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Our Venture & Growth Capital attorneys understand the complex and diverse needs of venture funds, their portfolio companies, and startups. We are here to support founders and entrepreneurs with the tools they need to help their businesses take off at all growth cycle stages. We believe so strongly in this mission that we created FoleyIgnite.com to provide free resources to founders, share industry insights from our legal team, and give founders direct access to expert legal professionals.
Our Approach: From Garage to Global
We have guided hundreds of companies from startup to commercialization to liquidity event. In every instance, we have worked to create a relationship with clients that goes beyond that of legal counsel, to become trusted business advisers and partners. We often collaborate closely with company boards and management to help them understand risks, identify opportunities, and make strategic decisions.
Whether your company is early-stage or ready to go public, we understand the nuances of how capital can boost new ideas to create countless innovations in health care, technology, energy, manufacturing, and more.
For companies that are more mature and ready to generate revenue and profit but can’t yet generate enough to fund a major expansion, our team focuses on growth capital to give these businesses the boost they need to get to the next stage in their lifecycle.
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Foley & Lardner represented Five Elms Capital in its Series C investment in Spacelift, Inc.
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Foley provides not just transactional support but strategic partnership across the entire life-cycle of a transaction.
Startups & Emerging Companies respondentUSA
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Band 5 
Band 5 
Louis Lehot
Louis Lehot has extensive experience in advising early-stage companies across the technology, healthcare and clean energy sectors. He advises clients across all stages of growth.
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