ArticleCalibrate Ventures Closes Second Fund At $97 MillionRaising a second fund is a testament to the visionary founders Calibrate has supported since we founded the firm in 2017.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawCooley LLP
ArticleCalifornia DFPI Suspends FIPVCC Implementation Pending RulemakingIn response to stakeholder feedback, California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has announced its intention to initiate a rulemaking...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFoley Hoag LLP
ArticleCalifornia DFPI Suspends Implementation And Enforcement Of FIPVCC Venture Capital Diversity Reporting Law Pending RulemakingOn March 17, 2026, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) announced that it intends to initiate rulemaking in response to stakeholder comments regarding the Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Act (“FIPVCC”).United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawProskauer Rose LLP
ArticleChair White Testimony And Capital Formation Related InitiativesIn today's Congressional testimony, Chair White discussed a number of capital formation related initiatives. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawMorrison Foerster
ArticleClickUp Boosts Valuation To $4 Billion With Series C RoundCooley advised ClickUp, a workplace productivity company, on its $400 million Series C financing, which brings its valuation to $4 billion.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawCooley LLP
PodcastClosing Time: A Serial Entrepreneur And Cancer Survivor Pitches Precision Medicine Startup With Lux Capital's Deena Shakir (Podcast)n this episode, serial entrepreneur and cancer survivor Lisa Alderson pitches her new startup Clarified Precision Medicine to Lux Capital GP Deena Shakir.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFenwick
PodcastClosing Time: Longevity Doctor Pitches App To Grow Younger (Podcast)In the fifth episode of Closing Time, Founder Dr. Florence Comite pitches her startup, Groq Health. Dr. Florence Comite is a clinician-scientist and innovator in the field of precision medicine...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFenwick
PodcastClosing Time Podcast: Founder Pitches Therapist Match Making Tool (Podcast)In the sixth episode of Closing Time, CEO and Co-Founder James Edward Murray pitches his mental health company, Therify.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFenwick
ArticleClosing Time Podcast: Pharmaeconomist Pitches AI-Driven Medication Management StartupIn this episode, pharmacoeconomist Yoona Kim, the founder and CEO of Arine, shares her mission to solve the problem of medication mismanagement...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFenwick
ArticleCongress Criticizes VC Investments In China, Suggesting Broader Investment Restrictions Into ChinaThe House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party issued a bipartisan report criticizing investments made by US venture capital firms…United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawK&L Gates
VideoCorporate Venture Capital In Today's Tech Ecosystem (Video)Corporate venture capital (CVC) is a valuable tool both for companies looking to pursue innovation strategies and for founders growing startups. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawOrrick
ArticleCrowdfunding—Meanwhile, At The States…We continue to wait for the SEC to issue final crowdfunding regulations— the comment period ended in January.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawMorrison Foerster
ArticleCybersecurity Startups: Two Bills Aim To Streamline Federal ContractingHigh-growth cybersecurity startups have received a total of $9 billion in venture capital funding in the past six years, according to the National Venture Capital Association.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFox Rothschild LLP
ArticleDatto Tops List Of Fast-Growing Connecticut Tech CompaniesThe VLD ventured out from behind the law desk last night and attended the 2014 Marcum Tech Top 40 Awards, which honors tech companies large and small from across the state of Connecticut. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawDay Pitney LLP
ArticleEGC Corporate Governance Practices: A Survey And Related ResourcesDuring 2016, there were relatively few companies that completed initial public offerings ("IPOs").United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawMorrison Foerster
ArticleEvolution Of The Entrepreneur-VC RelationshipComing out of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, the investor was the clear customer, but in the last few years we have seen a shift to the entrepreneur as the customer. Investors are vying to get into "hot deals." United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawWilmerHale
ArticleFAST Act SignedPresident Obama signed into law the FAST Act, a highway transportation bill, that includes a number of important securities law measures that each had been the subject of individual bills with strong bipartisan support.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawMorrison Foerster
ArticleFederal Crowdfunding RulesWe for several years have been waiting for the federal Crowdfunding rules. According to this blog posting by Steven Bradford, the wait may soon be over.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawStoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
ArticleFederal Register: SEC Amends IAA Definitions To Implement RBIC Adviser ExemptionsThe SEC final rule to implement exemptions provided under the Rural Business Investment Companies Advisers Relief Act of 2018 ("RBICs Advisers Relief Act") was published in the Federal Register. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleFinal Regulations Issued By Treasury Restrict US Investment In Chinese Tech SectorTreasury has issued a Final Rule to implement President Biden's 2023 EO targeting U.S. investments in Chinese companies engaged in certain activities related to semiconductors, quantum computing or AI.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawAkin