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The Power of Genuine Networking for Entrepreneurs With OneSixOne Ventures with Pablo Casilimas and Justis Mendez
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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
Point by Point: The Sale of Dental Practices, Raising Capital and More with Logan Growth Advisors
Disrupting Systemic Economic Injustice in the Startup Ecosystem, with Resilient Ventures' Tom Droege and Keith Daniel
From Accidental Entrepreneur to a $2.5M raise, with Cycle Labs' Josh Owen
The One Reason Startups Fail, with VentureSouth's Charlie Banks
Has the SPAC Bubble Burst? Lessons Learned From the Early Days of SPAC Mania
Healthcare Start-Ups: Keys to Fundraising and Growing Your Company Successfully
The Rare Air of Elevation Oncology: Raising Nearly $200M in 2 Years, with CEO Shawn Leland
The Legal Side of Raising Money: Startup Funding Questions Answered, with Anna Tharrington
Startup CEO Who Coded His Way Out: Rainway’s Andrew Sampson
Committed Capital Podcast: ESG and Asset Management - Challenges and Opportunities
The Fracture Startup Journey: Jumping Off a Cliff to Learn to Fly with Abhi Lokesh
The $200 Million Phone Call.
Raising Over $475M in Biomedical Startups, with Serial Entrepreneur Daniel White
Initial public offerings (IPOs) and M&A exits are the two most common means of achieving liquidity in a private company. This article addresses an acquisition transaction, which requires preparation and oversight that many...more
It’s no secret that startup founders have faced a difficult past two years. Beginning in 2022, we saw valuations slide, and funding became much harder to secure. That has, of course, continued into 2023. So, what will 2024...more
In recent weeks, Arm, Instacart, and Klaviyo priced their IPOs, marking some of the first notable IPOs by technology companies in the past 18 months. As macroeconomic conditions and market sentiment appear to stabilize,...more
The Manatt Ventures team constantly evaluates changes in the market, both for our clients and for the Manatt Venture Fund, our internal venture capital (VC) fund. Below are some of the more interesting data points and...more
A company starts off with an idea and needs capital to secure a patent and build a prototype .At this point, the founding team’s personal resources and network are the primary source of capital. ...more
For digital health startups, the first two months of this year were a welcome departure from 2022, when high inflation and other economic challenges caused investors to press on the brakes and proceed with caution....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
This report series examines quarterly trends in life sciences venture investment. Key findings for Q4 2022 include: • Deal value reached $7.1 billion in Q4 across 392 deals, bringing the 2022 annual total to $38.0 billion...more
Just last week, special purpose acquisition company The Music Acquisition Corporation (“TMAC”) called a special meeting of its stockholders. It wasn’t the special meeting it originally envisioned. TMAC was launched in...more
In Europe, life sciences deals increased over the last few years with strong acceleration in 2021. As a result, the market wonders whether this is just an uptick or rather a steady trend which will impact our market in the...more
Despite the continued uncertainty and upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of venture capital financings reached a record high in 2021 and proceeds nearly doubled from 2020. VC-backed company liquidity...more
2021 was a spectacular year for the American venture capital ecosystem, with VC investments, fundraising and exits all setting new highs. That according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, the self-described...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Should Your Company Implement a Vaccination Mandate? As the Biden administration announced the new federal vaccine requirements on Thursday, an increasing...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: Ready to Start a Business? Consider These 5 Tips First. Young, eager entrepreneurs are eyeing an unprecedented environment for fundraising and getting startups...more
This edition of Orrick’s life sciences publication series reviews the key drivers of venture investment in the life sciences industry, which is proceeding at a record pace thus far in 2021. Key findings include: Investment...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: 6 Reasons Why VCs Say ‘No’ - VCs only invest in a fraction of the companies approaching them for funding. There many reasons why an investor might pass on...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: What Data Reveals About Why Some Startups Reach Billion-Dollar Valuations - Ali Tamaseb, a partner at DCVC, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley,...more
Despite the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 and the ensuing economic dislocation, venture capital financing proceeds, median amount raised, and median pre-money valuation all increased from 2019 levels,...more
Creative Uses of Collateral Present New Financing Opportunities for PE - Raising fresh capital for portfolio companies in times of financial stress is always a delicate balancing act between attracting new lenders and...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
How has COVID-19 impacted Venture Capital investment? Panelists discuss the sectors and industries that have become more attractive since the start of the pandemic, changes and trends in transaction documents of VC deals, the...more
How has COVID-19 impacted Venture Capital investment? Panelists will discuss the sectors and industries that have become more attractive since the start of the pandemic, changes and trends in transaction documents of VC...more
Amid intense focus on investor liquidity (and paths to potential liquidity) in private companies, we provide an update on developments around direct listings as an alternative to traditional IPOs in the United States. On...more
Our last in a series of articles on direct listings noted that we were expecting significant regulatory developments to give companies more flexibility to pursue alternatives to a traditional initial public offering. Those...more
How PropTech firms struck deals during lockdown - Bullet The Real Deal – July 27 - During the first half of the year, venture capital funds invested $1.2 billion in 102 PropTech deals, according to PitchBook, compared to...more