venture capital firms and founders with ties to California need to be thinking about diversity and inclusion. A new law will take effect March 1, 2026, requiring all venture capital firms with a nexus to the state to report...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The Major Shift into Minority Investments

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The venture capital markets are experiencing a prolonged expansion in both the number and type of investors willing to make minority (non-controlling) investments. This heightened competition for investment opportunities and...more

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Structuring a Cayman Islands Closed-Ended Fund

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This article provides an overview of common structures for investment funds in the Cayman Islands. Investment funds in the Cayman Islands must be registered either under the Private Funds Act or the Mutual Funds Act,...more

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ケイマン諸島クローズドエンド型ファンドの組成

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この記事では、ケイマン諸島における一般的な投資ファンド組成に関する概要をご紹介します。 ケイマン諸島における投資ファンドは、ファンド戦略がクローズドエンド型かオープンエンド型かに応じて、プライベートファンド法またはミューチュアルファンド法のいずれかに基づいて登録されなければならないことになっています。...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No.193

Food Venture Financing Trends - - ByHeart, an infant nutrition company, has secured $95 million in financing to support its U.S. commercial launch and innovation pipeline. - Pepper, an eCommerce platform designed to be...more

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केमैन आइलैंड में हेज फंड स्थापित करने में आपकी मदद के लिए एक गाइड

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देश से बाहर हेज फंड स्थापित करने के मामले में केमैन आइलैंड का नाम दुनिया में पहले नंबर पर आता है। इसका टैक्स-न्यूट्रल प्लेटफॉर्म, स्थिर अर्थव्यवस्था, व्यवहार-कुशल बैंकिंग क्षेत्र, गोपनीयता और पेशेवर वित्तीय सेवा उद्योग ये तो...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Project W: The Next Generation of Venture Capitalists Is Here

Reflecting on a recent article about a moment of transition in the venture capital industry, Lynn Loacker, Founder and Managing Director of Project W, considers how that transition is well under way and how the next...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 185

Food Venture Financing Trends - Cauldron, an Australian fermentation technology startup, announced that it has raised $6.25 million in Series A funding....more

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Management Rights Letters: What they are, why they are important and potential traps to be mindful of

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What are they? A letter agreement between a portfolio company and an investing venture capital fund which provides the venture capital fund with certain “management rights” that allow it to substantially participate in, or...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 175

Food Venture Financing Trends - Picnic, a Dutch e-grocery startup, announced that it raised 355 million Euros in its recent fundraising round. Investors included The Gates Foundation and Edeka, Germany's largest...more

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Key Highlights from California’s New Diversity Reporting Law

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On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 54[1] (the “Diversity Reporting Law”). The Diversity Reporting Law is intentionally broad in its scope and is intended to help highlight and...more

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California’s New VC Diversity Reporting Law Aims to Increase Transparency

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Venture capital firms should begin planning now for compliance to avoid monetary penalties or court action. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill No. 54 (SB 54) into law on October 8, 2023. The bill is...more

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New California Law to Require Venture Capital Firms to Disclose Founder Diversity Information

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On October 8, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 54 (“SB 54”), which will apply to a majority of U.S. venture capital investment firms, even if they are not based in California. SB 54 aims to...more

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Debt Download - July 2023

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Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin's monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. Are the debt capital markets this summer as hot as the weather? Read on to find out!...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 151

Astor Group, a consumer-based advisory firm and merchant bank, announced that Taguchi & Co. Ltd., a prominent Japanese bakery, has acquired Astor Group’s portfolio company, Brooklyn Brands, a dessert manufacturer that...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

What is a Management Rights Letter?

Here’s a situation we see often when a company is negotiating a Series A financing. They’ve gotten through diligence, completed the lengthy and difficult process of negotiating, documenting and finalizing the venture...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

[Webinar] Venture Capital Portfolio Company Board Seats: Legal Implications and Best Practices - August 24th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm...

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Venture capital funds and investors often sit on the board of directors of their portfolio companies, providing opportunities to engage actively with the portfolio company management and helping the company grow. Wearing both...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Importance of Monetizing Intellectual Property Assets of a Portfolio Company

In this Upside episode, Farella intellectual property litigation partners Jim Day and Erik Olson explore developing and monetizing intellectual property assets of a portfolio company. How does a new company go about...more

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Dilutive Down Round Financings in the U.S.: A Legal Risks Refresher

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Just over a month ago, many sectors of the U.S. economy came to a sudden stop as the federal and state governments ramped up their efforts to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. As governors issued orders requiring...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Paycheck Protection Program Eligibility for Private Equity and Venture Capital-Backed Entities

Congress’ recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) created a new small business lending program to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on their payroll...more

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