About DLA Piper

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

With lawyers across the US and globally who focus on venture capital and private equity, DLA Piper is strategically positioned to serve and support emerging growth companies and venture capital and other institutional investors wherever they do business.

In today's challenging venture capital environment, clients often need help accessing the right sources of finance and optimizing their potential for raising capital.

At DLA Piper, we have teams of lawyers dedicated to helping founders, entrepreneurs, startups and emerging growth companies, whether in the technology, life science, healthcare, consumer or entertainment industries, and angel and venture capital funds, corporate strategic investors and other institutional investors with their venture capital or other strategic transactions. Our global platform means we are well placed to represent clients investing abroad and portfolio companies going global. In the US, our geographic reach and experience is vast.

In the last five years, we have completed over 2,900 deals totaling US$52.4 billion – 2,600 venture capital and 325 private equity. Thanks to this strong track record, we are able to draw on our extensive network of angel, venture and corporate investors to help clients connect to capital. Meanwhile, our Venture Pipeline program provides access to research, tools and insight. We can also adapt our crowdfunding, capital incubator and accelerator relationships to clients' priorities and requirements.

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