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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

Mayer Brown

The Intersection of NAV and Margin Loans: Single Asset and Concentrated Asset Pools

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Executive Summary - Over the last several years, a need has arisen in the fund finance market, which caters to private equity, venture capital, family offices, and other investment funds (“Funds”) and their sponsors, for...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 201

Food Venture Financing Trends Terrantic, a data platform for modern operations for the food supply chain, announced that it raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Plonts, an alternative dairy startup that raised $12...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

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2024 Venture Capital Report

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Venture capital financing activity in 2023 contracted for the second consecutive year in the face of rising interest rates, concerns regarding the trajectory of the economy and continued geopolitical tension. VC-backed...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

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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

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Anatomy of a Venture Financing

Whether you’re a first-time founder or a serial entrepreneur, the process of obtaining venture funding can be complicated and confusing. Let’s look at the process of getting a venture financing to closing, and the primary...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

Fenwick & West LLP

Reflections on the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference: Key Themes for 2024

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The Fenwick life sciences team recently returned from the 2024 JP Morgan Healthcare conference. As we reflect back on the week, there were several key themes and trends that we expect will continue to resonate and evolve over...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

McDermott Will & Emery

Innovation in Financing: Where Are We Seeing Growth?

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Meanwhile, cash-strapped biotechs have in many cases been forced to leverage relationships with big pharma to address liquidity. Cash is king in a financing environment such as we have observed over the last 18 months, and...more

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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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 164

Food Venture Financing Trends - Post Holdings announced that it has agreed to acquire the assets of Perfection Pet Foods for $235 million. Wanda Fish Technologies, a cultivated seafood tech company, announced that it...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

Adams and Reese LLP

Georgia and Florida Pass Commercial Financing Disclosure Laws

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To Whom Do the Laws Apply? What are the Required Disclosures? Georgia and Florida join others in passing commercial financing disclosure laws – new state regulations requiring disclosure statements from certain commercial...more

Hutchison PLLC

State of the Venture Capital Market in the Southeast: Q2 2023

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As we close the books on another quarter of deal activity here at Hutchison, it’s time to take a closer look at venture capital financing trends and themes in the innovation hubs we serve across the Southeast. Based on deals...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 149

TreeHouse Foods announced that it will acquire a coffee facility and business from Farmer Brothers Company for $100 million in a deal that is expected to close in the next 60 days. MyForest Foods, a foodtech startup that...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

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Food Venture Financing News - Weekly Issue No. 139

Food Venture Financing Trends - Momofuku Goods, a pantry essential brand, announced that it raised $17.5 million in its Series A round. The company plans to use the funds to increase its product offerings as well as scale...more

Hogan Lovells

Strategic financial options for clinical stage life sciences companies in a troubled equity market

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Early 2023 has seen new and unprecedented financial challenges for clinical stage life sciences companies. The financing rounds of 2021 and 2022 are starting to run off, while at the same time the equity markets are either...more

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