Our Emerging Companies & Venture Capital (ECVC) team advises entrepreneurs, public and private emerging growth companies, as well as the venture capital funds, angel investors, and investment banks that finance them. Our entrepreneurs and emerging growth company clients are leaders in technology and other emerging high-growth businesses in the biotechnology, digital media, environmental, information technology, medical devices, software (SAAS), clean energy and blockchain technology, and telecommunications, among others. We help our clients manage the multifaceted process of growing and developing successful businesses, including:
Entity formation and development
Executive compensation and benefits, stock option and other equity-based compensation arrangements
Founder and shareholder agreements
Seed- and late-stage funding
Licensing and other technology transfer transactions
Mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions
When advising venture capital firms and other fund sponsors, we handle the full range of legalities related to fund formation and administration. We also negotiate equity, debt, and convertible funding transactions, and provide practical advice for planning and implementing exit strategies for venture capital funds and angel investors.
Across all of our clients, we facilitate deeply valued investor and industry relationships that serve as important resources for gaining visibility and uncovering opportunities that fuel emerging business ventures. These strong relationships include:
Venture capital firms, private equity firms, angel investors, investment banks, and other capital sources, several of whom have invested in our clients.
Northeast regional universities, major laboratories, and other research institutions.
Technology organizations and institutions across New York and beyond.
Farrell Fritz proudly embraces leadership roles in significant initiatives that support robust innovation in the region. Our attorneys actively advocate for private and public capital markets reform through public speaking. Additionally, we routinely publish thought leadership on the New York Venture Hub blog, a widely read resource devoted to important issues facing high-growth entrepreneurs, investors, and their advisers. Across all of our endeavors, we are committed to paving pathways for emerging companies to secure capital in the private markets and ultimately pursue public offerings.
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