Venture Capital
We have significant experience as both investor and company counsel, in structuring and negotiating equity investments in emerging companies. This experience includes initial rounds of seed capital from high net worth individuals and early-stage venture capital funds, as well as large initial or follow-on rounds of venture capital from domestic and foreign venture capital firms and other institutional investors. Since the firm's inception, we have assisted our clients in raising over $1 billion in venture capital.
Our representative experience includes:
- A $70,000,000 Series B preferred stock offering in a technical publishing company — the largest venture capital transaction of the year on the East Coast
- A $5,000,000 Series A preferred stock offering by an access and security compliance enterprise software company
- An $8,000,000 Series A preferred stock offering, acting as investors' counsel to a venture capital firm investing in a media company
- A $6,000,000 Series C preferred stock offering by an automated interactive voice solutions software company
- A $5,000,000 Series D preferred stock offering by a provider of wireless data communications test solutions.
Clients choose us for our specific expertise in the structuring, negotiating and documentation of:
- Preferred stock purchase agreements, charter documents and ancillary documents including preferred stock terms, anti-dilution adjustment provisions, shareholder agreements, registration rights agreements and voting agreements
- Vesting agreements relating to founders' stock, employment agreements and compensatory stock plans and related agreements
- Technology protection mechanisms, including employee trade secrets, nondisclossure and intellectual property assignment of rights agreements.
In addition, we assist clients in the formation of venture capital funds.
For more information on your venture capital needs, please contact Jonathan Gworek or Mary Beth Kerrigan.
