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Potomac Law Group, PLLC

When SAFEs Get Complicated: Hidden Pitfalls in Early-Stage Financing

Last month, a startup’s Series A nearly fell apart when investors and founders realized their different calculation methods produced a $750,000 variance. The culprit was not deception or bad faith, but rather a complex...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

“Would You Please Repeat That in English?” Unpacking the Major Differences in Venture Capital Practices in the UK and the U.S.

As U.S.-based venture capital funds have become an increasingly significant source of capital for UK start-up and scale-up companies, the negotiation of terms often give rise to gaps in expectations and market norms between...more

Goodwin

Recent Updates in the UK Venture Fundraising Landscape - August 2024

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As venture fund formation lawyers, we take a keen interest in helping our clients raise capital for their funds. If you are currently fundraising or expect to do so soon, we have pulled together a summary of some key recent...more

Hutchison PLLC

The Power of Genuine Networking for Entrepreneurs With OneSixOne Ventures with Pablo Casilimas and Justis Mendez

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What does it take to transition from hosting local events to managing a national venture capital firm? For Justis Mendez and Pablo Casilimas, founders of OneSixOne Ventures, their journey began with such events in Florida,...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

What is Venture Capital and Why Does It Matter?

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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 174

Food Venture Financing Trends - Danone announced that it plans to sell its Horizon Organic and Wallaby Brands businesses to Platinum Equity, an investment firm, for an undisclosed amount. Danone will continue to retain a...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 161

Food Venture Financing Trends - Former Mondelez and Nielsen executives launched Flora Ventures, an $80m venture capital fund to invest in early-stage food and agriculture startups in Israel and Europe....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report – 1H 2023

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 first half of the year, with the...more

Goodwin

Mansion House Reforms Continue the UK’s Quest to Be a Leading Destination for Growth Company Investment

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On 10 July 2023, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his first Mansion House speech in which he announced a series of measures designed to unlock pension investment in private companies whilst also...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Funding Supply Not Meeting Startup Demands

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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

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Q3 2022 Entrepreneurs Report

In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we've compiled a range of data on venture financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the first three quarters of 2022, with the objective of identifying...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

1H 2022 Entrepreneurs Report

In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we've compiled a range of data on venture financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the first half of 2022, with the objective of identifying relevant...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - Q1 2022

In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we've compiled a range of data on venture financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the first quarter of 2022, with the objective of identifying relevant...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Full-Year 2021 Entrepreneurs Report

In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we've compiled a range of data on venture financing transactions in which the firm was involved during 2021, with the objective of identifying relevant trends in activity and...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - Q3 2021

In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we’ve compiled a range of data on venture financing transactions in which the firm was involved during Q3 2021, with the objective of identifying relevant trends in activity...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report – 1H 2021

In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we’ve compiled a range of data on venture financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the first half of 2021, with the objective of identifying relevant...more

Winstead PC

[Webinar] Investing in Universities - Overview of Venture Capital Deals: What Founders Need to Know - June 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00...

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Join us for a webinar series on Investing in University Startup Companies. Topics discussed include legal issues, financial structures and implications. We are grateful for our guest panelists from Activant....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Bigfoot Biomedical® Secures up to $57 Million in Financing from Madryn Asset Management

Bigfoot Biomedical®, a Milpitas, CA emerging company, recently announced that it has secured new financing of up to $57 million in combined debt and equity financing from Madryn Asset Management LP, an alternative asset...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Startup Funding in the Coronavirus Era

Get up in the morning, go to work, sit in meetings, pick up the kids from school, go to the grocery store, work out at the gym, or just meet up with friends and family. It’s hard to believe that until a few weeks ago this...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Navigating Conflicts of Interest as a Corporate Venture-Appointed Director

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Directors appointed by strategic and corporate venture investors (CVC directors) face a unique set of challenges when attempting to resolve their fiduciary duties to the portfolio companies at which they serve as directors...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - Full-Year 2019

A Founder's Guide to Y Combinator's Post–Money Safes - In late 2018, Y Combinator released new forms of Simple Agreements for Future Equity (Safes) that were significantly different from the initial forms created in 2013....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - Q3 2019

Compared to the record-setting valuations and amounts raised in Q2 2019, deal sizes and valuations in Q3 2019 seem lackluster, but when considered in relation to earlier quarters, the median values show that market conditions...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Growth in Third Party Preferred Equity Financing — Flexibility Leads the Way

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The trend of direct lenders providing preferred equity financing to support sponsors and operating companies has only accelerated in the two years since we first wrote on the topic. Preferred equity instruments in general...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report - August 2019

IN THIS ISSUE - - Financing Trends for Q1 2019 - Private Company Financing Deal Terms - Bridge Loans - Bridge Loans - Deal Terms ...more

WilmerHale

In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - June 2019 #3

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How to Drive Growth - With or Without VC Funding - For the early-stage founder, accepting venture capital can be enormously appealing, from the large check and...more

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