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
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
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
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
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
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
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Investor Advocate held the 42nd Annual Small Business Forum—this time convening panels over four days on various topics, including trends and challenges affecting early...more
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
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
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
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'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
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released its report to Congress summarizing the principal policy recommendations made at the 41st Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital...more
According to a report by data platform Magnitt, the total funding secured by startups in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) amounted to approximately US$864 million in the first quarter of 2022. Startups in the UAE...more
Leading investment bankers discussed the current market climate for healthcare investing coming out of the record-setting pace in 2021. They also shared their insights on hot sectors, growth strategies and the dealmaking...more
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
As the world continues to shift and adapt to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the digital health sector has experienced tremendous growth and the momentum has only accelerated in 2021. According to the Digital Health...more
A June 3, 2021 Executive Order (see our post here) designated 59 Chinese companies in which U.S. companies are prohibited from buying or selling securities. According to the Biden administration, those companies “threaten the...more
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
World Law Group member firms recently collaborated on a Global Venture Capital Guide that covers more than 30 jurisdictions on investment approval processes, typical investment sectors and investment structures on Venture...more
Early-stage and small to midsize private and public companies in the life sciences sector began 2020 on a high note. Funding, particularly in the biotechnology sector, was pouring into the industry. Even several months into...more
The concept of seeding is straightforward. A fund manager receives an allocation from one or more investors of sufficient size in order to ensure the launch of his hedge fund strategy. Unfortunately, that is where the...more
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
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
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: fintech — H1 2019 and outlook for H2 2019 - H1 2019 has seen European fintech M&A hit new heights. Fintechs have enjoyed funding support from established financial institutions,...more