Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is a global law firm known for its focus on emerging companies and technology. The firm’s Emerging Companies Group offers comprehensive legal guidance to startups from their initial stages through to strategic exits and growth opportunities. Orrick's attorneys collaborate closely with founders in the technology sector, providing expert advice tailored to the unique challenges faced by these businesses. Additionally, the firm hosts the TOTAL ACCESS Event Series, which offers entrepreneurs valuable education on business, tactical, and legal matters through complimentary seminars and panels. This commitment to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship positions Orrick as a key player in the legal landscape for emerging companies.
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DraftWise
Seed Round in 2023
DraftWise, Inc. is a technology company based in New York that specializes in developing an online integrated tool for drafting legal contracts. Founded in 2020, DraftWise offers an AI-powered contract and negotiation platform designed to enhance the contract workflow for law firms. The platform enables lawyers to access a shared library of precedents and clauses, while also providing data-driven insights that facilitate efficient contract creation from the initial draft to final approval. By integrating with popular software products, including Microsoft Word, DraftWise supports legal professionals in streamlining their drafting processes and utilizing their firm's collective knowledge effectively.
Buckley
Acquisition in 2023
Buckley, established in 2009 and based in Washington, D.C., was a full-service law firm specializing in financial services, government enforcement, and litigation. The firm offered a comprehensive array of regulatory, enforcement, litigation, and transactional services, catering to a diverse clientele that included community banks, fintech companies, and various investors such as private equity and venture capital firms. In February 2023, Buckley merged with Orrick, resulting in the formation of a new entity, Orrick & Buckley.
Clarity
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Clarity is a clinical-stage company pioneering a new category of non-pharmacological treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. We develop a neuromodulation device combining immersive technology, AI and biosensors to deliver gamma sensory stimulation. Gamma waves’ sensory stimulation has been shown to significantly slow down Alzheimer's progression, reducing neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Clarity takes a platform approach by enabling the customization of sensory stimulation protocols based on patient data, improving experience, efficacy and scalability across a wide range of indications. The company was founded by neuroscientists from UC Berkeley, and Oxford along with execs from OURA and Philips, and is supported by leading institutions such as UCSF's Neuroscape.
Spice Finance
Venture Round in 2022
Spice Finance operates in the financial services sector, focusing on the development of a liquidity deployment infrastructure tailored for non-fungible token (NFT) lending markets. The company provides a platform that enables lenders to passively allocate capital across various NFT lending marketplaces, ultimately enhancing yield efficiency. By streamlining the complex and often cumbersome lending process, Spice Finance aggregates outstanding loans and allows users to create straightforward and transparent vaults that generate returns from NFT lending yields. This innovative approach simplifies participation in NFT lending, making it more accessible for capital deployment.
AltaClaro
Seed Round in 2022
AltaClaro, Inc. is a learning platform that offers interactive professional education specifically for attorneys. The company focuses on providing experiential legal training that prepares legal associates for practice readiness. By facilitating fast and meaningful training, AltaClaro enables law firms to enhance the effectiveness of their associates while significantly reducing training and development costs. Additionally, the platform addresses issues of unconscious bias within the legal profession, making it a valuable resource for firms aiming to improve their training processes and outcomes.
Topanga.io
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Topanga.io is a climate tech company that specializes in developing a reuse platform aimed at brands, restaurants, and consumers focused on sustainability. The company's product suite and preferred partner network assist businesses in launching and enhancing reusable packaging programs. With its advanced track-and-trace technology, Topanga.io enables users to monitor the journey of each reusable container, ensuring efficient returns. Additionally, the code-free ReusePass program facilitates effective implementation of reusable container initiatives, particularly in campus settings. By providing insights into the economic and environmental returns of reusable packaging, Topanga.io supports organizations in transitioning from single-use to reusable solutions at scale.
Priori Legal
Series A in 2020
Priori Legal, Inc. is a legal technology company that operates a global marketplace designed to connect in-house legal teams with a curated network of vetted lawyers. Established in 2012 and based in New York, the platform allows businesses to efficiently source and hire outside counsel for various projects, ranging from niche expertise to overflow work. By utilizing a data-driven matchmaking process, Priori enables clients to quickly find suitable legal representation while managing costs effectively. The platform also provides features such as document sharing, billing and payments, and actionable insights, catering to the needs of organizations of all sizes, including Fortune 500 companies. Priori has been recognized for significantly reducing legal service costs for corporate clients, achieving savings of 60-80%.
Aumni
Series A in 2020
Aumni is a data-driven investment analytics platform based in the United States, specifically designed for private capital markets, including venture funds, family offices, university endowments, and corporate venture firms. Founded by former corporate attorneys Tony Lewis and Kelsey Chase in Salt Lake City, Aumni utilizes a combination of artificial intelligence and human expertise to extract and analyze critical deal data from complex legal agreements. The platform provides strategic insights related to the economic positions and legal rights of investors by converting intricate deal data into a clear, complete, and accurate dataset. Additionally, Aumni conducts audits and analyses of transactions to ensure the completeness and accuracy of documentation, thereby enabling investors and venture firms to make informed decisions based on a comprehensive understanding of their investments. The company has successfully analyzed a vast array of private capital data, representing investors with over $1 trillion in assets under management.
1sm
Pre Seed Round in 2020
1sm is a predictive analytics tool for marketing. They provide data-supported, in-depth detail into ideal customer profiles. It provides information for a particular buyer. It integrates with marketing tools.
Free Agency
Seed Round in 2020
Free Agency, Inc. is a talent agency established in 2019 and headquartered in New York, New York. The agency specializes in traditional recruiting services, connecting employers with job seekers. It offers a comprehensive online recruitment platform that assists individuals in talent acquisition by providing career services such as interview coaching and guidance on job negotiation and remuneration. By facilitating these connections and resources, Free Agency aims to help users secure positions that align with their skills and career aspirations.
Arconex
Seed Round in 2019
Arconex, Inc. operates an online B2B marketplace tailored for architects and general contractors, facilitating project execution and fostering collaborative relationships among stakeholders. Founded in 2019 and based in New York, the platform aims to minimize disputes by promoting long-term partnerships. Additionally, Arconex Capital functions as a private investment firm, focusing on sectors such as technology, commercial real estate, biotechnology, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry, and cryptocurrency. The firm seeks to invest in companies with promising growth potential and strong management, leveraging its industry expertise and network to create value for clients and support their business development.
Seed
Venture Round in 2015
Seed is simply a better way to bank. As a mobile first banking service designed with the small business in mind, Seed empowers small businesses with modern, easy-to-use digital tools and customer-support resources for starting, running, and growing a business. With Seed, business banking has never been easier.
Vidapp
Seed Round in 2014
Our founder Veysel came across with this thought for the first time working in his super-resolution imaging lab, and has brought it to life with those sharing the vision along the way. If you want to hear more about our story, shoot a short message to our founder Veysel at veysel@vidapp.co.
Credible
Seed Round in 2014
As a multi-lender marketplace that allows borrowers to receive competitive loan offers from its vetted lenders, Credible empowers consumers to take control of their finances. After answering a few questions about themselves, consumers can receive rates without affecting their credit score or sharing their personal information with lenders until they're ready to proceed with an offer. Credible is fiercely independent and committed to delivering fair and unbiased financial solutions for millennials.
Infobitt
Seed Round in 2013
Infobitt is an online crowdsourcing platform that provides its users with front page news. It is based in Menifee, California.
Pandora Media
Series F in 2009
Pandora Media, LLC is a music and podcast discovery platform based in Oakland, California, serving approximately 70 million users each month. Founded in 2000, Pandora utilizes its proprietary Music Genome Project and Podcast Genome Project technologies to deliver personalized music streaming services. Unlike traditional radio, which broadcasts the same content to all listeners, Pandora allows users to create customized stations and playlists, as well as search for and play songs on demand. The platform is accessible via mobile devices, web applications, and approximately 2,000 connected products in homes and vehicles. Pandora generates revenue through an ad-supported radio service, a subscription service called Pandora Plus, and an on-demand service known as Pandora Premium. By leveraging extensive listener data, Pandora enables targeted advertising for both local and national advertisers while providing artists with valuable insights to connect with their audience.
Pandora Media
Series E in 2009
Pandora Media, LLC is a music and podcast discovery platform based in Oakland, California, serving approximately 70 million users each month. Founded in 2000, Pandora utilizes its proprietary Music Genome Project and Podcast Genome Project technologies to deliver personalized music streaming services. Unlike traditional radio, which broadcasts the same content to all listeners, Pandora allows users to create customized stations and playlists, as well as search for and play songs on demand. The platform is accessible via mobile devices, web applications, and approximately 2,000 connected products in homes and vehicles. Pandora generates revenue through an ad-supported radio service, a subscription service called Pandora Plus, and an on-demand service known as Pandora Premium. By leveraging extensive listener data, Pandora enables targeted advertising for both local and national advertisers while providing artists with valuable insights to connect with their audience.
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