May 23
9 min

Valuation Battle Ends with $12M Verdict & $58M Minority Shareholder Buyout

Koch v. Koch (No. 27-CV-18-20579, 2022 WL 1467980 (Minn. Dist. Ct. May 06, 2022)) involved a shareholder dispute among three brothers who...

Aug 30, 2022
2 min

New Study Suggests Auditors Are Hurting M&A (aka Get Your Valuation Done Right the First Time)

New Study Suggests Auditors Are Negatively Impacting (aka Get Your Valuation Done Right the First Time) A provocative new study out of...

Apr 13, 2021
1 min

Are your SPAC warrants equity or liabilities?

Cooley published some insight today on how the SEC may be throwing another wrench into Wall Street’s SPAC transaction by cracking down on...

Mar 21, 2021
1 min

Fenwick Survey: Private Company Valuations are Up in Q4 2020!

Fenwick published its quarterly survey of venture financings and to sum it up, valuations are definitely up! Fenwick’s 2020 Q4 survey...

Feb 18, 2021
2 min

Wilson Sonsini: 2020 Venture Deals Exceeding Pre-Pandemic Volumes and Amounts Raised

Wilson Sonsini published its full year 2020 edition of The Entrepreneurs Report, and to sum it up, valuations are definitely up. Wilson...

Dec 15, 2020
2 min

Fenwick Survey: Valuations Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels in October 2020

Fenwick published its interim report on the venture capital environment in Silicon Valley in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and overall,...

Nov 13, 2020
2 min

Fenwick Survey: 2020 Q3 - Average venture valuation up by 76%

Fenwick published its quarterly survey of venture financings and to sum it up, valuations are definitely improving. Fenwick’s 2020 Q3...

Nov 12, 2020
2 min

Wilson Sonsini: 2020 Q3 - Down Rounds are Down and Up Rounds are Up

Wilson Sonsini published its Q3 2020 edition of The Entrepreneurs Report, and to sum it up, valuations are definitely up. Wilson...

Oct 15, 2020
2 min

Fenwick Flash Survey: August 2020 - Venture valuations up 65%

Fenwick published its interim report on the venture capital environment in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and overall, the environment...

Sep 15, 2020
2 min

Fenwick Flash Survey: July 2020 - Venture valuations improving, up 78%

Fenwick published its interim report to highlight changes in the Silicon Valley venture capital environment through July 2020 in light of...

Jul 14, 2020
2 min

Fenwick Flash Survey: May 2020 - Valuations weakening the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fenwick published its interim report to highlight changes in the Silicon Valley venture capital environment in light of the COVID-19...

Jun 12, 2020
2 min

Fenwick Flash Survey: April 2020 - Venture valuations up 60%

Fenwick published its interim report on the venture capital environment in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fenwick’s April 2020 survey...

Apr 23, 2020
2 min

Fenwick Survey: 2020 Q1 - Average venture valuation up 117%!

Fenwick published its interim report on venture capital environment in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fenwick’s Q1 2020 survey indicates...

Feb 27, 2020
2 min

Fenwick Survey: 2019 Q4 - Average venture valuations up 142%. Highest quarterlyincrease in 15 years!

Fenwick published its quarterly survey of venture financings and to sum it up, valuation results improved in Q4 2019. Fenwick’s Q4 2019...

Dec 10, 2019
2 min

Fenwick Survey: 2019 Q3 - Average venture valuation up by 88%

Fenwick published its quarterly survey of venture financings and to sum it up, valuation results remained strong in Q3 2019 but, aside...

Sep 27, 2019
2 min

Fenwick Survey: 2019 Q2 - Average venture valuation up by 77%

Fenwick published its quarterly survey of venture financings and to sum it up, valuation results improved moderately. Fenwick’s Q2 2019...

Jul 27, 2019
2 min

What happens when you fail to comply with Section 409A? Short answer: THE COMPANY GETS SUED!

The long answer is perhaps not best for a blog entry but some additional color here may be of use. Founders and executives often ask us...

Jun 5, 2019
2 min

Fenwick Survey: 2019 Q1 - Venture valuations continue to show strength (up by average of 75%)

Fenwick published its quarterly survey of venture financings and to sum it up, valuation results continued to be strong, with the average...

May 27, 2019
2 min

Fenwick Survey: 2018 Q4 Venture valuations at three-year highs (up by average of 85%)

Fenwick published its quarterly survey of venture financings and to sum it up, valuation results are at three-year highs, with the...

May 23, 2019
2 min

Wilson Sonsini: 2019 Q1 Venture capital valuations and deal size cooling down in later stage deals

Wilson Sonsini published its Q1 2019 edition of The Entrepreneurs Report, and to sum it up, valuations remained strong. Wilson Sonsini’s...

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