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Access short quarterly guides where we’ve compiled a range of data on venture, convertible note, and SAFE financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the first half of the year, with the objective of identifying relevant trends in activity and valuation levels for the U.S. venture capital industry in general.

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Client Highlights11/19/24

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Client Highlights11/13/24

Wilson Sonsini Advises 11X on $50 Million Series B

Client Highlights11/11/24

Wilson Sonsini Advises LendAPI on $3.2 Million Seed Funding Round

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11/22/24

Zenda Founder Summit 2024

11/13/24

The L Suite 2024 Growth Summit

11/12/24

2024 Northern New England MedTech Conference & MedTech Collaborative Pitch Competition

11/12/24

2024 Founder-Led Biotech Tour hosted by Pillar

11/07/24

Biocom San Diego CEO Summit 2024

11/06/24

What’s AI Got to Do with It: Should Companies Rethink their Corporate Governance Structure?

10/25/24

New Dawn: Powerhouse’s Annual Climate Event

10/23/24

Accelerate Investor Conference 2024

10/21/24

Silicon Valley Space Week Conference Panel 2024

10/16/24

Santander's Growing Your Life Sciences Business in the US and China

10/14/24

LA Tech Week 2024

10/09/24

GFX 2024 Venture Summit & Startup Showcase

10/09/24

Wilson Sonsini Biotech Summit

10/09/24

SF Tech Week 2024

10/07/24

CogX Summit London

09/20/24

BBA - Women in Life Sciences Power Lunch

09/18/24

Reconify Generative AI Demo Night

09/17/24

New York 2024 Lesbians Who Tech & Allies Summit

09/13/24

CBSA Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference

09/12/24

Octane’s Cardiovascular Tech Forum 2024

09/10/24

Boston Biotech Investor Day

09/06/24

Stanford Big Ideas in Medicine

08/28/24

2024 Fall M&A Bootcamp

07/26/24

TechChicago Week Healthcare Innovation Breakfast Panel

07/23/24

AI Tinkerers Chicago July Meetup

06/28/24

Startup Launchpad: Empowering Growth Through Technology & Innovation #EarlyStageLA

06/13/24

Venture Velocity: Propelling Early Stage Innovators in LA #EarlyStage

06/03/24

NYC Tech Week Happy Hour by Wilson Sonsini, Greycroft, and Primary

06/02/24

#EarlyStageLA Launch Party: Presented by Pyrium by StartupStarter x Wilson Sonsini

05/23/24

College for Clients Series: VC Financing Fundamentals – Demystifying and Negotiating the Legal Documents

05/09/24

State of the Union: Artificial Intelligence

05/07/24

SyndieBio Happy Hour at SynBioBeta

05/06/24

SynBioBeta 2024: The Global Synthetic Biology Conference

04/25/24

AI for Climate: Women Leading the Way

04/24/24

Abundant Nexus Conference

04/02/24

Pitch-A-Thon 2024

03/20/24

2023 All In: Female Founders in the US VC Ecosystem

03/15/24

2024 – 4th Annual MedTech Color Pitch Competition

03/14/24

Representing Venture-Backed Companies, In-Person CLE at the New York City Bar Association

03/07/24

Ascend Austin: Pre-Seed to Priced Round - Mastering the Funding Journey

02/21/24

LA Founders & Investors Series

02/15/24

Biocom California | Navigating the Bayh-Dole Act

02/13/24

Intellectual Property and Licensing Basics for Life Science Startups

02/08/24

Preparing and Structuring Successful Venture Investments

02/06/24

Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit (DHIS) West

02/06/24

Women’s Venture Capital Summit 2024

01/31/24

Innovation Ignited: Unleashing the Power of Collaboration

01/17/24

NREL Industry Growth Forum: Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating Term Sheets

11/29/23

ALL IN – EmpowerHer’s Unlocking Investment for Female Founders

11/15/23

NextGen VC Forum - NYC

11/15/23

Northern New England MedTech Conference & MedTech Collaborative Pitch Competition

11/04/23

Cocktails and Conversations: What's Next for Black Entrepreneurs?

11/01/23

BioCom California Greater Los Angeles CEO Summit

10/25/23

Octane Medical Education Forum

10/19/23

College for Clients Series: Startup Dilution & Waterfall Math

10/16/23

NextGen VC Forum – Boston

10/04/23

BioFuture Conference

10/03/23

QB3 & Wilson Sonsini Panel: VC Financings for Early-Stage Life Science Companies

09/27/23

Direct Pay and Other Tax Opportunities in the Inflation Reduction Act for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs

09/27/23

NewYorkBIO Annual Meeting

09/06/23

AI + Startups + The Law: Legal Considerations for Tech Founders

06/26/23

28th Annual Stanford Directors’ College

05/25/23

SyndieBio Happy Hour

05/24/23

Scaleup GC 2023: Becoming Next-Gen Lawyers

05/17/23

Blue Startups East Meets West 2023

04/17/23

ASU + GSV Summit 2023

03/21/23

GDC 2023 | Open Source Game Development Summit: Boosting XP by Contributing to the OSS Community

03/08/23

Tech Tour Growth - Europe

02/16/23

Entrepreneur Bootcamp

02/09/23

Lazaridis ScaleUp Workshop

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to support the Lazaridis Institute in hosting their ScaleUp Workshop on February 9 and 10, 2023. Lazaridis ScaleUp helps high-potential, fast-growing Canadian tech companies scale and compete internationally by providing the expert support they need to achieve global success.

11/16/22

Conversation & Cocktails: What’s Next for Black Entrepreneurs?

11/16/22

Community - Networking Event by Wilson Sonsini, powered by MCMX

11/14/22

UCSF Health Hub: Digital Health Awards

11/02/22

Greater Los Angeles CEO Summit 2022

10/28/22

Life Science CEO Summit in Wine Country

10/27/22

Octane's Medical Innovation Forum

10/19/22

Phoenix 2022: The Medical Device and Diagnostic Conference for Chief Executive Officers

We are excited to announce that we will be holding the next Phoenix Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay on October 19 - 21, 2022. At that time, we will be able to bring the Medtech community together for a lively celebration of the industry’s incredible, life-saving work throughout the pandemic, as well as an in-depth discussion of where the sector is headed in the coming years

09/29/22

Bay Area IPO Summit

09/21/22

2022 TechGC IPO Conference

09/16/22

New Dawn: Powerhouse's Annual Summer Party

09/14/22

Entrepreneurship in a New US Policy Environment

09/13/22

Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Demo Day 2022

09/13/22

Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference

08/24/22

University Lab Partners: Pitch. Launch. Grow. Demo Day

07/20/22

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Funding Now, Market Trends in 2022

06/30/22

SelectUSA San Francisco Spin-off Program

06/28/22

What is Your Company Worth: The Art of Company Valuation

06/10/22

Venture Finance Trends: Insights into the Venture Financing World by the Numbers

06/08/22

Meet the Investor: Social Impact of DEI & The Investing World

05/25/22

Startup Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs

05/19/22

2022 Scaleup Legal Leadership Forum

05/17/22

LaunchBio Let’s Talk About: The Way Forward with DE&I, Momentum Through Continued Action

05/11/22

Colorado BioScience Association: Leadership Roundtable Dinner

05/10/22

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Closing the Deal, Bypassing Roadblocks and Minimizing Fundraising Delays

05/10/22

USC Gould School of Law 2022 Intellectual Property Institute

05/10/22

LaunchBio Founders Circle: Mistakes to Avoid with VCs, Hard Lessons for Early-Stage Companies

05/05/22

Developing a Killer Investor Pitch

05/02/22

Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference

04/25/22

Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium

04/19/22

Can AI Replace Creativity?

04/12/22

Junior Achievement of Southwest New England: 2022 Business Hall of Fame

04/07/22

CED Venture Connect Summit

04/06/22

The George Washington University TCO Innovation Competition

04/05/22

Investment Firm Compensation Panel

03/21/22

LaunchBio: Invest in Cures

03/16/22

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Hypergrowth, Biotech in 2022 and Beyond

03/16/22

CENE Gala 2022: Inspiration

03/10/22

Scaling in America

03/09/22

BioUtah-Wilson Sonsini 2022 BioHive Entrepreneur and Investor Life Sciences Summit

02/24/22

LaunchBio Invest in Cures

02/17/22

LaunchBio: The Bid for Talent, Recruitment and Retention in a Competitive Job Market

02/14/22

LAUNCH’s Founder University

02/09/22

2022 OBIO Investment Summit

01/27/22

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Compensation Confidential

01/25/22

De-Risking Biotech: Leveraging Your Lawyers

01/14/22

Venture Financing Trends with Wilson Sonsini and Special Guests

12/08/21

UCSD’s startBlue Fall Showcase

12/08/21

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Discovering Dallas, A New Hub for the Life Sciences

11/30/21

Crossing the Valley of Death: Lab to IPO and Lab to Acquisition

11/19/21

American Diabetes Association's 26th Annual Leaders Forum: HealthTech Showcase and Thought Leader Discussions

Wilson Sonsini is proud to sponsor ADA's 2021 Silicon Valley Leaders Forum HealthTech Showcase

11/04/21

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: The Innovation Landscape, Measuring and Tracking the Competition

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to support LaunchBio’s Larger Than Life Science series, The Innovation Landscape, Measuring and Tracking Competition

10/27/21

Go Global in Life Sciences: Coming to the U.S., The Legal and Practical Sides of M&A, Privacy, and Licensing

Wilson Sonsini, along with Niederer Kraft Frey, is pleased to present Go Global in Life Sciences: The Legal and Practical Sides of M&A, Privacy, and Licensing

10/26/21

Go Global in Life Sciences: Coming to Switzerland, The Legal and Practical Sides of M&A, Privacy, and Licensing

Wilson Sonsini, along with Niederer Kraft Frey, is pleased to present Go Global in Life Sciences: The Legal and Practical Sides of M&A, Privacy, and Licensing

10/14/21

New Mexico Tech Inventors and Entrepreneurs Workshop: A Business Startup Conference

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to support New Mexico Tech as they present the fifth annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Workshop: A Business Startup Conference

10/14/21

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Avoiding Audits, Tax Tips for Grant Compliance

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to support the LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science series, Avoiding Audits, Tax Tips for Grant Compliance

10/07/21

UCSF Health Hub Awards

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to collaborate with UCSF Health Hub for the Health Awards to honor outstanding health technologies and innovations that are dramatically transforming healthcare, across 18 selected award categories including telehealth, remote and hospital diagnostics, patient cost savings and life sciences

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