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On May 8, 2019, Altiostar, the pioneer in open virtualized RAN (open vRAN) technology, announced that it closed a Series C round of financing with Rakuten coming on board as an investor.

This article suggests five key skills that startups should look for in their legal counsel.

Biotechnology company Inozyme Pharma, Inc. announced that it raised $67 million in a Series A2 financing led by Pivotal bioVenture Partners and Sofinnova Investments.

WilmerHale represented Stash, the financial platform revolutionizing how millions of Americans invest and save, in its $65 million Series E funding.  

This article discusses key areas that startups need to focus on as they mature in order to sidestep “business-busting” distractions and lay the groundwork for healthy company culture. 

In 2018, we served as counsel in more than 200 venture financings raising close to $4.5 billion, including some of the largest and most prominent deals of the year.

Palo Alto-based Ashwin Gokhale’s path to partnership is profiled in the Law.com series “How I Made Partner.”

Affirmed currently has more than 100 customers around the world, including many Tier 1 and Tier 2 mobile service providers.

The practice group is said to demonstrate a deep understanding of the business and regulatory issues driving the industry, with specialty areas including intellectual property litigation, securities, licensing, corporate law and taxation providing the most benefit to clients.

The article provides a recap of the 2018 market for early-stage public biotech companies, a peek into 2019 conditions, and goes on to outline how early-stage public companies can position themselves to maximize and maintain investor engagement and to execute financings from a position of strength.

On January 29, 2019, RigUp, the energy industry’s predominant marketplace for on-demand services and labor, announced that it raised $60 million in a Series C funding round led by Founders Fund.

Schrödinger, a privately held company revolutionizing drug discovery through advanced molecular simulations, announced on January 4, 2019 the closing of an $85 million financing to support continued growth and innovation of its computational platform and expansion of its drug discovery pipeline. 

On December 17, 2018, WilmerHale client RightHand Robotics, a leading provider of robotic e-commerce solutions, announced the closing of a $23 million funding round. 

A WilmerHale team led by Corporate Partner Stephanie Evans represented Kindur, a financial tech platform “helping baby boomers embrace modern retirement,” in its $9 million Series A funding round.

In an article published by VentureBeat, Partner Gary Schall lays out the critical post-financing actions that startups should take after closing their financing rounds.