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Startups
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Varnum LLP
Protect Startup Flexibility: Corporate Venture Capital Deal Terms
By Varnum
A corporate venture capital (CVC) deal can bring capital, market access, and strategic credibility, but it can also limit a startup’s exit options, competitive positioning, and operational independence. Founders and…
IP Finance
Book Review: Start Up Campus: How UC Berkeley Became An Unexpected Leader in Entrepreneurship and Startups
By IP Finance
I’ve meant to write about this book for some time, but I’ve been chasing squirrels on other hills. I’ve decided today to finally get it done. The University of California,…
Business Law Prof Blog
Price of Everything, Value of….
By Ann Lipton
Here's a scenario: Plaintiffs purchase a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) in an AI startup. SAFEs are a contractual arrangement where the startup receives a certain amount of financing…
Blog of Digital Law and New Technologies
What Reverse Vesting Is and How It Differs from Traditional Vesting
Reverse vesting is a contractual mechanism whereby founders initially acquire the full amount of their shares, but agree that, should they leave the company before a specified period has elapsed,…
Legal IT Insider
Startup Corner: Lightbringer upturns the traditional patent application model
By Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief
Founded in 2023 by a heavyweight team led by former patent attorney and CEO Dominic Davies, Lightbringer enables you to go from idea to filed patent application in days instead…
Louis Lehot Medium Blog
The Chief Everything Officer
By Louis Lehot
On the lonely work of running an emerging growth companyThe board meeting ends at 4:40. Laptops are closed and directors mumble a few platitudes about the opportunity. The lead investor, who…
Legal IT Insider
Guest post: How startups can prepare for the AI patent wars
By Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief
AI patents are growing at an unprecedented rate, with filings increasing tenfold since 2015, and yet the wave of high-profile, industry-defining litigation is yet to arrive.Today, startup founders are still…
The HB Blog
Why Startup Tech Companies Should Look Beyond BigLaw for Their Immigration Counsel
Why Startup Tech Companies Should Look Beyond BigLaw for Their Immigration Counsel The immigration law firm that is right for Microsoft will likely be a poor fit for a 6-person…
ComplexDiscovery
Seven startups from four nations compete for Latitude59’s nearly half-million-euro investment prize
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: Tallinn becomes the gateway to the New Nordics this week, and the seven startups taking the Latitude59 main stage May 22 will show what Baltic-Nordic angel investors call…
ComplexDiscovery
Latitude59 Opens Pitch Applications as Investors Raise the Bar on Operational Readiness
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: ComplexDiscovery will attend Latitude59 in Tallinn in May 2026, reporting from the event for the second consecutive year. Latitude59 occupies a specific and telling position in the European…