Better, faster, smarter are key characteristics of the cutting-edge, venture-backed emerging growth companies and start-ups that are disrupting industries and markets around the world.
Our technology venture capital practice is at the cutting edge of industry innovation. Whether it is mobile payments or innovative media and applications (such as Hulu or Uber) we understand and have experience with the top innovations coming out of the technology industry. We help our clients with their arrangements to acquire, develop, test, license, and commercialize technologies.
We also help our clients navigate intellectual property rights in consulting, research and development, license, and other agreements to ensure that time and money spent on technology development results in acceptable ownership and use rights.
Our lawyers are ranked at the top of their many areas of focus, including space, broadband and wireless, media content, unmanned aviation systems (UAS/drones), spectrum transactions, telematics, smart cars, wearable health tech, and every other aspect of technology innovation.
Accel, Creandum, Lakestar and Eight Roads on their €42m Series B investment in French fintech Swan.
Iberis Capital, a Portugal-based private equity and venture capital firm, on its Series C investment in Kevel, a U.S.-based API-led ad-serving company.
Apis Global Growth Fund III, a fund managed by Apis Partners, a private equity and venture capital asset manager supporting growth-stage financial services and technology businesses, as lead investor on a c. £70m investment in Moneybox, a digital wealth management platform.
Eurazeo, Bpifrance and Accel on their Series G investment in Doctolib, which, with its €5.8bn valuation, became the most valuable unicorn in the French tech sector at the time of closing.
Armira Growth on its €25m minority investment in ESG software pioneer osapiens.
Beringea on the €10m fundraising of Iceberg Data Lab, a provider of climate and biodiversity data solutions.
