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Publications
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01.26.2024Raising Capital for StartupsPodcastsOn this episode of The Tech Law Hangout, host Jordan Becker and his colleague Valeska Pederson Hintz discuss raising capital for startup companies
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09.06.2023The State of Capital Raising by U.S. StartupsArticlesUS venture capital (VC) experienced a significant retrenchment in 2022 that deepened in the first half of 2023. This retrenchment was primarily driven by steep and continued increases in interest rates, valuation mismatches, the banking crisis, large public tech companies pivoting from a growth focus to an efficiency and profitability focus, and a lack of exit opportunities.
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07.15.2022So, What Is Sustainable Investing Anyway?UpdatesSustainable investing is a big and growing business. It is also widely misunderstood. Many of the predominant investment tools used to assess public company environmental, social and governance practices have been widely criticized as inadequate and potentially misleading.
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02.20.2020Boardroom Hot Topics: ESG, Purpose And StakeholdersArticlesIn 2019, investors saw the bizarre and unprecedented unraveling of WeWork Co. Inc. in the lead-up to its abandoned initial public offering. A series of related-party transactions suggested a lack of internal controls and inadequate oversight of WeWork's CEO, Adam Neumann.
Presentations
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06.11.2022Fraud: Selling Ahead of Availability and Insider TradingSpeaking EngagementsConsensus 2022 Roundtable Sessions / Austin, TXValeska Pederson Hintz, Arthur Greenspan, and Carolyn White, presented "Fraud: Selling Ahead of Availability and Insider Trading" during the Consensus 2022 Roundtable Sessions in the Austin office.
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06.10.2022Raising Capital for Blockchain ProjectsSpeaking Engagements
Consensus 2022 Roundtable Sessions / Austin, TX
Lowell D. Ness and Valeska Pederson Hintz presented "Raising Capital for Blockchain Projects" during the Consensus 2022 Roundtable Sessions in the Austin office. -
05.21.2022Regulatory Developments for Issuers and Broker-dealers in the Security Token EconomySpeaking EngagementsPanelist
Digital Assets and Securities Conference / Austin, TX -
03.29.2022Establish Your BrandSpeaking EngagementsPanelist
National Association of Women Lawyers / VirtualPanelists will explore topics such as branding, copyright, trademark, implications on fundraising, and issues that diverse and women-owned brands must consider when scaling up. -
02.24.2022Selling Ahead of Availability: Lessons Learned on Funding, Transparency, and Corporate Governance From the Theranos Saga and Elizabeth Holmes Criminal ConvictionSpeaking EngagementsPanelist
Texas Life Science Forum / Houston, TXBuilding and funding a life science company in a “move fast and break things” culture brings inherent challenges as the pressure to grow competes with the “do no harm” ethic and legal obligations to investors and customers.
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03.27.2015Understanding Private Placement MemorandumsSpeaking EngagementsNorth American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) 2015 Annual Conference / Washington D.C.
