The Venture Studio Model: Driving Innovation from Ideation to Success
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Cooley handled 165 reported venture capital financings in Q1 2026, representing $39.9 billion of invested capital. Deal volume fell to its lowest level since Q3 2016. Compared to Q4 2025, deal volume declined across Series C...more
In this episode of The Founder's Hour, hosts Laura Cicirelli and Eric Weiner discuss SAFEs and convertible notes as early stage funding options, explaining the similarities and differences between the two. They cover both the...more
Nick Feldman and Cody Peterson, partners in Orrick's Technology Companies Group, walk through what happens when a SAFE financing gets more complicated and how founders can evaluate investor rights requests before signing....more
Nick Feldman and Cody Peterson, partners in Orrick's Technology Companies Group, break down how to think about SAFE terms and valuation caps for pre-seed companies. Learn: Why thinking in terms of dilution is more productive...more
Nick Feldman and Cody Peterson, partners in Orrick's Technology Companies Group, share practical guidance on building an early investor base. Learn about: The administrative burden of managing many small investors through...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - The Bland Company, a UK-based startup, has raised $2.67 million to functionalize plant proteins from ag side streams....more
Cooley handled 221 reported venture capital financings in Q4 2025, representing $8.9 billion of invested capital. In Q4, deal volume decreased slightly across Series Seed, B, D and higher rounds, while Series C deal volume...more
Speaking at the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, John Osborn, senior advisor in the Hogan Lovells life sciences and financial services practices, moderated a panel discussion with HL corporate & finance partner Andrew...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Biographica, a startup working to improve and accelerate the crop trait development process through machine learning, announced that it raised £7 million in a seed round....more
Cooley handled 217 reported venture capital financings in Q3 2025, representing $23 billion of invested capital. Deal volume decreased slightly since last quarter. In Q3, deal volume decreased across Series Seed, A and C...more
For early-stage founders and investors attempting to structure investment in an early stage (pre-seed) company, the choice between a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) and a Convertible Note significantly impacts the...more
In startup financing, certain investor rights show up so often that they feel like part of the background. One of the most common (and most misunderstood) is pro rata rights. Whether you are a founder or an investor,...more
Over the past 15 years, the meaning of the term "sponsor" in the private equity context has evolved to include several alternatives to the standard committed private equity fund model. These "nontraditional" or "alternative"...more
Founder preferred stock is on the rise, featured in nearly 11% of companies that closed priced equity rounds in H1, up from 6% in 2023. These provisions often support tax-efficient founder liquidity structuring and may signal...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Scindo, a U.K.-based startup building an AI-powered enzyme discovery and design platform, has raised a $5.4M seed round....more
Even before formation, it is critical to consider how a business will be funded, both initially and in the long term. A business’s initial capital structure can have important implications for the type of financing it is able...more
Seed through Series C deal activity gained ground in Q2 2025, with deal sizes up between 5.5% and 22% and valuations rising by as much as 60% compared to Q1. While this reflects improving confidence in early-stage ventures,...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Orchard Robotics, an agtech startup, has raised a $22 million Series A round....more
The journey from idea to building a startup to receiving investment is rarely straightforward. For every startup that secures funding, many more struggle to break through. We’ve worked with thousands of founders and their...more
Startups continue to have an increasingly international presence (or, at the very least, an international plan), and investors continue to scour the globe for investment opportunities. ...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. ...more
If you’re raising early-stage capital, the outlook appears strong, but for late-stage companies, the bar is higher than ever. In partnership with Aumni, a J.P. Morgan company, we’re pleased to share the Q2 2025 edition of the...more
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
Food Venture Financing Trends - Daring Foods, a vegan chicken brand, announced that it has been acquired by V2food, a large Australian plant-based meat producers....more
Fundraising dynamics continued to evolve in Q1 2025, with early-stage companies seeing a modest uptick in down rounds while late-stage companies experienced fewer. Down rounds rose to 20.8% of deals at the Seed through Series...more