Category Archives: Start-up Company Law

Wall Street Journal writer Erica E. Phillips reported this week that, “Crowdsourced delivery company Roadie Inc. has raised $37 million in new funding that includes investment from Home Depot Inc., boosting dollars available for marketing efforts with big retailers and for building out its technology. “The Atlanta-based startup has been providing same-day delivery services through its… Continue Reading

Bloomberg writer Alexandra Semenova reported today that, “Renting a farm can now be as easy as finding a vacation home. “Tillable, a website that connects landowners and growers, aims to bring transparency to the $32 billion U.S. farmland rental market. The startup, which offers digital leases to streamline rentals, is being backed by investors including The… Continue Reading

New York Times writer Erin Griffith reported earlier this week that, “Technology start-ups worth $1 billion, once as rare as unicorns, are now plentiful enough and old enough that there’s a new generation behind them — one that looks very different. “Silicon Valley’s current crop of highly valued tech start-ups, which include now-household names like… Continue Reading

A news release today from Sen. Jerry Moran (R., Kans.) stated that, “U.S. Senators [Moran], Mark Warner (D-Va.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today reintroduced the Startup Act – bipartisan, cutting-edge legislation to encourage job creation, grow entrepreneurial activity, increase innovation and advance economic development. “The Startup Act would accelerate the commercialization of… Continue Reading

Last week, New York Times writer Erin Griffith reported that, “On a sunny Saturday morning in New York a few months ago, a group of 50 start-up founders gathered in the dank basement of a Lower East Side bar. They scribbled notes at long tables, sipping coffee and LaCroix while a stack of pizza boxes emanated… Continue Reading

New York Times writer Nick Corasaniti reported last week that, “The locked doors of federal agencies in Washington are leading to locked taps and empty vats at craft breweries around the country. “One such scene unfolds in an 11,000-square-foot warehouse in northern New Jersey, where the usual low hum and screeching hiss of an active brewhouse… Continue Reading

Wall Street Journal writers Corrie Driebusch, Maureen Farrell and Dave Michaels reported earlier this week that, “The government shutdown is threatening to spoil what was poised to be a banner year for IPOs. “The partial closure of the Securities and Exchange Commission is forcing companies that were seeking to list shares in January to push back… Continue Reading

Wall Street Journal writers Maureen Farrell and Corrie Driebusch reported on Monday that, “A whipsawing stock market could mean a bumpy path to public markets in 2019 for some of the fastest-growing and most richly valued private companies ever, but it isn’t currently expected to derail them. “Stock markets that have sold off sharply in recent… Continue Reading