Startups & Emerging Companies

Morrison & Foerster is a global law firm with a leading startup, emerging company, venture capital, and institutional funding practice. For decades, we’ve assisted companies and their investors at every stage of the business lifecycle–from initial formation and financings, through late-stage financings and exits. In the last five years, we’ve helped clients in raising or deploying more than $32 billion of venture capital, and in closing over 40 initial public offerings, as well as hundreds of mergers and acquisitions with an aggregate transactional value in excess of $600 billion.

Our attorneys understand the complex technologies at the heart of our clients’ businesses. Our industry knowledge allows us to represent emerging growth companies and investors in cutting-edge areas of technology, including software, virtual reality, e-commerce, cybersecurity, data analytics, autonomous vehicles, robotics, drones, and more. We also remain at the forefront of working with emerging companies and investors focused on life sciences, media, clean technology, social enterprise and impact investing, AgTech, and FinTech.

Our global team operates from an established position of strength across the United States, Europe, and Asia, facilitating investment across borders. Our global footprint provides access to foreign investment capital and breadth of experience with company sales development and expansion within the regulatory schemes in these markets.