We are the premier boutique law firm providing targeted, bottom-line-oriented advice to technology startups, innovative entrepreneurs and seasoned investors.

Our clients view us as their trusted general counsel, operating as the first line of strategic legal defense and assisting them with a wide variety of matters, from venture financings and corporate governance, to employment agreements, commercial contracts and real estate leases, to mergers and acquisitions.

ULTRA-RESPONSIVE

We limit our engagements so that we can deliver high touch, ultra-responsive client service. We develop long-term relationships with our clients, who view us as indispensable strategic advisors.

SEASONED EXPERIENCE

Our world-class deal flow is on par with the powerhouse law firms in Silicon Valley. Our attorneys and paralegals come from the top startup technology practices in the country.

BUSINESS-MINDED APPROACH

Because we are entrepreneurs building a new kind of law firm, we can genuinely relate to the challenges facing startups – and as a result, can deliver more practical advice.

We are a known quantity in Silicon Valley and beyond, and work with or sit across the table from every major technology law firm in the country.

Representative Clients

Aetherflux — Series A Financing $50.00M RTD, supported by Index Ventures, Interlagos Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz DeepTech Engaged Nov 2023 Tacta Systems — Seed and Series A Financings $86.00M RTD, supported by Gemini Frontier Fund, SBVA, and Matter Venture Partners DeepTech Engaged April 2024 Deep Sentinel — Series B Financing $54.00M RTD, supported by Lux Capital, Intel Capital, and Jeffrey Bezos DeepTech Engaged May 2024 Expensify — Series A, B, and C Financings $87.74M raised before IPO, supported by Redpoint Ventures and OpenView FinTech Engaged Apr 2016 SeedFi — Seed, Series A and B Financings Sale to Intuit $84.00M raised, supported by Andreessen Horowitz, Calm Ventures, and Peterson Partners FinTech Engaged Feb 2019 Auditboard — Series B and B1 Financings, and Secondary Transactions Sale to Hg for $3.00B $63.22M raised, supported by Battery Ventures, ESO Fund, and Wavemaker Pacific Growth FinTech Engaged Jan 2018 Finexio — Series A, A1, B, and Venture Debt Financings $85.00M RTD, supported by J.P. Morgan, Discover Financial Services, and Banc of California FinTech Engaged Feb 2019 Guideline — Seed, Series A, B, C, D, E, and E2 Financings, and Secondary Transactions Sale to Gusto for $600.00M $540.63M raised, supported by General Atlantic and Felicis FinTech Engaged Jun 2015 Runway — Seed, Series A, Later Stage, and Venture Debt Financings $47.50M RTD, supported by Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and 500 Global FinTech Engaged Apr 2020 Manychat — Series A and B Financings, Secondary Transactions Buy-Side Acquisition of Converlytics $159.12M RTD, supported by Summit Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners B2B SaaS Engaged May 2018 Teleport — Series A, B, and C Financings, and Secondary Transactions $172.37M RTD, supported by Bessemer Venture Partners, S28 Capital, and Kleiner Perkins B2B SaaS Engaged Jul 2015 Proper AI — Seed, Series A, Series B, and Series B1 Financings $43.95M RTD, supported by Bossa Invest, Calm Ventures, FJ Labs, and Gaingels B2B SaaS Engaged Sep 2017 Wispr Flow — Seed, Series Seed, and Series A Financings $79.44M RTD, supported by 8VC, AIX Ventures, and New Enterprise Associates AI / ML Engaged Jul 2021 BentoML — Seed and Series A Financings Sale to Modular $20.00M raised, supported by DCM Ventures and Samsung NEXT AI / ML Engaged Oct 2020 Sandbox VR — Seed, Series A, A1, B, B1, and Venture Debt Financings $143.77M RTD, supported by Andreessen Horowitz, Gobi Partners, Quiet Capital, and Gaingels Social & B2C Engaged Oct 2016 Popmenu — Series C Financing $87.98M RTD, supported by Felicis, Base10 Partners, and Tiger Global Management Social & B2C Engaged Apr 2021 Dose — Seed, Series Seed, and Series A and A1 Financings $62.10M RTD, supported by Unilever Ventures, Melitas Ventures, and Vanterra Ventures Social & B2C Engaged Jun 2021 Tawkify — Seed, Series A and B Financings $58.30M RTD, supported by HOF Capital and SaxeCap Social & B2C Engaged Jan 2014 Zwift — Series A, B, C, and Later Stage Financings, Secondary Transactions Buy-Side Acquisition of eDrive Engineering Services $1.22B RTD, supported by KKR, Novator, and Shasta Social & B2C Engaged Jan 2016 SubjectWell — Series Seed, A, and B Financings Sale to WindRose Health Investors $53.10M raised, supported by Windham Capital Partners, Healthy Ventures, and Geekdom Fund Health, Med, and BioTech Engaged May 2018 Komodo Health — Series Seed, A, B, C, D, E, and Later Stage Financings $534.50M RTD, supported by Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth, IA Ventures, and Felicis Health, Med, and BioTech Engaged Sep 2014 Iterative Health — Series B and C Financings and Secondary Transactions $271.12M RTD, supported by Clearlake Capital Group, Insight Partners, and Eli Lilly Health, Med, and BioTech Engaged Feb 2022 Anyroad — Series A, A1, and B Financings, and Secondary Transactions $72.20M RTD, supported by Andreessen Horowitz, Rally, Precursor, NFX, and Marc Benioff Transportation Engaged Nov 2017 Swift Navigation — Series Seed, A, B, C, D, and E Financings $252.10M RTD, supported by Crosslink, NEA, SK Telecom, and Eclipse Transportation Engaged Jan 2014 Natilus — Series A1, Later Stage, and Series A Financings $36.97M RTD, supported by Draper Associates, Makai VC, and Flexport Transportation Engaged Apr 2016 Higharc — Seed, Series A1, and Series B Financings $78.69M RTD, supported by Fifth Wall, Founder Collective, and Javelin Venture Partners Prop Tech Engaged Feb 2021 Reframe Systems — Seed and Series A $25.77M RTD, supported by Eclipse, MassMutual Ventures, and RA Capital Management Prop Tech Engaged Aug 2022 BuildOps — Seed, Series Seeds, and Series A, B, and C Financings $273.06M RTD, supported by Fika, Siemens, Next47, 01 Advisors, Meritech, and B Capital Group Prop Tech Engaged Dec 2018