McCarter’s Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Companies practice empowers clients throughout the development cycle—from ideation to creation, capitalization, implementation, commercialization and monetization. Our representation is defined by a paradigm-shifting business model that offers a compelling value proposition with nationally renowned lawyers at a sensible fee structure.
For the past two-and-a-half years, McCarter has broken into and remained among the most active law firms regionally, nationally and globally, according to PitchBook’s Global League Standings, which are published quarterly. PitchBook’s latest rankings, relating to the second quarter of 2018, came out August 3, 2018. Our leadership role in various regional, US and global sectors continues. McCarter was among the top 10 most active law firms regionally, 11th in the US, 11th in the world, 10th in global software deals, 3rd in global commercial services (including information technology) and 14th in global early stage transactions.
We are proud of the great things our clients are doing and are pleased to share their successes. This month, we would like to highlight recent media coverage of their work, including the Barron’s feature on Backend Benchmarking, which tracks the performance of robo-advisors, quoting Founder Ken Schapiro and mentioning research analyst David Goldstone; the TechCrunch feature on Hu-manity.co, which seeks to create a health data marketplace using blockchain technology, quoting Co-Founder & CEO Richie Etwaru; the Bloomberg Television segment on Crescent Crypto Asset Management, a cryptocurrency hedge fund, featuring Co-Founder & CEO Ali Hassan; and the CNBC segment also on Crescent Crypto, featuring Co-Founder Christopher Matta.
Our attorneys are frequent speakers and authors, and appear regularly in the press in connection with trending topics and developing news in the tech and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Below are select recent and upcoming speaking engagements and events. For more information, please click the titles. For those open to registration, a link is included.
8/13/18 Blockchain Breakthroughs: ICOs, Crypto & Startup Pitching – Boston Startupalooza
8/9/18 Washington DC Angel Investor & VC Roundtable – FundingPost
8/8/18 Startup Legal 101: Advice from Top Startup Lawyers – The Founder Institute
8/7/18 Philadelphia VC and Angel Investor Roundtable – FundingPost
McCarter also will be featured prominently at:
8/9/18 Health 2.0 NYC – The New York Healthcare Innovation Group’s “Dance Dance Healthcare Revolution”
8/8/18 NYU Summer Launchpad Venture Showcase
Select recent media mentions and publications:
7/2/18 Gerard Brew authored “A Commentary Regarding the Section’s Technology Task Force,” which appeared in ABA Probate & Property Magazine.