Category: San Diego

Total Immersion Receives $5,500,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4372fbc8-8b26-41ca-8dcc-7ca7966b56b2&Preview=1 Date 3/24/2011 Company Name Total Immersion Mailing Address 5900 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 Company Description Total Immersion has been focusing on developing the most scalable and reliable Augmented Reality platform and industrialised it for massive rollouts in the Tier 1 consumer market. Our patented software technology, D’Fusion, has been … Continue reading “Total Immersion Receives $5,500,000 New Funding”

Accordent Buyout Provides Exit for San Diego’s TVC Capital

San Diego-based TVC Capital, a small private equity firm focused on software investments, realized a gain in Pleasanton, CA-based Polycom’s (NASDAQ: [[ticker:PLCM]]) $50 million cash acquisition of El Segundo, CA-based Accordent Technologies. In a statement today, Pleasanton, CA-based Polycom’s Sudhakar Ramakrishna says, “We believe Accordent has the most elegant video content management solution on the … Continue reading “Accordent Buyout Provides Exit for San Diego’s TVC Capital”

Who’s Going to Pay for Future Drug Development? (Part 2)

In the first part of this article, I detailed how pharma and biotech companies, along with the federal government, provide the majority of funding for biomedical research in the U.S. In this second part, I’ll turn my attention to a number of other sources, both for-profit and nonprofit, that also provide the capital that drives … Continue reading “Who’s Going to Pay for Future Drug Development? (Part 2)”

Polycom Acquires Accordent Technologies for $50,000,000

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1b3270e6-69a9-41e0-96fb-992b627e62f9&Preview=1 Date 3/23/2011 Company Name Accordent Technologies Mailing Address 300 N. Continental Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245 Company Description Accordent enterprise rich media technology is the only automated, end-to-end infrastructure for creating, distributing, managing and measuring the effectiveness of multimedia presentation assets. Website http://www.accordent.com Transaction Type M&A Transaction Amount $50,000,000 Transaction Round … Continue reading “Polycom Acquires Accordent Technologies for $50,000,000”

Novalar Plans Shutdown Following Sale of OraVerse to Septodont

It turns out that Novalar Pharmaceuticals’ decision to sell OraVerse, its dental anesthesia reversal agent, was only half the story. Novalar CEO Donna Janson tells The San Diego Union-Tribune today that the venture-backed company has no other drug candidates in its pipeline and will soon shut down. The Union-Tribune says the company plans to lay … Continue reading “Novalar Plans Shutdown Following Sale of OraVerse to Septodont”

Verenium, Shorn of Biofuels Business, Returns to San Diego and its Diversa Roots

It felt like something was coming to an end last July, when energy giant BP said it was paying $98.3 million to acquire the cellulosic biofuels business of Cambridge, MA-based Verenium (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VRNM]]). But as Verenium consolidates its headquarters and remaining operations in San Diego, incoming CEO James Levine told me in so many words … Continue reading “Verenium, Shorn of Biofuels Business, Returns to San Diego and its Diversa Roots”

Who’s Going to Pay for Future Drug Development? (Part 1)

In case you haven’t noticed, heart disease remains a debilitating illness for millions. Cancer, despite some recent advances, has not been cured. Drug resistant strains of bacteria are spreading across the globe. There are still no effective treatments for Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and a huge number of other illnesses. The number … Continue reading “Who’s Going to Pay for Future Drug Development? (Part 1)”

MasterImage 3D Secures $15,000,000 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=bd61ea2e-d9d6-4e23-a89c-4403f5d1ca0e&Preview=1 Date 3/22/2011 Company Name MasterImage 3D Mailing Address 5300 Melrose Ave. Fourth Floor Hollywood, CA 90038 Company Description MASTERIMAGE 3D is proud to lead the way in next-generation 3D design and production. Our technologies allow for the sharpest and most stunning stereoscopic 3D experience. MASTERIMAGE 3D has also successfully developed groundbreaking … Continue reading “MasterImage 3D Secures $15,000,000 New Financing Round”

SocialVibe Receives $20,000,000 New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=04c57feb-9e4a-4ede-a7de-8ec1e5fc5192&Preview=1 Date 3/22/2011 Company Name SocialVibe Mailing Address 9000 Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069 Company Description The company develops advertising solutions within social networks. Website http://www.socialvibe.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $20,000,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company plans to use the growth capital to accelerate global adoption of … Continue reading “SocialVibe Receives $20,000,000 New Round”

Now What? Novalar Sells Its Anesthesia Reversal Drug to Septodont

In an unexpected development, San Diego’s Novalar Pharmaceuticals says today it has sold OraVerse, its dental anesthesia reversal agent and only FDA-approved product, to Lancaster, PA-based Septodont, a leading supplier of dental anesthetics. The big question arising from the sale is what’s next for Novalar? OraVerse has been the main focus of the company’s business … Continue reading “Now What? Novalar Sells Its Anesthesia Reversal Drug to Septodont”

Atheros Approves Qualcomm’s $3.1B Offer, Websense Explores Sale, Maxwell Gains Traction, & More San Diego BizTech News

A couple of major M&A deals that involve some of San Diego’s biggest tech companies are in the works. We’ve got the details, along with the rest of our Monday morning roundup. —San Diego-based Websense (NASDAQ: [[ticker:WBSN]]), which provides Internet security software that companies use to limit employees’ access to business-related websites, has retained Frank … Continue reading “Atheros Approves Qualcomm’s $3.1B Offer, Websense Explores Sale, Maxwell Gains Traction, & More San Diego BizTech News”

Think Obamacare Will Suffocate New Drug Development With Price Controls? Think Again

There were a million arguments against healthcare reform a year ago. One was that if President Obama got his way and expanded health insurance to millions of uninsured people, and the government made a real effort to study the comparative effectiveness of drugs at high and low prices, it was really the first step toward … Continue reading “Think Obamacare Will Suffocate New Drug Development With Price Controls? Think Again”

How to Enchant Your Way to Tech Success, Kawasaki Style

You’re a technology entrepreneur—more power to you. You’ve built a great product that solves a real problem—congratulations. Unfortunately, that’s only half the battle. Maybe even less than half. Now you have to make the world believe in you and your product. That’s the part of entrepreneurship that many innovators and startup founders aren’t prepared for. … Continue reading “How to Enchant Your Way to Tech Success, Kawasaki Style”

CoolPlanetBioFuels Lands Series B Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=99fe6e76-8c4a-4c34-9f1e-d903e17c85d5&Preview=1 Date 3/18/2011 Company Name CoolPlanetBioFuels Mailing Address 543 Calle San Pablo Camarillo, CA 93012 Company Description CoolPlanetBioFuels, based in Camarillo, California, is developing a revolutionary thermal/mechanical processor that directly inputs raw biomass such as woodchips, crop residues and non-food fuel crops, and produces distinct gas streams for catalytic upgrading to conventional … Continue reading “CoolPlanetBioFuels Lands Series B Financing”

Accelrys Partners with Oxford Nanopore

San Diego’s Accelrys (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ACCL]]), which recently outlined its revised strategy for me, has signed a partnership agreement with Oxford Nanopore Technologies to develop software that will make it possible to get real-time analyses of experimental data from Oxford’s single molecule analysis system. Accelrys says its Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology for Pipeline Pilot uses … Continue reading “Accelrys Partners with Oxford Nanopore”

Amylin Suspends Obesity Drug Development, Sapphire Energy Partners with Monsanto, 23andMe Gets Connected to UCSD’s Fowler, & More San Diego Life Sciences News

On this St. Patrick’s Day, it seems only appropriate to lead our roundup of biotech news with an item from San Diego’s Sapphire Energy, the algal biofuels startup using biotech tools to develop emerald-green crude. We’ve got the rest of the life sciences news too, as well as a hearty “Top o’ the morning” to … Continue reading “Amylin Suspends Obesity Drug Development, Sapphire Energy Partners with Monsanto, 23andMe Gets Connected to UCSD’s Fowler, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”

Former Boston Scientific Exec and UCSD Physician Team Up at Startup Topera Medical

Here’s an interesting development involving figures in the medical devices scenes of Boston and San Diego. Topera Medical, a secretive startup launched in 2008 in San Diego, has established a new headquarters in the Boston area to develop a catheter system for rapidly identifying the source of irregular heart rhythms in each patient. The Lexington, … Continue reading “Former Boston Scientific Exec and UCSD Physician Team Up at Startup Topera Medical”

Growth in TV Access, Capabilities, Driving Demand for MaxLinear’s Technologies

A seemingly insatiable demand for technology that can process TV signals and accommodate proliferating technical needs is helping to drive the growth at MaxLinear (NYSE: [[ticker:MXL]]), according to Kishore Seendripu, chairman and CEO of the Carlsbad, CA-based semiconductor design company. In a presentation yesterday afternoon at Roth Capital Partners growth conference for small cap companies, … Continue reading “Growth in TV Access, Capabilities, Driving Demand for MaxLinear’s Technologies”

Viterbi Joins Advisory Board at On-Ramp Wireless

Qualcomm co-founder Andrew Viterbi has joined the strategic advisory board at San Diego’s On-Ramp Wireless, which has been developing wireless networking technology capable of connecting billions of hard-to-reach devices throughout a metropolitan or broad multi-county region. Viterbi is president of the Viterbi Group, a technical advisory and investment company, and serves as a visiting professor … Continue reading “Viterbi Joins Advisory Board at On-Ramp Wireless”

Amylin and Takeda Suspend Obesity Study to Consider Metreleptin Data

The hits just keep coming for San Diego’s Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: [[ticker:AMLN]]), and not in a good way. Amylin and Japanese strategic partner Takeda Pharmaceutical said today they have suspended a clinical trial examining the safety and effectiveness of an obesity drug candidate that combines pramlintide acetate, a synthetic analog of the natural hormone Amylin, … Continue reading “Amylin and Takeda Suspend Obesity Study to Consider Metreleptin Data”

European Automakers Begin to Adopt Maxwell’s Ultracapacitor Technology

The conference rooms are filled close to capacity today at the Roth Capital Partners’ annual conference for small-cap companies in Dana Point, which the Newport Beach, CA-based investment banking firm is calling its biggest conference in 23 years. “The Japanese situation has tempered a bit of the enthusiasm today,” said Ted Roth, Roth Capital’s president, … Continue reading “European Automakers Begin to Adopt Maxwell’s Ultracapacitor Technology”

Genomatica and Tate & Lyle Form Strategic Partnership as CEO Explains “Feedstock Strategy”

The past couple of months have been busy for San Diego’s Genomatica, which is announcing a strategic partnership today with Tate & Lyle (LSE: [[ticker:TATE]]), a London-based food and industrial products manufacturer with extensive U.S. operations. Just two weeks ago, Genomatica revealed it had raised $45 million in venture capital, bringing the company’s total financing … Continue reading “Genomatica and Tate & Lyle Form Strategic Partnership as CEO Explains “Feedstock Strategy””

SignNow Lands $500,000 New Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=18ed40e4-1913-4fe5-842d-c87013ea1690&Preview=1 Date 3/15/2011 Company Name SignNow Mailing Address Undisclosed Newport Beach, CA 92657 Company Description SignNow, Inc. is a company startup seeking to bring the millennia-old practice of using hardcopy signatures into the digital age through user-friendly, consumer-oriented Web applications. Website http://www.signnow.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed … Continue reading “SignNow Lands $500,000 New Funding”

Qualcomm Town Hall 2011

CommNexus is coordinating an evening with Qualcomm chairman and CEO Paul Jacobs, QCT President Steven Mollenkopf, and Matt Grob, senior vice president of engineering, as they discuss where the wireless world is going in the next five to ten years. Topics are expected to include 3G and 4G, the new quad-core Snapdragon, mobile OSes, Qualcomm’s … Continue reading “Qualcomm Town Hall 2011”

Fallbrook Forms Joint Venture in China

Fallbrook Technologies says it has signed a joint venture agreement with China’s Ningbo Shentong Group, a major supplier to the Chinese automotive industry, to develop and market Fallbrook’s continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmissions for electric-powered passenger cars and light trucks. The joint venture, named “Shentong Fallbrook CVT Company,” will operate out of Yuyao, Zhejiang province, … Continue reading “Fallbrook Forms Joint Venture in China”

Career Development Workshops in Technology and Life Sciences

UC San Diego Extension has helped to organize the third annual free career development night, with a lineup of 20 speakers. Workshop topics include: Closing America’s Job Gap, Life Science Industry Trends, What the Future Holds in Mobile Applications; Project Management & Process Improvement: Skills to Boost Your Career, Strategies for Success: What HR Won’t … Continue reading “Career Development Workshops in Technology and Life Sciences”

Senomyx at San Diego Biotechnology Network Event

San Diego-based Senomyx has been developing flavor enhancers using scientific development tools, such as high-throughput screening and GPCR modulation, to those used in drug discovery. Guy Servant, Senior Director of Assay Development & HTS at Senomyx, will give a presentation titled “A Biotech Approach to Flavor Discovery.” Online registration is here.

Qualcomm Rides Wave of 3G Growth, Dissident Shareholder Emerges at Leap, UCSD’s Fowler Plumbs the Power of Social Networks, & More San Diego BizTech News

Qualcomm announced a series of new technology initiatives just a few weeks ago, which CEO Paul Jacobs reviewed during the wireless chipmaker’s shareholder meeting last week. And we’ve got a review of San Diego’s biztech news for you here: —Qualcomm’s (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) Paul Jacobs marked his fifth anniversary as CEO of the world’s largest wireless … Continue reading “Qualcomm Rides Wave of 3G Growth, Dissident Shareholder Emerges at Leap, UCSD’s Fowler Plumbs the Power of Social Networks, & More San Diego BizTech News”

Where Are Tomorrow’s Blockbuster Biotech Drugs Coming From? You Might be Surprised

The San Francisco Bay Area has a storied tradition as the birthplace and leading hub of biotechnology, but something curious has happened the past couple years. Most of the scientifically groundbreaking, medical-textbook rewriting, financially lucrative new biotech drugs of the 21st century are coming from somewhere else. This dawned on me last week as I … Continue reading “Where Are Tomorrow’s Blockbuster Biotech Drugs Coming From? You Might be Surprised”

Getting Connected with James Fowler: Social Networks in the Real World and in Cyberspace

James Fowler says his work lies at the intersection of the natural and social sciences. As a professor in UC San Diego’s School of Medicine and Division of Social Sciences, his research encompasses social networks, behavioral economics, evolutionary game theory, political participation, and the genetic basis of political behavior. Fowler also is the co-author, with … Continue reading “Getting Connected with James Fowler: Social Networks in the Real World and in Cyberspace”

Concentrix Solar to Build San Diego Plant

San Diego city, utility, and cleantech industry officials are gathering at UC San Diego this morning to announce a 25-year contract that San Diego Gas & Electric has signed with Tenaska Solar Ventures for 150 megawatts from a solar plant to be developed east of San Diego, near El Centro, CA. As part of the … Continue reading “Concentrix Solar to Build San Diego Plant”

Astute Medical Nabs $13M, Roth Capital Hosts Conference, Kaldor Joins Versant, & More San Diego Life Sciences News

San Diego’s life sciences sector must have been lying low over the past week, as there was scant news from local biotech, diagnostics, and medical device companies. Our roundup is here. —Biopharma executive Stephen Kaldor, who was CEO at San Diego-based Ambrx from 2007 to 2010, has joined Versant Ventures as a venture partner. The … Continue reading “Astute Medical Nabs $13M, Roth Capital Hosts Conference, Kaldor Joins Versant, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”

Astute Extends Series B Funding to $39.5M

San Diego’s Astute Medical, which raised $26.5 million in a Series B venture round last May, says it has extended the round and raised an additional $13 million to develop new diagnostic tests for acute conditions that require rapid diagnosis. Investors include Domain Associates, Delphi Ventures, De Novo Ventures and Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation. … Continue reading “Astute Extends Series B Funding to $39.5M”

Scenes from the Qualcomm Shareholder Meeting: Five Years Under New Management

The Qualcomm shareholder meeting was something of a five-year anniversary yesterday for Paul Jacobs, who was named to succeed his father, Irwin M. Jacobs, as CEO of the world’s largest provider of wireless chipsets and software technology in March 2005. As milestones go, 2010 was a great year for Qualcomm, which had a record-setting year … Continue reading “Scenes from the Qualcomm Shareholder Meeting: Five Years Under New Management”

Sapphire Energy Anticipates “Significant” Revenue Stream From Monsanto Alliance

San Diego biofuels startup Sapphire Energy added to its pedigreed credentials yesterday, revealing an undisclosed investment by St. Louis, MO-based Monsanto (NYSE: [[ticker:MON]]), a premiere agricultural biotech giant, as part of an extended collaborative agreement. Sapphire established its exalted lineage a couple of years ago when it raised $100 million in Series B venture funding … Continue reading “Sapphire Energy Anticipates “Significant” Revenue Stream From Monsanto Alliance”

Kite Pharma Obtains $15,000,000 Series A Funding Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=999262a5-b0d6-4ccc-83c2-57fac6ae52af&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2011 Company Name Kite Pharma Mailing Address 10924 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 Company Description Kite Pharma, Inc. is a privately held development stage biotechnology company engaged in the design and development of pioneering immune-based targeted therapies to treat different cancer indications. Kite has a portfolio of proprietary … Continue reading “Kite Pharma Obtains $15,000,000 Series A Funding Round”

DailyBooth Lands $6,000,000 Series A Financing

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e40b10dc-ff99-404a-9c89-edad92349cb4&Preview=1 Date 3/9/2011 Company Name DailyBooth Mailing Address 8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd Westchester, CA 90045 Company Description Provides photo-blogging services. Website http://www.dailybooth.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,000,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes The new financing will accelerate the expansion of DailyBooth’s distribution and audience acquisition efforts, as well as … Continue reading “DailyBooth Lands $6,000,000 Series A Financing”

Why Computing Guys Don’t Get Mobile: Qualcomm’s Bill Davidson on Modems, Power Constraints, and Scarce Spectrum Resources

The pace of wireless innovation can get bewildering at times, and a spate of recent announcements from San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: [[ticker:QCOM]]) has seemed more like a blur of racing machines in the Indy 500 than anything else. Since Qualcomm also happens to be hosting its annual shareholders meeting today, it seemed like an ideal … Continue reading “Why Computing Guys Don’t Get Mobile: Qualcomm’s Bill Davidson on Modems, Power Constraints, and Scarce Spectrum Resources”

Grid2Home Receives $2,599,999 New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=29f899ae-d835-4183-a800-2b25ecd72ab3&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2011 Company Name Grid2Home Mailing Address 404 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 Company Description Grid2Home is a communications software company at the forefront of Smart Energy 2.0 connectivity technologies. Our software solutions provide the two-way data communication necessary to make the Smart Grid a reality. Website http://www.Grid2Home.com … Continue reading “Grid2Home Receives $2,599,999 New Financing Round”

Sapphire Energy Obtains New Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f9115f2a-e287-4fe3-8c3c-98ba9db8f75c&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2011 Company Name Sapphire Energy Mailing Address 2658 Del Mar Heights Rd Del Mar, CA 92014 Company Description Company scientists have built a platform that uses sunlight, CO2, photosynthetic microorganisms and non-arable land to produce carbon-neutral alternatives to petrochemical-based processes and products. First up: renewable gasoline. Website http://www.sapphireenergy.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Sapphire Energy Obtains New Round”

Fetch Technologies Garners New Financing Round

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=88d5b7f0-12f3-458b-b2de-5f8a0f23897d&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2011 Company Name Fetch Technologies Mailing Address 841 Apollo St. El Segundo, CA 90245 Company Description Fetch Technologies enables organizations to access, aggregate and use real-time information from websites. Fetch’s enterprise solution is tailored to fit each customer’s needs and navigate websites to instantly deliver meaningful, useful and usable data … Continue reading “Fetch Technologies Garners New Financing Round”

Astute Medical Obtains $13,000,000 Series B Funding

Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=94d86c33-c4d8-4380-8ebe-d3f4ea1f45c2&Preview=1 Date 3/8/2011 Company Name Astute Medical Mailing Address 3550 General Atomics Court San Diego, CA 92121 Company Description Astute Medical’s mission is to identify and validate protein biomarkers of severe acute disease.Our focus is community and hospital acquired acute conditions that require rapid diagnosis and risk assessment. Our emphasis is on … Continue reading “Astute Medical Obtains $13,000,000 Series B Funding”

Rising Diesel Prices Helped to Spark Fallbrook’s Hodyon Acquisition

San Diego’s Fallbrook Technologies, which has spent more than a decade developing technology for a more fuel-efficient, continuously variable transmission, says today it has acquired Hodyon, a Texas-based maker of auxillary power systems for trucks. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Fallbrook CEO Bill Klehm called me from Europe to explain the logic of the … Continue reading “Rising Diesel Prices Helped to Spark Fallbrook’s Hodyon Acquisition”

Teradata Acquires Aster Data Systems, Mad Catz Picks Up V Max Technology, & More San Diego Area BizTech News

San Diego’s analytics software cluster pulled another company into its orbit with Teradata’s acquisition of Silicon Valley’s Aster Data Systems. We have that and the rest of San Diego’s biztech news wrapped up here. —Teradata, based in Dayton, OH, acquired San Carlos, CA-based Aster Data Systems for $263 million. The deal combines Teradata’s expertise in … Continue reading “Teradata Acquires Aster Data Systems, Mad Catz Picks Up V Max Technology, & More San Diego Area BizTech News”

Advice Received, But Not Taken: Tales from the Biotech Trenches

Biotechnology is a challenging business, with drug development timelines that are long, costly, and dependent on the approval of government regulatory agencies. The vast majority of biotechs never succeed in developing a new drug. There are many issues that contribute to whether or not a company achieves its goals and makes it in the marketplace. … Continue reading “Advice Received, But Not Taken: Tales from the Biotech Trenches”

Forget About the IPO Market: It’s Time for Biotechs To Think Differently

When a company like Plexxikon can’t pull off a big-time IPO, you know something’s out of whack in the biotech world. Berkeley, CA-based Plexxikon hit the motherlode last week when it agreed to be acquired for $805 million upfront, plus $130 million in milestones, by Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo. VCs everywhere drooled. That’s because in this … Continue reading “Forget About the IPO Market: It’s Time for Biotechs To Think Differently”

The Art of the Term Sheet

In partnership with Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves and Savitch, this workshop outlines the components for developing a comprehensive funding strategy, with a special focus on understanding the provisions of a term sheet. Certain provisions have far-reaching implications for maintaining control of the company. There also are economic implications of some provisions in follow-on funding rounds and … Continue reading “The Art of the Term Sheet”

Preparing for Investment Capital

In the current start-up environment, executives need to take steps to prepare their company for receiving outside investment long before approaching potential investors. In this workshop, Cooley law firm partners Charles Bair, Patrick Loofbourrow, and Ken Rollins discuss capital investment issues for emerging companies and how best to structure your company in advance of funding … Continue reading “Preparing for Investment Capital”