A special livestream webinar for startup founders and investors.
The Current State of Venture Transactions
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Livestream panel discussion hosted by Foley & Lardner, and 4thly.
As we approach 2024, the transaction landscape is much different than it was a year ago. There’s is an uptick in M&A transactions prompted by portfolio consolidation (aqui-hires and similar transactions) as well as venture financings with more challenging terms. Join us for this special livestream as a panel of experts discuss the current state of venture transactions.
Panelists:
Julie-Anne Lutfi
Julie-Anne Lutfi is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, where she is a member of the firm’s Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice and the Life Sciences and Technology Industry Teams. Her global practice focuses on domestic and international business transactions, including equity financings for corporate, venture capital, and private equity clients; research and development collaborations and corporate partnering transactions; strategic investments; restructurings; mergers and acquisitions; and other exit transactions. Learn more.
Bret Waters, Moderator
Bret Waters has been in Silicon Valley his entire life as an entrepreneur, executive, and investor. Today he teaches entrepreneurship at Stanford, runs the 4thly Startup Accelerator, and coaches startup CEO’s at Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship. He’s successfully raised capital multiple times in his career, and the entrepreneurs he has worked with have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in capital. He received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Louis Lehot
Louis Lehot is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP, based in the firm’s Silicon Valley offices, where he is a member of the Private Equity & Venture Capital, M&A and Transactions Practices as well as the Technology, Health Care, Life Sciences and Energy Industry Teams. Louis focuses his practice on advising entrepreneurs and their management teams, investors and financial advisors at all stages of growth, from garage to global. Louis especially enjoys being able to help his clients achieve hyper-growth, go public and to successfully obtain optimal liquidity events. Learn more.
