Venture Capital

VitriVax, the developer of a novel stabilization and delivery platform for vaccines and therapeutics, has closed its first institutional financing round with Adjuvant Capital. KO partners Jon Taylor and Brad Schoenfeld, and attorney Matt Burns represented VitriVax in the financing round. The Series A proceeds will be used to develop…

KO partner Jon Taylor and attorney Matt Burns represented Arryved in the closing of a $20 million financing round led by Tribe Capital and Foundry Group. Arryved, the leading point-of-service (POS) provider for craft food and beverage establishments, plans to accelerate its footprint in the food, beverage and entertainment technology…

KO client Guest House, a tech-enabled home staging company and home furnishing marketplace, raised $3 million in a seed round led by Range Ventures. KO partner Jennifer Rosenthal and attorney Ryan Sykora represent Guest House. The $3 million in seed funding also included 87 Capital, Rucker Park Capital, and Ludlow…

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.…

Dizzion Completes Growth Investment KO client Dizzion, a Managed Desktop as a Service (DaaS), completed a growth investment with LLR Partners to enable the company’s continued hyper growth, expansion of its team, its End User Cloud (EUC) platform, alliance partnerships, and the exploration of acquisition opportunities. KO Partner Kevin Gibson…

KO client Stage – a specialized growth venture fund — recently announced the acquisition of ThirdChannel, a SaaS business which enables consumer brands to manage in-store customer experience. KO partner John Gaddis and attorney Ian Kuliasha represented Stage in the acquisition. Stage invests in technology enabled and consumer products businesses in…

Company formations capitalize on innovation, time and talent during downturn While it may seem counterintuitive or surprising to some, historically we’ve seen that economic downturns can be a good time to start a business. Many successful entrepreneurs know this and see several opportunities during a decline: This is a good…

KO client Good Buy Gear, a recommerce marketplace for second-hand baby and children’s gear, recently raised a $6 million Series A round of funding. The round was led by Revolution Ventures with participation from existing investors Access Venture Partners and Relay Ventures. The company’s revenue has increased by four times…