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Incorporating Your Startup
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Preparing for Fast Changing Rules and Regulations
The SEC recently announced proposed rule changes that would require all public companies to include certain disclosures in their registration statements and periodic reports relating to climate-related risks and the companies’ oversight and governance of these risks. While these rules
Foley Represents NEA as Lead Investor in Evernow’s $28.5M Series A Financing
Foley & Lardner LLP represented NEA as the lead investor in Evernow’s $28.5 million Series A financing. The round included participation from 8VC, Refactor Capital, Coelius Capital, and angel investors, including Color CEO Othman Laraki, former Morgan Stanley Vice Chairman
Optimizing Founder Equity for Post-Pandemic, High Resolution Startups
Company founders need to sell equity in order to raise capital, while still preserving as much as they can for themselves and their team.Each round of financing causes more dilution (and potentially less control of the company). How do company founders