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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 250

Food Venture Financing Trends - The Better Meat Co., a plant-based meat company, raised $31 million in its Series A financing....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Democratization of VC funds

At least once or twice per year, a prospective client will call with the greatest new idea—launch a venture fund for everyone. Open up potential fundraising by appealing to moderate-income people. Why hasn’t anyone thought of...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OCM Guidance Regarding Ownership Transfers Provides Pathway for Funding Social Equity Licensees

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The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) conducted its license lottery for social equity applicants on June 5, 2025. Lottery winners received preliminary approval and must secure a business location and, in many...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 236

Food Venture Financing Trends - Danone plans to acquire a majority stake in Kate Farms, a plant-based nutrition shake brand....more

MoFo Tech

AI Trends for 2025 - Has AI Put Japan’s Startup Scene on the World Map?

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While Japan has a longstanding reputation for innovation, its startup market has not historically drawn the same degree of interest as those in the U.S. and other countries, despite a tenfold increase in ecosystem investment...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Where is corporate venture capital headed in 2025, and will it lead to more M&A?

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Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) investment is an increasingly used strategic tool that enables large corporations to make minority investments in startups that will complement and expand their existing products or services....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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Deal Flow 4.0: 5 Things We Learned About European Tech Deal Terms in 2023

Venture capital investment in European startups reached over $60B last year, higher than pre-pandemic levels but lower than the highs of 2021 and 2022. To see how this changed deal terms, Orrick used in-house technologies,...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 159

ENOUGH, an alternative-protein foodtech startup, announced that it raised $40 million Euros in its Series C round. The company plans to use the funds to expand production of its ABUNDA mycoprotein....more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Proposed Reform of Venture Capital Fund Advisor Exemption Will Boost Startup Investment and Founder Liquidity

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A major theme of this Blog has always been ongoing legislative, regulatory and market initiatives to reform capital markets by targeting unreasonable or outdated impediments to capital formation to make it easier for...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 144

Above Food, an agriculture, ingredients and plant-based company based in Canada, announced that it plans to go public through a SPAC deal valued at $319 million in the second half of 2023....more

Hogan Lovells

Changes under the Future Financing Act – Employee equity finally future-proof?

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With the recently published draft of a "Future Financing Act", the federal government has reacted to the criticism on the tax treatment of equity instruments granted to employees. From the perspective of young companies, the...more

Hogan Lovells

Änderungen durch das Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz – Mitarbeiterbeteiligung endlich zukunftsfest?

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Mit dem kürzlich veröffentlichten Entwurf eines „Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetzes“ hat die Bundesregierung auf die Kritik zur steuerlichen Behandlung von Mitarbeiterbeteiligungen reagiert. Die vorgesehenen Änderungen sind aus...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Deal Flow 3.0: European Venture Capital Deal Term Review 2022

Foreword - Despite a shift to economic headwinds, investors injected more than $95B into the European tech market in 2022, the second-largest amount ever. To see how deal terms changed, Orrick developed new technologies and...more

Jones Day

Spanish Fund and Venture Capital Regulation Adapts to European Regulations

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In Short - The Situation: Spain's new Law 18/2022 regarding the creation and growth of companies (the so-called "Create and Grow Law") will facilitate investment in start-ups and includes improvements in foreign financing...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Top Tips to Follow to Get Ready to Raise

Orrick's Founder Series offers monthly top tips for UK startups on key considerations at each stage of their lifecycle, from incorporating a company through to possible exit strategies. The Series is written by members of our...more

Allen Matkins

PropTech Update - November 2021

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Broker 2.0: $1.5B investment into PropTech by big firms is changing how they operate - Bisnow – October 27 - Global venture capital investment in PropTech exceeded $61.1 billion since 2010, according to investment...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - May 2021 #4

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: The Citizen Startup - Why Investors Are Becoming More Interested In ESG Measures - More venture capital firms are beginning to evaluate startups using not...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Looking for a Venture Capital Fund to Invest in You? Here's How to Do It Right

Raising capital is one of the main issues that preoccupies entrepreneurs on a daily basis. Whether you are in the initial startup stage imagining an idea that may become reality or possess an advanced product looking to make...more

White & Case LLP

Israel steps on the gas in the autotech race

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Despite not being an automotive hub historically, Israel has emerged as a hotbed of innovation for the industry. The convergence of technology with other sectors has been the driving force behind much of Israel’s tech boom...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey – First Quarter 2019 - Full Analysis

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We analyzed the terms of 185 venture financings closed in the first quarter of 2019 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. We found that valuation results continued to be strong, with the average price increase in Q1...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Patenting Your Digital Health Tech: When, Why and How

The digital health market is expected to grow beyond $379 billion by 2024, with a 27.7 percent compounded annual growth rate over the coming years. This activity is fueled by increasing demand for remote monitoring services,...more

Mintz

How Insurtechs Maximize Profits and Competitive Advantage

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The potential to disrupt the historic insurance industry model has made insurtech one of the hottest new areas of innovation and investment, with entrepreneurs developing technologies at a breakneck pace and venture capital...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

How Corporate Venture Capital Differs

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Earlier this year, Union Square Ventures Managing Partner Fred Wilson famously referred to corporate VCs as “The Devil”, when he asserted that companies should not be investing in other companies, that they should be buying...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Fix Crowdfunding Act and Venture Capital Bill Pass House

The Fix Crowdfunding Act (H.R. 4855) passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 394 to 4. It doesn’t look much like the original bill we reported on here. As passed by the House, the bill allows special purpose...more

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