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On October 10, 2019, RigUp, Inc., the energy industry’s largest marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor, announced that it secured $300 million in a Series D funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additional investors Founders Fund, Bedrock Capital and Quantum Energy Partners.

On September 4, 2019, wireless communications pioneer Federated Wireless announced that it secured $51 million in Series C funding, led by existing investors Allied Minds, American Tower and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund.

WilmerHale’s emerging company team hosted promising entrepreneurs from the East Coast at the firm’s first Harvard Tech Startup Night.

The NLJ notes Mick Bain’s extensive work as a business advisor to a myriad of tech companies at all stages.

WilmerHale’s annual IPO, Venture Capital and M&A Reports offer insights into market conditions and provide comprehensive statistics and analysis that are hard to find elsewhere.

The 2019 Venture Capital Report offers an in-depth US venture capital market review and outlook, including industry and regional breakdowns, as well as insights on a number of key topics.

The 2019 IPO Report offers a detailed IPO market review and outlook, plus useful market metrics and articles on topics of interest.

The 2019 M&A Report provides a detailed global M&A market review and outlook, as well as insights on key topics.

New York–based startup Kindur has launched its innovative online wealth management platform with a mission: to help retirees use their savings wisely and efficiently.

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.

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.

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.