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Qualified Small Business (1202) Stock: Easier to Qualify and Exit; Bigger Tax Savings

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For new stock issuances only, the OBBBA supercharges and updates the “qualified small business stock” (“QSBS”) exclusion under section 1202 (which has been a powerful tax incentive for certain investors in certain start-ups...more

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Convertible Notes & SAFEs: Still Popular, But Terms Are Tightening

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Convertible instruments held steady in Q1 2025, but the terms are shifting in favor of investors. Interest rates on convertible notes rose by 200 to 300 basis points, and discount rates climbed as high as 10.5 percentage...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Your Business's Growth Blueprint: Why Solid Legal Documents Matter

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Every successful business owner has ambition to grow, scale, and take his/her company to the next level. However, there’s one critical, often overlooked aspect that can make or break a business’s ability to get to that level:...more

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Grow or Go: Handling Uncertain Times with Purpose

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If there is one thing that is certain in today’s business landscape, it is that we are in a time of extreme volatility. Markets are fluctuating daily, tariffs are on and off, interest rates remain high, and there is global...more

Cooley LLP

Senate Tax Bill Expands QSBS Benefits

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On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) released a revised version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (SFC bill), following the House’s passage of the bill on May 22. The SFC bill would significantly expand the...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Senate Finance Committee Proposes Significant Expansion of the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Tax Exemption

On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released draft text of the tax provisions in the Senate’s version of H.R. 1 (commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (the SFC Bill)). Notably, the SFC Bill would...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 238

Butternut Box, a European dog food startup, announced that it raised 75 million Euros in debt funding. Verdi, a Canadian agtech startup, raised $6.5 million in its seed round....more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Operating Business Development Companies: A Brief Overview

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Business development companies (“BDCs”) were created by Congress in 1980 to serve as closed-end, venture capital funds for retail investors by financing small to mid-sized U.S. private companies. Since about 2004, BDC...more

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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

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

Stinson LLP

Applying SBA's Affiliation Rules and Guidance to Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies Seeking PPP Loans

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By now, businesses are deep into consideration of whether they should seek a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), being administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,...more

Morgan Lewis

CARES Act: Can Private Equity or Venture Capital Owned Small Businesses Obtain Paycheck Protection?

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With the targeted relief for small businesses from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act come questions about whether certain entities are eligible for relief under the act’s Paycheck Protection...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Can Portfolio Companies of Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds Take Advantage of COVID-Related Stimulus Programs?

In response to the overwhelming domestic and global economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress recently enacted legislation to provide relief to small businesses across the United States. ...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Update: Overview of the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Loan Program; Guidance for Private Equity and Venture Capital-Backed...

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Things are moving fast (perhaps the only good news in this uncertain environment).  On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).  On Monday, March...more

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SEC’s Inaugural Capital Call

On January 23, 2020, the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (the “Office”) hosted its first Capital Call, during which the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and Director of the...more

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TechConnect - Your Law Firm Link to Industry News - February 2016

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As the Northeast begins (hopefully) to thaw out and we head into an early spring (so said the Groundhog), we are excited to deliver our new issue of TechConnect — our bimonthly newsletter on “all things technology” in the...more

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Gaining Appropriate Control in Italian Minority Investments

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Minority investments are an increasing feature of the Italian PE market. One key driver of minority investments is demand from many entrepreneurs, founders and small and medium-sized businesses for funding to refinance...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Insights Newsletter - Spring 2015

In This Issue: - The Importance of Accredited Investors for Small Business Capital Formation - “All Appropriate Inquiries”: Update on the Environmental Due Diligence Standard - A Hunt for Justice Erodes...more

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