Venture Capital

KO client CircleUp Growth Partners, a leading venture fund for emerging consumer brands, closed on a new round of financing for The Good Crisp Company, a brand of guilt-free stacked chips taking on the $8 billion potato chip market. The capital will be used to grow The Good Crisp’s team,…

KO client Hope Foods LLC, producer of Hope hummus and other spreads, recently closed on $2 million in capital. The funds are being raised through an equity offering. Read more about the deal worked on by KO team members Jon Taylor and Ian Kuliasha.

Ciaccio’s renewable energy and transactional expertise are key to KO’s corporate practice KO Law Firm is pleased to announce the promotion of Charles Ciaccio to partner, effective January 2019. Charles’ practice focuses on business transactions, including company formation, mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity financings, and he represents clients in a…

As cannabis and hemp operations continue to grow in size and scale, KO client Front Range Biosciences has recently closed a $10 million Series A funding round. The deal, supported by KO team members Jennifer Rosenthal, Ryan Sykora and Krystal Rushton, will help the leader in cannabis, hemp and coffee…

At a time when the blockchain industry is seeing major growth, KO team members Jennifer Rosenthal and Ian Kuliasha recently supported their client Dapix on an incubation and seed funding round to support the public launch of Dapix’s  platform to revolutionize blockchain with inter-wallet usability. The seed funding, led by Access Venture Partners, will support…

KO client BIGR Ventures and AccelFoods led a $2.5 million round of funding for frozen baked goods company Soozy’s, the first institutional funding for the grain-free, gluten-free brand. The funding reflects increased interest in grain-free products which are expected to grow from $200 million today to $4 billion by 2020.…

KO client Canopy, an accelerator and venture-capital firm for startups ancillary to the cannabis industry, is launching Canopy Ventures I, a $50 million venture fund for growth-stage companies. KO represented Canopy in connected with the formation of the fund and serves as legal counsel for Canopy and a significant number…

KO client Front Range Biosciences, a startup agricultural biotech firm based in Lafayette, announced that they raised $1.5 million in funderin from five venture-capital firms. Front Range Biosciences provides industrial-scale tissue culture propagation and advanced breeding for plants. You can find the full article here.