Marriott Harrison LLP

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Corporate Venture Capital

David Bettis

David Bettis

A partner in the Corporate team at Marriott Harrison, David's practice has a particular focus on M&A, venture capital and private equity transactions. He regularly advise clients on sales, acquisitions and both early and late stage investments in a variety of sectors. David also provides general corporate advice to clients and works closely with shareholders and directors to assist them with the collaboration, reorganisation and structuring matters that companies and their stakeholders often encounter throughout a company’s life cycle.
Frances Spooner

Frances Spooner

A partner in Marriott Harrison’s Corporate team, Frances advises clients in a range of sectors on corporate and corporate finance matters including venture capital, venture debt, private equity, M&A and a wide range of other corporate matters. Frances has also worked with tech start-ups and growth companies and is actively developing a growing practice in this area through her involvement with initiatives such as Sie, an organisation which seeks to drive more capital towards female founders.

Deals

  • Advised Accel, Balderton, Creandum and Lakestar’s syndicated $78m Series A investment into Tesseract Technologies. Investment by industry leading investors into Tesseract has potential for significant impact in the energy sector
  • Advised Hack the Box, the online cybersecurity training platform, on its $55m Series B round. This significant fundraise, completed within a short timeframe, provides opportunity to further develop Hack the Box's innovative platform, which offers businesses worldwide the opportunity to test their cybersecurity capabilities through simulated hacking scenarios.
  • Advised Optalitix Limited on their Series A round.
  • Advised Previse on its Series B funding.
  • Advised Kindred Capital on their Series A investment into Robco.
  • Advised Beringea on their Series A investment into Lucky Saint.
  • Advised FirstMark Capital on its seed round investment into SurrealDB.
  • Advised Lightspeed on their seed round investment into Bonnet.
  • Advised The Moon Hub on its seed fundraise with Pi Labs, Ada Ventures and 1818 Ventures.
  • Advised Oxford Science Enterprises on their investment into Oxford Ionics’ £30m Series A. MH VC advised 3 leading quantum and tech co-investors with over £1bn in assets under management on their investment into Oxford Ionics, developing technology for quantum computers.
  • Advised CIRCA5000 on its oversubscribed crowdfunding round.
  • Advised Accomplice and Balderton on their investment into Zoe Health Series B extension.
  • Advised Accel on their Series A investment into Gravity Sketch.
  • Advised Gresham House on their Series C investment into Focal Point Positioning.
  • Advised Steeleye on their Series B round.
  • Advised Motive Partners on their Series A investment into Titanbay.
  • Advised EQT/Edge's Series B investment into FundamentalVR.

Team Services

Marriott Harrison has a market leading Venture Capital team that is recognised across the industry. It is best known for its role as investor counsel to many of the world's most recognised technology specialist VC funds.

It works closely with new and existing top-tier global VCs to guide them through often complex transactions.

The team advises on industry-leading investments which are pivotal to strengthening the portfolios of these funds. The team is also well respected for its company-side practice, working on a widening range of future facing sectors employing innovative technology.

Client testimonials

Kindred Capital

"We love working with the team at Marriott Harrison - it really feels like they are part of our team. We would have no hesitation in recommending the firm based on their speed of execution, commercial awareness, and quality of their work. David and his team are approachable, knowledgeable and very responsive.'

Run an Empire

"Whether dealing with investment documentation, founder agreements or IP issues, their approach all builds from keeping the documentation simple and using language that makes decision-making easy for our team, investors and prospective partners. We always recommend Marriott Harrison to our peers."

Chair at the Accelerator Network

"At the Accelerator Network we have supported more than 1000 startups, often helping to raise seed and Series A funding rounds. Our 'Go To' lawyers, having worked with numerous firms, are Marriott Harrison. They just get it. Seed rounds, bridge extensions, Series A termsheets, investors, entrepreneurs, tight timelines - they are incredibly familiar with every aspect of the law that a growing tech business needs. We have seen this at close hand and in ways that work well for all sides, investors and entrepreneurs. Wholly recommended!"

Lucrezia Bisignani, Kukua

"Thank you Fran Spooner and MH team for having our back through the whole process, supporting us with so much care and respect. We couldn't have dreamed of anyone else by our side! From seed to Series A upwards we go! Together!"

Vinted

"Complex, fast moving, eyebrow raising, emotions-racing, high stakes challenge of closing a new investment round with world-class VCs, made into a smooth, controlled, inclusive, result-orientated sets of processes by David and his team. Appreciated so much by the entire management team."