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KO Client SSB Acquires Affinaquest to Transform Higher Education Software Solutions Image

KO Client SSB Acquires Affinaquest to Transform Higher Education Software Solutions

SSB, a leading data management and analytics company serving higher education, collegiate athletics, nonprofit, and sports organizations, has acquired higher education advancement software provider on the Salesforce platform, Affinaquest. KO partner Jennifer Rosenthal and attorneys Ryan Sykora and Logan DeSouza represented SSB in the deal. “With the acquisition of Affinaquest,…

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KO Client Pulsar AI Acquired by SpinCar

KO client Pulsar AI, creator of the auto industry’s most advanced conversational AI platform, was acquired by SpinCar, a leader in digital automotive merchandising software and data. KO partner Jon Taylor and attorney Michael Wysolmerski were the primary attorneys representing Pulsar AI in the deal. As part of the acquisition,…

KO Client Qwinix Technologies Merges with Cloudbakers in Private Equity Acquisition Image

KO Client Qwinix Technologies Merges with Cloudbakers in Private Equity Acquisition

KO led its client, Qwinix Technologies, Inc., through a merger with Cloudbakers LLC in an acquisition deal with Sunstone Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on tech-enabled cloud services companies. Sunstone says the merging of these two Google ecosystem-leaders will create one of the largest Google Cloud-focused partners in…

KO Advises Spinnaker SCA through Acquisition by Black Lake Capital Image

KO Advises Spinnaker SCA through Acquisition by Black Lake Capital

KO served as the legal counsel for Spinnaker SCA through its acquisition by Black Lake Capital. KO represented both SCA and Spinnaker SCS in the deal. Spinnaker SCA was formed through the merger of SCA, LLC (“SCApath”) and Spinnaker SCS, LLC (“Spinnaker SCS”). KO partner John Gaddis, attorneys Melissa Mellen,…

KO Client Windward Studios Acquired by PDFTron Systems Inc. Image

KO Client Windward Studios Acquired by PDFTron Systems Inc.

KO client Windward Studios, a Colorado-based industry leader in document automation and generation technology has been acquired by PDFTron Systems Inc., a leading provider of document technology solutions for software developers. KO Law Firm served as legal counsel to Windward. KO partners John Gaddis and Ben Oelsner, attorneys Ian Kuliasha…

Early Stage Business Considerations: Prioritizing Intellectual Property Protection Image

Early Stage Business Considerations: Prioritizing Intellectual Property Protection

Emerging company founders and small business owners have no shortage of issues to think through and solve. Prioritizing intellectual property rights and protection doesn’t often top the priority list. Most time and energy is rightly focused on building the business, developing products, hiring a team, and finding customers. With these…

KO Client Strata Raises $11M in Series A Funding to Advance Multi-Cloud Identity Technology  Image

KO Client Strata Raises $11M in Series A Funding to Advance Multi-Cloud Identity Technology 

KO client Strata, a distributed multi-cloud identity orchestration company, announced it has closed an $11M Series A round of financing. The financing, which as led by Menlo Ventures and supported by ForgePoint Capital, will be used to scale research & development, go-to-market, sales, marketing, and customer success for its Maverics platform.…

M&A Activity in 2021: Opportunities Ahead for Business Transactions Image

M&A Activity in 2021: Opportunities Ahead for Business Transactions

The tone for M&A activity in 2021 was set by 2020’s theme: acceleration driven by necessity and opportunity. Industries forced to pivot rapidly, coupled with favorable market conditions and access to affordable capital, set the stage for strong M&A activity in 2021. To understand how business owners can position themselves…