Jon Gworek and Scott Bleier Lead Discussions At ABA Annual Meeting 08/30/2012
Posted by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton in Attorney News, Events.Tags: ABA, NVCA, private equity, vc funding
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On August 3rd the Venture Capital Transactional Issues and Documentation subcommittee of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association met at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago. MBBP Partner and subcommittee chair Jon Gworek gave a presentation with Derek Squire, Co-General Counsel of Comcast Ventures, covering special considerations related to corporate venture capital. MBBP attorney and committee member 
Scott Bleier also led a discussion on some of the changes to be expected to the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) standard form documents.
Please visit our resources page to view our VC articles and newsletters. For any questions, feel free to contact Jon or Scott.
Jon has recently been named as vice-chair of the Private Entity and Venture Capital (PEVC) Committee of the ABA Business Law Section as well. Congratulations Jon!
NEW VC Spotlight Features Q1 VC Data, NVCA Forms, Crowdfunding, etc. 07/23/2012
Posted by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton in Legal Developments.Tags: crowdfunding, institutional rounds, NVCA, startup 2.0, VC spotlight, vc transactions
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MBBP publishes VC Data – such as the Q1 2012 First Institutional Rounds Average Investment chart seen below – in a recent VC Spotlight. MBBP compiles a comprehensive database of venture capital transactions that have closed within New England, New York and New Jersey.
Further data analysis can be found in this quarter’s VC Spotlight Newsletter.
Other articles featured include:
- The NVCA Venture Capital Forms: Will East Coast Meet West Coast?
- Send in the Crowds? Crowdfunding Bill Becomes Law
- An Update on the Startup 2.0 Act
The full newsletter is available here.
Jeff Steele Provides Sample Term Sheet on MBBP.com 12/17/2010
Posted by Morse, Barnes-Brown Pendleton in Attorney News, New Resources.Tags: NVCA, series a financing, term sheet
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MBBP Partner Jeffrey Steele has recently created a sample term sheet and annotations for a Series A Round of Financing. Some of the annotations and language in this model term sheet (including the veto rights) are borrowed from the NVCA model legal documents.
Please visit our resources page to view the Sample Term Sheet.
For more information, please contact Jeff Steele.
