Kha Q. Dang

Kha Dang is a Partner in Perkins Coie's Seattle office and a member of the Emerging Companies practice group.  Kha's practice focuses on the corporate and transactional needs of startups and high growth technology companies, including corporate formation and founders issues, angel and venture capital financing, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.  Through multiple economic cycles, Kha has over a decade of legal experience advising startups and high growth companies, from both the outside law firm and as a former in-house general counsel.  Kha serves as a key advisor to his clients on fundraising and strategic transactions, bringing a hands-on, practical and business-oriented approach to legal services.  Kha's clients include companies in the interactive entertainment, digital media, cloud services, and cleantech sectors and the investors that invest in them.  Kha is a frequent speaker on the topics of formation issues, startup issues, and angel and venture capital financing and has been listed in Washington Law & Politics, as a "Rising Star of Washington Law". Kha recently served as chair of Perkins Coie's Seattle Diversity Committee and Perkins Coie's Seattle Community Service Committee and on the Hiring Committee. Kha is co-founder of Digital Cleantech Seattle.   

REPRESENTATIVE COMPANY CLIENTS

• Ace in the Hole, Inc. (retail)
• Automated Industries, Inc. (artificial intelligence for interactive entertainment)
• Banyan Branch, Inc. (interactive agency) 
• Big Fish Games, Inc. (interactive entertainment)
• Bodsix, Inc. (interactive entertainment)
• Carbon Salon, Inc. (carbon emissions tracking and community)
• Clario Medical Imaging, Inc. (healthcare IT)
• Coinstar, Inc. (automated retail solutions)
• DistinctDev, Inc. (interactive entertainment)
• Genii, Inc. (educational interactive entertainment)
• Mad Fiber, Inc. (carbon fiber wheels)
• Osborne Manor, LLC (interactive entertainment analytics)
• Pandamonium Games, Inc. (educational interactive entertainment)
• Symform, Inc. (cloud services)
• Talyst, Inc. (healthcare IT)
• TrackSimple, Inc. (analytics)
• Zhurosoft, LLC. (interactive entertainment)

• WestRiver Capital, LLC 
• Madrona Venture Group
• Ignition Partners
• OVP Venture Partners

Professional Recognition

• Frequent speaker on the topics of formation issues, startup issues and angel and venture capital financing
• Listed in Washington Law & Politics, “Rising Stars of Washington Law," 2004, 2006 - 2008, 2010 - 2011 
• Perkins Coie Venture Capital Law practice achieved "Best Law Firm National Tier 1 Ranking" by U.S. News & World Report, 2010
• Perkins Coie Interactive Entertainment practice ranked #1 Law Firm by Interactive Age in the area of video games, new media and interactive entertainment.

Professional Leadership

• Asian Bar Association of Washington, Board Member, 1999 - 2003; 2007; Membership Chair, 1999 - 2003

Related Employment

• Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, 1999 - 2005; 2006 - Present
• CoCo Communications, Seattle, WA, General Counsel, 2005