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Manatt Adds Venture Capital Team in San Francisco

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP announced today that Richard McDerby has joined the firm as a venture capital and emerging companies partner in the firm’s San Francisco office.

Acquisition, Digital, Merger, Mergers, Technology, Venture Capital, Startups, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Venture Funds, startup, Private Equity Funds, Transactions, Entrepreneurs, Emerging Companies, Private equity firms

Suennen Speaks With TRUST Podcast on Venture Capital Investments in Startups

Manatt’s Lisa Suennen, leader of the firm’s digital and technology group and the firm’s venture capital / emerging companies practice, spoke with Sharon Gabrielson for her TRUST Podcast about how venture capitalists choose to invest in startups.

Venture Capital, Startups, Emerging Companies

The Arrival of Peak TV

We are living in a time that has been coined “peak TV,” thanks in large part to the sheer amount of content that is available to viewers.

Internet, Television, Over-the-Top, OTT, Streaming Services Company

Three Essential Components of a Great Acquisition Strategy

Technology acquisition decisions are fraught with complexity. Companies have a wide range of options other than acquisition, and sometimes it’s difficult to assess which path is the best way forward.

Acquisition, Internet, Merger, Social Media, Technology

Strategies and Success Factors in Innovation

The rise of disruptive startups with fresh solutions has fueled to new levels the demand for corporations to innovate.

Technology, Startups, Emerging Growth Companies, Emerging Companies, Innovation

Manatt Represents Bertelsmann in its $121M Sale of OnCourse Learning to Adtalem Global Education

Manatt’s Scott Schwartz, a partner in the corporate and finance group, led a team representing Bertelsmann and its subsidiary OnCourse Learning in the approximately $121 million sale of OnCourse’s financial services education business to Adtalem Global Education.

Corporate And Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions

Manatt Negotiates Series A Financing for Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group

As reported by PeHub and the North Bay Business Journal, Manatt represented Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group in an early stage investment in iMod Structures, a Vallejo, California, startup manufacturer of modular classrooms.

Venture Capital, startup, Investment, Financing, Emerging Companies

Experiential Entertainment as a Direct-to-Consumer Platform

In Star Trek: The Experience, you began your journey in the History of the Future, an exhibition of actual costumes and props used over the TV series’ history.

Media, LBE, IP, Consumer, Experiential Entertainment

Benefits and Disadvantages of the Fintech Charter

Manatt’s Brian Korn, a co-chair of the firm’s financial services group, was interviewed by Crowdfund Insider to discuss the fintech charter and the different perspectives on its benefits and disadvantages.

Capital Markets, Corporate And Finance, Venture Capital, Digital finance and marketplace lending, Financial Services Transactions

First State-Level Regulatory Sandbox Pops up in Arizona

Manatt’s Brian Korn, co-chair of the firm’s financial services group, was interviewed by Bloomberg BNA for an article on Arizona’s decision to host the first state-level regulatory sandbox and its connection to the fintech charter.

Capital Markets, Corporate And Finance, Venture Capital, Digital finance and marketplace lending, Financial Services Transactions