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KO client Trio Mobil, a leading provider of AI and IoT solutions for industrial workplace safety and efficiency, recently secured a $26.5 million growth financing led by NewSpring with participation from existing investors 212 and TIBAS Ventures. With more than 500,000 connected devices and more than 2,000 customers in 65…

Our recent “Startup Founders’ Guide to Early-Stage Funding” webinar featuring KO partner Kevin Gibson, KO attorney John Kyed, and SpringTime Ventures managing partner Matt Blomstedt demystified common investment vehicles and shared important considerations and best practices for startup fundraising from both a legal and investor perspective. Check out the recap…

KO client Havenly, a female-led e-design platform and portfolio of home brands, recently acquired St. Frank, an online retailer focused on printed textiles and decor sourced from vintage deals and artisan businesses. This marks Havenly’s fourth acquisition in two years, following the acquisitions of Interior Define, The Inside, and The…

KO client HarperDB, a leading distributed systems platform, recently announced a significant growth investment from Serent Capital. HarperDB’s platform combines database, caching, application, and streaming functions into a single technology to improve performance and lower cost for global backend services. Serent Capital is a growth-focused private equity firm that invests…

KO client Innovius Capital, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, recently led SewerAI’s Series B, a $15 million funding round, along with other investors. SewerAI, which sells cloud-based, AI-powered subscription products designed to streamline field inspections and data management of sewer infrastructure, has now raised $25 million total. The…

KO client Stage, a female-led buyout private equity fund, recently acquired Verblio, a leader in human-powered content creation augmented by artificial intelligence.  According to the announcement, this acquisition will allow Verblio to continue to deliver highly effective written content to businesses and agencies more efficiently than ever.  KO attorneys Samantha…

KO client SOCRadar, a leading provider of enterprise-grade, end-to-end threat intelligence and brand protection, recently announced the successful completion of its $25.2M Series B funding round. The round was led by PeakSpan Capital with participation from Oxx. In the press release, SOCRadar’s CEO Huzeyfe Onal said, “Our main mission is…

In an effort to promote competition, protect workers’ rights, and foster innovation and new business formation, the Federal Trade Commission recently announced a significant rule aiming to ban non-competes between almost all employers and employees nationwide. If this regulation withstands existing and forthcoming legal scrutiny, employers won’t be able to…