Venture Capital

SRZ represents and advises venture capital funds, private equity funds and other strategic investors, as well as start-ups and emerging companies, in structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing venture capital transactions, enabling growth and capital formation.

We are regularly involved in the following venture capital activities:

• Entity selection for new-venture and early-stage seed financings, bridge financings and later-stage financings
• Contractual rights and obligations
• Stockholder agreements, registration rights agreements and stock repurchase agreements
• Advance preparation for initial public offerings
• Compensation arrangements for key employees
• Intellectual property
• Due diligence regarding proposed venture capital investments