Venture Capital & Emerging Technology

We advise companies and investors through all the stages of development, from initial business formation, through angel or venture capital financing to initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. We understand the needs of entrepreneurs and investors, as well as the challenges they face. Drawing on the firm’s broad platform, we offer emerging technology clients a streamlined approach to meet their diverse legal needs – a single team that can scale up our services as our clients’ businesses grow. From corporate and financing transactions, IP protection and software/IT matters, to labor and employment, compensation, immigration, and tax issues, we regularly advise clients on key legal issues involved with any technology investment.

Practical Legal Services for Early-Stage Companies and Investors

• Advise on corporate formation and corporate governance
• Structure equity ownership and compensation arrangements in a tax-efficient manner for entrepreneurs and investors
• Counsel investors on investment strategy and structure
• Advise companies and investors on M&A exit transactions
• Draft and negotiate investment agreements for VC funds and other institutional investors
• Manage and conduct due diligence for investors in early and growth-stage companies
• Counsel clients on the development, protection and enforcement of their patents and trademarks, as well as partnering, technology licensing and acquisition opportunities
• Advise clients on labor and employment issues, employee benefits policies and related issues
• Provide litigation and dispute resolution counseling and services, including proactive advice on minimizing the risk of litigation, as needed
• Help clients plan for and implement financing and exit strategies, from private placements to initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions

Broad Knowledge Relevant to the Emerging Technology World

 GT TechVenture Views Blog

The GT TechVenture Views blog provides entrepreneurs and early stage companies a forum to keep abreast of technology news, trends and strategies to help their business succeed. We cover a variety of topics from business formation to seeking investment, IP protection to labor and employment issues, hot spots of innovation to event highlights and anything in between.

About LEEP Program

Greenberg Traurig’s LEEP Program helps companies from startups to established businesses Launch, Emerge, Expand, and Propel forward through various stages of growth, providing clients at all stages of development with sharply honed legal acumen and strategic counsel. Leveraging our business-minded approach to legal services, GT lawyers work collaboratively across practices and industries to offer companies a streamlined approach to addressing their legal needs as they progress.

Contact Us

To learn more about our Venture Capital & Emerging Technology capabilities, please feel free to reach out to our Venture Capital & Emerging Technology Practice contacts.