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Based on the German federal government's current startup strategy and its specific measures and funding programs (see Legal Insights dated March 14, 2024 for details), the federal government and KfW, together with relevant...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Brokers / Corporate Finance - Mid-market investment banks consolidate at the fastest rate yet—Panmure Gordon & Liberum, Redburn (Europe) & Atlantic...more
Down round financings recently reached their highest levels in 15 years, leaving investors, growth-stage companies, and other venture capital market participants searching for guidance and clarity. Jones Day partners Tim...more
Hosts Raquel Smith and Tolulope “Tolu” Adetayo speak with Africa-focused technology venture capital investor Eloho Omame about her career; Africa’s investment potential due to its impressive scale of market and pace of...more
As U.S.-based venture capital funds have become an increasingly significant source of capital for UK start-up and scale-up companies, the negotiation of terms often give rise to gaps in expectations and market norms between...more
What Happened: In a little-noticed development, eight states have enacted legislation that requires specific disclosures for commercial non-real estate secured financing transactions....more
In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we’ve compiled a range of data on venture, convertible note, and SAFE financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the second quarter of 2024, with the...more
On this episode of Raising Capital 101, host Tom Voekler is joined by special guest, Mike Beville of Beville Properties and colleagues Rhys James and John Watson to discuss reasons why you may want to raise capital or funds...more
What does it take to transition from hosting local events to managing a national venture capital firm? For Justis Mendez and Pablo Casilimas, founders of OneSixOne Ventures, their journey began with such events in Florida,...more
How integral are networking and community-building to becoming a successful entrepreneur? Pablo Casilimas and Justis Mendez of OneSixOne Ventures join Founder Shares to discuss how they harnessed the power of these strategies...more
The combination of increased regulatory pressure and additional investor demand for higher yield has seen numerous banks gradually displaced by private debt funds in the corporate lending sector (particularly for mid-market...more
On this episode of Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast, host Tom Voekler is joined by special guest, Mike Beville of Beville Properties, to provide a brief overview of capital raising - including the...more
Octavia Butler, a pioneering American writer, once wrote: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Can this analogy also be applied to the concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)? While...more
Over the past several years, many states have considered and enacted requirements requiring commercial financing providers to give disclosures when extending commercial financing....more
Early-stage companies often rely on Simple Agreements for Future Equity (SAFEs) and convertible promissory notes to raise capital either prior to a company's first priced preferred equity round, or to raise bridge capital...more
On May 13, 2024, the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) announced the launch of its "Sandbox" initiative that will aim to provide a formal and transparent forum for the TSXV to consider listing proposals from issuers that do not...more
In this latest issue of The Entrepreneurs Report, we’ve compiled a range of data on venture, convertible note, and SAFE financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the first quarter of 2024, with the...more
Today on “Lowenstein Africa Presents: Venture Voices,” Raquel Smith and Deangeor Chin speak with Janade du Plessis, a South African investor, entrepreneur, and researcher who is managing partner of Launch Africa Ventures and...more
Issuing convertible notes has long been an attractive capital-raising option for public companies. At its most basic essence, a convertible note is a debt instrument that pays interest and principal, but also carries the...more
On April 12, Kansas enacted the Commercial Financing Disclosure Act in SB 345 (the “Act”) which will require the disclosure of certain commercial financing product transaction information, provide civil penalties for...more
The sale of Reverse Yankee bonds by prominent US issuers – often with higher credit ratings – has recently continued at a rapid pace. Reverse Yankee bonds are debt securities issued by US issuers that are denominated in a...more
Our survey analyzed the terms of 171 venture financings closed in the fourth quarter of 2023 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. Fourth-quarter Bay Area venture capital financings remained largely flat from the...more
A bill before the New York State Assembly would, if passed, have major implications for a variety of financing transactions in the Empire State. Titled the End Loan Sharking Act, Assembly Bill 9585 would subject a variety of...more
On March 13, the Governor of Utah signed into law SB 25, a bill that amended certain provisions related to commercial financing transactions, specifically repealing provisions related to disclosing commercial financing...more
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