We act for founders, companies, angel investors, institutional investors and corporate investors on a variety of venture capital fundraising transactions. Our particular focus is on Seed and Series A financings of high-growth early stage companies, typically advising on 30-40 transactions per year in this space. We also have extensive experience on advising on cross-border venture capital transactions. Our clients tell us that they like our common-sense, proportionate and commercial approach.
Our venture capital practice is supported by and complements MAINstream, our angel investor network, and MiVentures, our support program for high-growth early stage companies. We are well connected within the UK early-stage fundraising ecosystem, particularly in the South-West, and are members of the UK Business Angels Association.
We were delighted to be announced the winner of the ‘Best Legal Team for Early-Stage Deals’ category at the UKBAA Angel Investment Awards 2022.
Investor Experience
- Advising BGF/Kubus on several of its investment including in tech firm Kubus, a leading technology value-added reseller
- Advising Maven Capital Partners, on an investment in Deckhouse, a vibrant independent venue offering day-to-night brunching and dining experiences
- Advising Gresham House’s £37.5m investment in N Family Club, a nursery group operating in 24 locations
- Advising specialist growth stage VC fund Committed Capital on several of its investments into high growth tech companies
- Advising a UHNW entrepreneur on a £1.5m angel investment into a tech scale-up.
- Advising software platform Distil A.I. on its seed investment from Mercia and Newable Ventures
- Advising Novo Holdings and DSM Venturing on their Series A investments into Deep Branch Biotechnology, a UK-based carbon recycling biotechnology company
- Advising Committed Capital on a number of its investments, including in Konsileo, Pi-Top, Smartology and CHC Insurance Services.
- Advising Foresight Williams Technology EIS Fund and DSM Venturing on their Series A investments into Additive Manufacturing Technologies Limited, a developer of post-processing machinery for 3D printed parts
- Advising Mobeus Equity Partners on its investment into Tushingham Sails (Red Paddle Co).
- Advising DSM Venturing on its Series A financing of Phynova, an Oxford-based life sciences company that develops proprietary natural healthcare products from active compounds found in plants
- Advising Bamboo Finance and DOEN Foundation on their respective Series A and Series B investments into BBOXX
- Advising Global Innovation Fund on its growth finance investment in Paga, a leading Nigerian mobile money business.
- Advising AHL Ventures, a leading impact-focused VC fund, on several early convertible debt investments across Africa
- Advising AgDevCo, a specialist early-stage investor in Agribusinesses, on several investments.
- Advising the Soros Economic Development fund on the sale of its majority stake in the Indian venture capital firm, Aspada, to LGT, the investment management company owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein.
- Advising Downing LLP on the launch of its crowdfunding platform, Downing Crowd.
- Advising Tridos Bank, one of the world’s leading sustainable banks, on the launch of its crowdfunding platform.
