AGG Talks: Women in Tech Law Podcast - Episode 4: Preparing for a Transaction? What Emerging Growth Companies Need to Know
JONES DAY TALKS®: A Trip to the Dark Side – Venture Capital Down Rounds and Recaps
Seeing into the Future: Moving Beyond AI to Visual Intelligence with Oculi CEO Charbel Rizk
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 204: Accelerating Life Sciences Startups with James Chappell of SCbio
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - Why Raise Capital?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 202: Life Sciences Startups and Industry Developments with Gil Price, Life Sciences Leader
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - The Aspects of Raising Capital from Start-Ups to More Established Companies
Embracing Change & Community: The Keys To Startup Success With Chris Heivly
The Best of Founder Shares: Highlights Wisdom of Season's Guests
Welcome to “Lowenstein Africa Presents: Venture Voices”
Legal Challenges Part 1 – Setting Up Your Startup for Success
A Conversation with Janade du Plessis of Launch Africa Ventures: Balancing Sustainable Development with ROI
The Force is Strong with this One – Success and Paying it Forward with Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor and Spiffy Scot Wingo
Hunting Outsized Returns with Jason Caplain of Bull City Venture Partners
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 182: Life Sciences Startups and Leadership with Scott Pancoast of Zylo Therapeutics
Through the Lens: From serial entrepreneur to neutral who gets deals done - Focus on Daniel Garrie
From Academia to the Marketplace: The Ins and Outs of University Spinout Licenses with Dan O’Korn
Food for Thought and Thoughts on Food: A Discussion on Scaling in Food and Other Industries
Staying on Track and Giving Back with Bill Spruill
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 171: Laura Gunter, President of the NC Life Sciences Organization
Crypto and Web3 Firms Announce Fintech Integrations - A major U.S. fintech firm recently announced a product integration with MoonPay, a Web3 infrastructure company, “that allows MoonPay users in the U.S. to seamlessly buy...more
Despite recent headlines that have proclaimed “The End of Crypto” in view of large-scale failures at cryptocurrency companies like FTX, Celsius, and Blockfi, innovation in the space continues at an accelerating pace. Startups...more
Popular and institutional interest in digital assets, decentralized applications, NFTs, and blockchain technology skyrocketed, and regulators sprinted to catch up. For the digital asset markets, 2021 was a banner year....more
Ford Motors has hired a new senior exec in an effort to further the company’s push into e-vehicles. Doug Field formerly ran Apple’s “secretive car project,” and his “departure could be a blow to Apple’s auto ambitions, which...more
That CPI data we were expecting yesterday hit analysts’ projections just about on the mark, with prices increasing 5.4% last month compared to a year earlier. Though undeniably high, that figure suggests that “gains are...more
As expected but slightly hard to believe given where things stood just months ago, the U.S. Senate managed to pass a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Tuesday, with 19 Republicans joining Democrats in approving...more
Supreme Court Rules in Google’s Favor in Copyright Dispute with Oracle Over Android Software - After the Supreme Court's April 6 decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 141 S.Ct. 1183 (2021), the computer software...more
Mere months after an announced major investment in start-up electric truck company Nikola (and the subsequent claims that the company had “exaggerated its capabilities), General Motors announced this week that it had...more
John Louis Anthony Bigatton will not be providing financial services in Australia and likely not anywhere else, anytime soon. On Thursday, September 3, 2020, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”)...more
Crosmun v. The Trustees of Fayetteville Technical Community College Provides Much Needed Guidance to NC Courts on How to Properly Craft eDiscovery Protocols - The Court of Appeals decision in Crosmun is important because...more
New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) has released a Request for Comments on a Proposed Framework for a Conditional BitLicense (Request for Comments) that DFS says will make it easier for start-ups to enter...more
In its continued effort to establish itself as the go-to jurisdiction for digital asset businesses, Wyoming, through its Department of Audit, Division of Banking, recently published a digital asset custody regime for its...more
Uber reported another quarter of billion+ dollar losses, but as so many things on Wall Street & Silicon Valley tend to go, the news wasn’t all bad because those numbers were far better than the $5.2 billion it lost in Q2....more
This summary covers the last two weeks which includes news about continued enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) involving fraudulent digital asset transactions, dismissal of a securities...more
This week’s summary includes updates on anti-money laundering in the crypto-friendly nation of Malta and a proposal to regulate cryptocurrency miners in the United States to help stop human trafficking....more
U.S. Developments - Regulatory Developments - SEC Issues Second No Action Letter for Blockchain-Based Project - On July 25, 2019, the staff of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its second ever...more
U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC’s Valerie Szczepanik Speaks at SXSW - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance and Senior Advisor for...more
With crypto-currencies on the rise and technological developments providing great opportunities in the financial services sector, Initial Coin Offerings ("ICO") provide an innovative way of raising capital. They are...more
This Houston Business Journal article quotes Steptoe & Johnson Attorney Daniel Nossa. Bitcoin speculation and initial coin offerings got plenty of attention in the past year. But those high-profile issues aren’t the...more
Multiple Pilots Drive Momentum for Leveraging Blockchain in the Food Supply Chain - A major global technology company recently shared additional details about the Food Trust, a consortium consisting of 10 of the world’s...more
More trouble for the embattled British PM Theresa May. We learned yesterday that Britain’s second-largest construction firm—Carillion—was forced into liquidation after amassing a staggering $1.35 billion in debt. The downfall...more
The ICO boom in 2017 brings with it questions of jurisdiction and compliance, and a need for further guidance - The benefits of ICOs in raising capital, as well as in providing a marketing push for a new business model,...more
For the past few months, issuers of token sales or “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) have known that they were, to some extent, sailing in unchartered waters. Those waters have just gotten a bit murkier with an announcement by...more
On July 17, 2017, the CoinDash initial coin offering (ICO) was hacked within minutes of its launch, resulting in numerous potential purchasers sending their money to a fraudulent address. The hack has raised many questions...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How To Know If An Accelerator Program Will Give Your Company What It Really Needs - Accelerator programs are often an enticing option for early-stage...more