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Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

The venture capital industry has grown from a collection of regional markets in selected areas of the world into a global phenomenon. Traditional sources of capital now compete with other funding sources to fund the best entrepreneurs and new ideas.

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We have a balanced practice advising strategic investors, financial investors as well as emerging companies at any stage of the "venture capital lifecycle" - whether early, mid-stage or late stage and growth equity or last dollars before an exit, and beyond.

This means that we have a unique ability to understand perspectives from all sides of the table which is critical in developing solutions that help investors and innovators stay ahead of the curve.

Our lawyers are highly experienced in their local markets and are firmly embedded within their local ecosystems, but also connected with each other in sharing ideas and opportunities, leveraging our unique worldwide reach and capability to provide international insight to our clients.

Fast growth businesses are transforming every industry with disruptive business models. Our industry focus enables us to identify, and anticipate regulatory changes, market dynamics, and trends that will redefine the shape of an industry. We have our finger on the pulse. We can help spot investment opportunities and support growth companies to learn and change.

Our world leading regulatory expertise means we don't just understand regulation; we can shape it, challenge it and navigate it. Just as we can help investors to understand, identify and deal with regulatory risks affecting their investments, we can help growth businesses leverage regulation to become stronger where it matters.

Venture Capital

Representative experience

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Apis Global Growth Fund III as lead investor on a c.£70m investment in Moneybox, one of the UK’s fastest growing and highly profitable digital wealth management platforms.
Rice University on its launch of RBL LLC, a biotech venture creation studio developed out of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad, the university’s biotech innovation accelerator.
FlixMobility on all financing rounds, including its US$650m Series G financing, valued at US$3bn.
Tazapay, a Singapore-based global cross border payments infrastructure platform, on the successful close of its Series B funding round led by Peak XV Partners and its Series B extension round led by Circle Ventures.
Iberis Capital, a Portugal-based private equity and venture capital firm, on its Series C investment in Kevel, a United States-based application programing interface (API)-led ad-serving company.
OncoVerity, a pioneer in applying advanced bioinformatics to drug development, on the closing of a Series A extension financing led by existing investors, argenx and RefinedScience.
Avelios Medical, a Germany-based software company digitalizing hospital workflows and data driven patient care, on its €30m Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital.
Xora Innovation, a Singapore-based venture capital firm, as a lead investor in the US$200m Series A funding round of Upscale AI, a high performance AI networking infrastructure company.

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