Speaker 03.18.25
03.18
DaVinci Café: AI + Enterprise Automation
5:00PM - 7:00PM PDT
Service
Participation by corporate strategics in the startup and venture capital ecosystem—known as corporate venture capital, or CVC—is playing a critical role in driving innovation.
CVC activity has been increasingly robust and resilient in recent years, a further confirmation that gaining access to innovative startups and exploring emerging ecosystems is crucial for corporate strategics to meet their business goals. Our Corporate Venture Capital group represents many of the most active CVCs and other strategic investors as they enter and navigate this nascent area. Our attorneys have handled thousands of domestic and international investments—from pre-seed rounds to later stage investments—in a variety of industry sectors, including climatetech, fintech, life sciences and digital health, energy, telecommunications, gaming, semiconductor and software.
Our CVC team understands the unique challenges faced by CVCs and our clients rely on us to navigate the business and legal issues of investing in startups. We provide our CVC clients with advice specifically catered to the nuances of their business.
This includes, but is not limited to, the following critical areas:
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More generally, our CVC team provides valuable business and legal guidance for CVCs and strategic investors, closely collaborating with our complementary M&A, Finance, Intellectual Property, Licensing, and Tax teams, to ensure that corporations stay at the forefront of industry trends.