What to Expect for Venture Capital in 2024: Looking Backward at 2023 to Inform How to Look Forward to 2024Most startup founders will tell you that securing funding in 2023 was challenging, to say the least. Due to many contributing factors,
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Early Stage Venture Capital Term Sheets for 2024
https://medium.com/media/a173359846203609085cd40f6a4f6e2c/hrefFor startup founders and investors, term sheets are the Rosetta Stone for each financing transaction. Unlike the Rosetta Stone, terms that are considered ordinary and customary change a little every year, as economic tides flow and the startup ecosystem…
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Unlocking Stock Options: Employee Loans and Considerations
Authors: Louis Lehot, Casey D. Knapp and Cullen J. WerwieWhen it comes to employee compensation, companies constantly explore innovative ways to align their workforce’s interests with the organization’s success. One strategy gaining traction is the extension of loans to employees…
Business & Legal Developments | January 2024
Friends,Happy New Year! Sharing business and legal developments as we see them today.For many, January is a time of resolutions, goals, and predictions for the new year. For us, we will continue to rely on the principles that we established a…
Emerging Risks Affecting The Tech Legal Landscape | Louis Lehot
Authors: Louis Lehot, Natasha AllenIn an era dominated by technological advancements, the tech industry has become a battleground for various legal challenges shaped by geopolitical events, partisan politics, regulatory initiatives, patent disputes and class actions.As tech companies continue to push the…
A Look at AI Regulation in California
Authors: Louis Lehot, Natasha AllenThe California Legislature is back to work for 2024, and one of the items at the top of their agenda will be artificial intelligence (AI) regulation at the state level. AI regulation has become even more…
Navigating Board Turbulence: Lessons From OpenAI | Louis Lehot
Authors: Louis Lehot, Lyman Thai, Patrick D. Daugherty and Stephen MooreOpenAI, the high-flying developer of the groundbreaking ChatGPT AI chatbot and its associated foundational large language models, recently made headlines that set the corporate governance world abuzz. On a quiet…
Could 2024 Mean a Happy New Year for Founders? | Louis Lehot
Author: Louis LehotIt’s no secret that startup founders have faced a difficult past two years. Beginning in 2022, we saw valuations slide, and funding became much harder to secure. That has, of course, continued into 2023. So, what will 2024…
Where Have All the Venture Capital Firms Gone?
Authors: Louis LehotWe all know funding for startups has been in short supply over the past year, but a recent PitchBook article points to a large drop in active venture capital investors in the US. They define active investors as…