Comprehensive Support for Startups, Investors and Innovators
Sheppard’s Emerging Company & Venture Capital lawyers provide the insight and connections clients need at every stage of growth.
Our Emerging Company & Venture Capital team supports founders, startups, boards, and both institutional and strategic investors through seed and angel financing, growth rounds and eventual exits. Our work spans a wide range of technology-driven and innovation-focused sectors, such as technology platforms, artificial intelligence, blockchain, financial technology, entertainment, digital media, aerospace and defense, and life sciences.
Combining transactional strengths with industry insight, our venture capital lawyers advise on formation, equity structures, financings, governance, commercial agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. For venture capital funds and strategic investors, we provide deal structuring and portfolio company support, drawing on the firm’s full capabilities in corporate, tax, intellectual property and regulatory matters.