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The KO Law team is always tracking and making news across various practice areas and key industries. See the latest below.

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 Left Hand Robotics Acquired by Toro

KO client Left Hand Robotics was acquired by outdoor equipment giant The Toro Company. Based in Longmont, Colorado, Left Hand Robotics is recognized for developing innovative autonomous solutions for turf and snow management. Left Hand Robotics’ patent-pending software and advanced technologies for autonomous navigation are designed to provide professional contractors…

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

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…

Updated SBA Guidance on First and Second-Draw PPP Loans

On Monday, January 11, The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, reopened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan portal. Below is a summary of First and Second-Draw PPP loan eligibility requirements. On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, became law. Title III…

KO Client Fastback Acquired by COMSovereign to Expand Telecom IP Portfolio

KO client Fastback Networks, a Boulder-based provider of innovative technology for mobile infrastructure, has been acquired by COMSovereign Holding Corp, a developer of 4G LTE advanced and 5G communication systems and solutions. KO Partner John Gaddis, attorneys Melissa Mellen and Elizabeth Ho and administrative assistant Annie Klauck supported the Fastback team…

KO Client June Acquired by Weber

KO Client June Life, Inc., a smart appliance and technology company that created the June Oven and JuneOS, has been acquired by Weber. Weber has acquired 100 percent of June, including its proprietary software, technology, intellectual property, and the June Oven line of products and accessories. Financial terms of the…

KO Clients in the News: Growth Investment, New Funding and Partnerships

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…