DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm with a presence in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. Established in 1940, the firm offers a broad range of legal services, including corporate, securities, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, litigation, and arbitration. DLA Piper serves a diverse client base, from multinational corporations and Fortune 500 companies to emerging technology startups, as well as governments and public sector bodies. The firm is known for its innovative and practical legal solutions, delivered consistently across its global platform. DLA Piper's Venture Pipeline team actively assists early-stage technology clients in preparing for and securing smart capital, leveraging the firm's understanding of funding sources and trends.

Ronald Plesco JD

Partner

Andrew Serwin

Partner

16 past transactions

Gradial

Series A in 2025
Gradial is a developer of an enterprise generative artificial intelligence platform that enables organizations to create effective native and cross-application workflows while enhancing customer support. The platform integrates with content management systems to optimize routine marketing tasks, such as content updates, allowing creative teams to concentrate on strategic initiatives. By streamlining the entire content supply chain, Gradial supports activities like new page design, brand-aligned content creation, and omnichannel distribution. Additionally, it facilitates improved experimentation and analytics related to customer journeys, empowering businesses to make data-driven decisions and enabling creative teams to prioritize their core brand strategies.

SingleFile

Series A in 2025
SingleFile Technologies develops legal and compliance management software designed to streamline administrative tasks for companies and law firms. Its software facilitates the completion of reports, the management of filings, and the maintenance of internal records, helping clients efficiently manage compliance activities. By reducing waste, minimizing errors, and preventing missed deadlines, SingleFile enables organizations to save time and maintain good standing with legal requirements.

Wildfire Systems

Series B in 2024
Wildfire Systems offers a white-label platform that enables businesses to implement shopping rewards and cashback programs. The platform features customizable tools for integrating rewards into customer journeys, enhancing loyalty and revenue. It ensures compliance with security standards while providing access to a vast network of merchants for cashback and coupon offers.

SingleFile

Seed Round in 2024
SingleFile Technologies develops legal and compliance management software designed to streamline administrative tasks for companies and law firms. Its software facilitates the completion of reports, the management of filings, and the maintenance of internal records, helping clients efficiently manage compliance activities. By reducing waste, minimizing errors, and preventing missed deadlines, SingleFile enables organizations to save time and maintain good standing with legal requirements.

Tangibly

Seed Round in 2023
Tangibly is a company that provides a trade secret management solution designed to help organizations identify, manage, and protect their valuable intellectual assets. Its platform utilizes artificial intelligence to systematically identify, catalog, and transform trade secrets into protected intangible assets. By offering a comprehensive, web-based, and encrypted software-as-a-service platform, Tangibly enables users to secure access to sensitive information while maintaining a legally compliant record of their trade secrets. This approach ensures that companies can effectively organize and safeguard their proprietary information, mitigating risks associated with mismanagement or unauthorized access.

Paradox

Series C in 2021
Paradox, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a conversational artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing the recruitment process for human resources and talent acquisition teams. Founded in 2016 and based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Paradox offers its flagship product, Olivia, which automates various administrative tasks such as candidate capture, screening, and interview scheduling. By leveraging natural language processing, Olivia improves candidate engagement by providing real-time answers to inquiries and facilitating communication between candidates and employers. The platform is designed to streamline the recruitment experience, allowing HR professionals to concentrate on meaningful interactions while automating routine processes. Paradox serves a diverse clientele, including local retailers, regional school districts, and Fortune 100 companies worldwide.

Thrilling

Series A in 2021
Thrilling Inc. is an e-commerce platform that specializes in vintage and secondhand retail, providing a curated marketplace for items from boutiques across the United States. Established in 2018 and headquartered in Burbank, California, Thrilling hosts a selection of over 100 stores from 15 cities, offering a diverse range of clothing, including dresses, skirts, sweaters, tops, and outerwear, along with shoes, bags, and accessories. The platform focuses on affordability and sustainability by connecting customers with unique, pre-owned fashion items, appealing to those seeking distinctive styles while promoting eco-friendly shopping practices.

Ubiq Security

Seed Round in 2020
Ubiq Security, Inc. is a San Diego-based company that specializes in digital data encryption through its application programming interface (API) platform. Founded in 2012, Ubiq provides an encryption and key management solution designed to facilitate the integration of data security into applications, data analytics platforms, and API gateways. The platform simplifies the complexities of data encryption, allowing engineering, security, and compliance teams to implement robust security measures efficiently. By minimizing the risk of data theft and enhancing resource allocation, Ubiq enables organizations to develop applications that are inherently secure and compliant by design.

Aumni

Series A in 2020
Aumni is a data-driven investment analytics platform based in the United States, focusing on private capital markets, which include venture funds, family offices, university endowments, and corporate venture firms. Founded by former corporate attorneys Tony Lewis and Kelsey Chase in Salt Lake City, Utah, Aumni leverages a combination of artificial intelligence and human expertise to extract and analyze critical deal data from complex legal agreements. The platform provides strategic insights into the economic positions and legal rights of investors, converting intricate deal data into a comprehensive and accurate dataset. By auditing and analyzing every transaction, Aumni enables investors and venture firms to make informed decisions, having already analyzed a vast array of private capital data linked to over $1 trillion in assets under management.

SingleFile

Seed Round in 2019
SingleFile Technologies develops legal and compliance management software designed to streamline administrative tasks for companies and law firms. Its software facilitates the completion of reports, the management of filings, and the maintenance of internal records, helping clients efficiently manage compliance activities. By reducing waste, minimizing errors, and preventing missed deadlines, SingleFile enables organizations to save time and maintain good standing with legal requirements.

L2P Limited

Seed Round in 2018
L2P Limited is an international educational technology company focused on the eSports sector, developing a comprehensive platform to enhance the skills of both professional and non-professional gamers. The company utilizes artificial intelligence and machine learning to create personalized educational tracks for users, integrating features such as individual post-match feedback, tactical insights, video lessons from professional players, and in-game tasks. L2P Limited has garnered over 1.5 million subscribed users across its products for popular games like Dota 2 and League of Legends, analyzing more than 60 million matches and producing over 2,000 instructional videos. The company is also planning to expand its offerings to include additional games and enter new language markets. Based in Russia, L2P Limited is dedicated to improving the gaming experience through innovative educational solutions.

LETT

Acquisition in 2017
LETT is a law firm based in Copenhagen, Denmark, established in 2005. The firm specializes in various legal areas, including banking and finance, capital markets, commercial law, competition law, employment law, data protection compliance, family law, and succession law. LETT focuses on addressing legal issues pertinent to both the corporate sector and the Danish public sector, offering legal solutions that consider commercial implications and associated risks. In 2017, the firm was acquired by DLA Piper.

Liner Law

Acquisition in 2016
Liner Law was a boutique law firm based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in providing legal services to clients in real estate, entertainment, new media, and private equity restructuring. The firm offered a range of services, including online legal assistance and online divorce services, while also focusing on business acquisitions, financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, insolvency, reorganizations, and general corporate matters. Liner Law catered to a diverse clientele across various industries, including energy, financial institutions, consumer products, defense, hospitality, and industrial products. The firm was acquired by DLA Piper on July 20, 2017.

StackIQ

Series B in 2014
StackIQ, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in server automation platforms tailored for diverse IT infrastructure requirements. Founded in 2006 and based in Solana Beach, California, StackIQ offers a software suite that automates the deployment, provisioning, and management of both small and large bare metal environments. The company’s flagship product, Stacki, is a Linux server provisioning tool that efficiently transitions systems from bare hardware to cluster-ready configurations, handling tasks such as OS installation, RAID controller setup, and network configuration. In addition to Stacki, StackIQ has developed Stacki Ace, an open-source version for the Raspberry Pi, and Stacki Pro, which supports multi-distribution cluster installations. Originally known as Clustercorp, the company changed its name to StackIQ in 2011 and is now a subsidiary of Teradata Corporation.

Consensus Point

Series B in 2012
Consensus Point, Inc. specializes in prediction market research, analytics, and software tailored for market research firms and Fortune 1000 companies. Founded in 2006 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, the company offers Huunu, a prediction market research platform designed to harness crowd intelligence for evaluating market trends, new product development, and brand strategies. This innovative platform enhances respondent engagement through gaming techniques, transforming traditional market research methodologies. Consensus Point's services encompass various areas, including product concept screening, positioning statement evaluation, and consumer reaction tracking. Additionally, the company provides ideation and concept analysis solutions for employees and communities, focusing on market success predictions and risk management. With a strong reputation built through collaborations with notable enterprise clients, Consensus Point continues to lead in the prediction market space, leveraging its expertise to deliver actionable insights and support to the consulting, media, and research industries.

Rocket Fuel

Series A in 2008
Rocket Fuel Inc. is a technology company specializing in digital advertising solutions, operating primarily in North America and Europe. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company utilizes artificial intelligence and big data to enhance programmatic media-buying across various channels, including web, mobile, video, and social media. Its demand side platform (DSP) is designed for real-time optimization, allowing marketers to implement automated advertising campaigns that align with both brand and direct response objectives. Additionally, Rocket Fuel offers a data management platform that enables users to analyze and segment audience data, enhancing customer relationship management and marketing strategies. The company's comprehensive digital marketing hub integrates predictive analytics, site optimization, and multi-modal advertising capabilities, allowing agencies and advertisers to deliver personalized consumer interactions. Rocket Fuel Inc. markets its solutions through direct sales teams and partnerships with resellers, enhancing its reach within the advertising ecosystem. As of September 2017, Rocket Fuel operates as a subsidiary of Sizmek Inc.
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