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Pillsbury - Propel

Crowdfunding: What It Is and When to Utilize It for Your Business

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Crowdfunding emerged as a popular and innovative method of fundraising for startups, providing a platform for entrepreneurs to raise capital through soliciting relatively small individual investments or contributions from a...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Entrepreneurs Report – 1H 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 the second quarter of 2024, with the...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Financing Your Business Growth: Securing Funding While Protecting Your Interests

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Are you ready to take your business to the next level but worried about the complexities of securing the right funding?  Like many entrepreneurs, you may find yourself facing the obstacle of balancing capital acquisition...more

Morgan Lewis

Corporate Venture Capital Survey: Q1 2024

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While the economic terms of each investment will be unique based on the distinct facts and circumstances of the companies and investors participating, the Q1 2024 corporate venture capital survey indicates that the overall...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 197

Food Venture Financing Trends - Athletic Brewing, a nonalcoholic beer producer, announced that it raised $50 million in equity financing....more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SAFE Financing – a Deep Dive on the Evolution of the SAFE

As we’ve noted in a previous article, the Y Combinator-hosted SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) has become the investment contract of choice for startup companies that have already attracted investors. However, the...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SAFE Financing – Valuation Cap vs. Discount Variants

So you decided to use a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) to raise money for your new startup – congratulations! And you’re off to a good start because you read our previous article, which summarized how to use the...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Venture Debt: Down Round Protection Without Triggering Downside Provisions

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There is increasing chatter in the startup and investor space surrounding venture debt. It is not at all surprising that as the availability of ready capital has contracted considerably over the past two years, debt and...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. 177

Chunk Foods, a plant-based foodtech company, announced that it raised $7.5 million in its seed extension and entered into a strategic partnership with Better Balance, a Mexican plant-based venture. Infinite Roots, a...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. 170

Food Venture Financing Trends - Danone announced that it became a corporate sponsor and partner of Global Methane Hub’s Enteric Fermentation R&D Accelerator. The accelerator has raised $200 million so far....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

Vicente LLP

Minnesota Cannabis Grant Programs Aim to Help Entrepreneurs Succeed and Promote Social Equity

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An under-discussed aspect of Minnesota’s adult-use cannabis legislation is the grant programs established to help cannabis entrepreneurs understand the law and succeed in this nascent market. The legalization bill...more

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[Event] The Cannabis Law Sessions - Building Your Team - November 28th, Las Vegas, NV

The International Cannabis Bar Association (INCBA) is excited to return to MJBizCon to present our annual set of continuing legal education sessions on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Designed for attorneys and other...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Venture Capital: A Primer

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Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity and a type of financing where investors invest in early-stage companies which they believe to have long-term, highgrowth potential. Accredited investors, family offices,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Founder Series: Top Tips on Navigating a Down Round Financing

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

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Founder Series: Top Tips on Raising Bridge Financing

Convertible securities such as simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs), advance subscription agreements (ASAs) and conventional convertible loan notes (CLNs) are increasingly used as agile and flexible funding...more

Troutman Pepper

Failing Forward: How to Raise a Successful Down-Round in 2023

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What’s a founder to do? Banks are collapsing; interest rates continue to creep upward; the IPO window remains limited; but growth-stage companies need capital and can only cut costs so much. With continued economic tightness...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What is the State of Digital Health Funding in 2023?

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With the pandemic, there came a digital health explosion, with companies working swiftly to bring new technologies to light that would pave the way forward in telehealth and other critical areas. We saw an incredible interest...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey – Fourth Quarter 2022

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Our survey analyzed the terms of 169 venture financings closed in the fourth quarter of 2022 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. The Q4 2022 data is consistent with what we would have expected. The terms are...more

Allen Matkins

Life Sciences Real Estate Update - 2.08.23

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Last year’s solid venture capital investment in life sciences was, as expected, focused on the big three markets of San Diego, Boston, and San Francisco. But as a recent Cushman & Wakefield report found, emerging markets saw...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Employees’ Perspective on Source and Use for Series Financings and Acquisitions

A primary goal of many, if not all, founders of start-ups and similar early-stage companies is to grow the company in a way that makes it an attractive target for outside investment and/or acquisition. For many companies,...more

Mintz Edge

Extending for Success: The Rising Trend of Extension Rounds and the Importance of Due Diligence

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Venture capital investment in United States startups is projected to decline in 2022 by over one-third from 2021 levels. And while down rounds remain infrequent relative to historical trends, there has been a notable upward...more

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