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  1. Aug 2017 Recent Trends in Venture-Backed IPOs Based on recent reports, only 42 venture-backed companies went public in the United States in 2016 – including eight incorporated outside the United States – making it the most challenging year by…
  2. Jul 2017 Maniv Mobility – First Mobility Only Fund in Israel Maniv Mobility has announced the close of the first mobility-only fund in Israel. The $40 million fund includes several high profile names including Valeo, InMotion Ventures (part of Jaguar Land Rover). The…
  3. Jun 2017 June is the month for Reg A+ Zero-emissions technology provider Adomani Inc. listed on June 15th on the NASDAQ after it raised $9.2 million through a Reg A+ offering. Adomani represents only the second such issuer to list its shares…
  4. Apr 2017 NASDAQ Announces Venture Investment Program for Fintech Companies Today the U.S. stock exchange group Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ), announced the launch of its venture investment program, Nasdaq Ventures, which is dedicated to discovering, investing in and partnering with unique fintech companies…
  5. Mar 2017 SEC Focuses on Employee Access to Private Tech Financials The Information recently reported about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent investigations of private tech companies and whether they are following an SEC rule giving employees participating in certain company stock plans…
  6. Jan 2017 Regulation A+ Stats: What Do We Know So Far? On December 31, 2016, the SEC released its report on Regulation A activity.  The report contained some interesting metrics.  Thanks to Scott Purcell, CEO of FundAmerica, for some of these eye-opening bullets.  In approx…
  7. Jan 2017 Client Alert – FS To Provide Immigration Counsel New York Law Firm, Foley Shechter LLP, expands its legal team to provide companies & individuals with business related immigration law services FS LLP welcomes immigration counsel Perry Novotny to service the immigration…
  8. Dec 2016 Reconsidering “Fake It Till You Make It” for Startups In the latest of continuing bad events for Theranos (a (former?) unicorn health technology startup), 2 shareholders have recently filed a class action lawsuit against the company, accusing Theranos of fraud and negligence.  Startups…
  9. Nov 2016 Chairman White Leaving the SEC With the election of president elect Trump, changes to the administration were bound, and expected, to take place – and the dominoes are beginning to fall. Today, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
  10. Oct 2016 Delaware really does have an “irrebuttable business judgment rule” The Delaware Chancery Court recently handed a decision in In re OM Group Stockholders Litigation, the latest one in a series of decisions interpreting the standard set forth in Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings, LLC. These decisions…