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Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 8: A Report on Deal Trends from 2024 and H1 2025
July 30, 2025 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron, Jeremy Glaser
This edition of Mintz Venture Watch provides a 2024 Year in Review and an overview of VC transactions in the first half of 2025, as well as a look at Mintz’s work with clients in the technology, life sciences, and sustainable energy and infrastructure sectors.
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — July 2025
July 15, 2025 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron, Jeremy Glaser
This issue of MintzTech Connect leads with a terrific article about negotiating a letter of intent from the seller’s perspective. It continues with an article about a common problem regarding Delaware franchise taxes. The issue concludes with a spotlight on Coworker.ai, a cool new company that has created an AI “teammate” that can perform complex work at the level of an experienced colleague.
MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Coworker.ai
July 15, 2025 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron, Jeremy Glaser
Our Client Spotlight this month features Coworker.ai, a cool new company that has created an AI “teammate” that can perform complex work at the level of an experienced colleague.
The Financing Environment and Current Trends in Robotics
June 9, 2025 | Blog | By Marc Mantell, Scott P. Dunberg, Carolina Säve, Danielle Barney
As we head into the second half of 2025, the prospects for innovation in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) seem limitless. It is difficult to find an industry that hasn’t touted the potential for robotics and AI to bring significant growth and advancement: from agriculture to warehousing and logistics. Key sectors, including healthcare, financial services, retail, and manufacturing, are integrating robotics into their physical processes and attempting to optimize other aspects of their businesses through the use of AI, including the use of surgical robotics to enhance precision and efficiency in medical procedures and the adoption of robotics to increase safety, productivity and quality in manufacturing and logistics.
Summary of Proposed Section 899 of the US Internal Revenue Code and Its Impact on Section 892 Benefits and Tax Treaties
May 19, 2025 | Alert | By Ari Feder, Gregg M. Benson, Timothy J. Santoli, Helen Huang
Proposed Section 899 of the Internal Revenue Code, incorporated into “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” aims to impose retaliatory tax measures against certain “applicable persons” from “discriminatory foreign countries.”
MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Walkabout
April 2, 2025 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron, Jeremy Glaser
Read about Walkabout, a very interesting company with an app that aggregates everything on the internet locally, helping neighbors to connect in meaningful ways in person.
SEC Provides Further Clarity in Rule 506(c) Offerings
April 2, 2025 | Alert | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron, Daniel A. Lerner
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — April 2025
April 2, 2025 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
The State of the Funding Market for AI Companies: A 2024 - 2025 Outlook
March 10, 2025 | Blog | By Jeremy Glaser, Kevin M. Yao
Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as an influential technology, driving notable investments across various industries in recent years. In 2024, venture capital (VC) funding for AI companies reached record levels, signaling ongoing interest and optimism in the sector’s potential. Looking ahead, 2025 is anticipated to bring continued innovation, with promising funding opportunities and a growing IPO market for AI-driven businesses.
Key Considerations for the Prospective Blockchain Investor
February 7, 2025 | Blog | By Daniel A. Lerner, Daniel DeWolf
Prospective purchasers of blockchain assets can now navigate through global exchanges (i.e., Coinbase or Kraken) to invest in various forms of tokens. Investments in tokens, however, are only the tip of the iceberg for those who are interested in undertaking financial exposure in blockchain projects.
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — January 2025
January 9, 2025 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This issue of MintzTech Connect covers venture capital funds warehousing investments and their challenges, provides practical guidance for directors of early- and growth-stage corporations concerning their fiduciary duties, and a spotlight on Surgimatix, an early-stage medical device company pioneering the first proprietary laparoscopic device that delivers suture-like fixation in seconds.
MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Surgimatix, Inc
January 8, 2025 | Article | By Jeremy Glaser
Read about Surgimatix, an early-stage medical device company pioneering the first proprietary laparoscopic device that delivers suture-like fixation in seconds.
Early- and Growth-Stage Companies in Distress: What Directors Need to Know about their Fiduciary Duties
October 8, 2024 | Blog | By Alex Civetta, Tim McKeon
Most high-growth companies find themselves in a race against the clock, trying to use whatever capital they may have to achieve milestones prior to hitting their cash-out date. When markets are tight, as they have been over the past several months, founders and boards confront the reality of a liquidity crisis on a nearly daily basis in their scenario planning. It can come in the form of a potential buyer or investor deciding to walk away from a deal, a current investor experiencing its own liquidity crunch, or unfavorable data coming at an unfavorable time. Whatever the cause, when a company approaches insolvency, it is often an existential event, forcing the board of directors to think carefully about how to help the company make decisions in view of the board’s changing fiduciary duties, as well as how those duties may be impacted by a company’s declining cash position.
Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 7: A Report on Deal Trends from Q1 and Q2 2024
September 27, 2024 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron, Jeremy Glaser
This edition of Mintz Venture Watch reports on the firm’s VC transaction activity in the first half of 2024. During this period, Mintz represented issuers and investors in the technology, life sciences, energy, and other sectors in 73 transactions valued at more than $980 million.
MintzTech Connect: All Things Technology — September 2024
September 18, 2024 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Samuel Asher Effron
This issue of MintzTech Connect covers a federal court ruling blocking the nationwide enforcement of the FTC’s noncompete rule, a checklist for foreign companies expanding into the US, and a spotlight on GUDEA, a tech company using AI-driven tools to help companies predict, map, and influence information flows across social networks.
MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on GUDEA
September 18, 2024 | Article
Read about GUDEA, a technology company with AI-driven tools that enable organizations to predict, map, and influence information flows across social networks before they impact public perception.
Checklist for Foreign Companies Expanding into the US
August 26, 2024 | Advisory | By Kaoru C. Suzuki, Larry P. Naughton, Joshua D. Fox
This article provides a checklist of action items for foreign companies making an initial expansion into the US, covering essential topics like choosing a business structure, navigating laws and regulations concerning immigration, employment, and taxes, and securing funding.
Crossing Borders: Key Considerations for International VC Investments
July 9, 2024 | Advisory | By Kaoru C. Suzuki
This article provides information for international angel investors and venture funds looking to invest in start-ups in the United States, including on investment frameworks like how terms are handled, regulatory considerations, and US tax implications.
Acing Your First Start-up Board Meeting: Board Deck Tips
July 2, 2024 | Alert | By Kaoru C. Suzuki
This article provides a detailed overview of how company founders can create an effective board deck to prepare for a meeting with investor directors.
MintzTech Connect Industry News: Spotlight on Radicle Science
June 13, 2024 | Article | By Jeremy Glaser, Sophia Fein
Read about Radicle Science, a B-corp transforming the supplement industry’s approach to clinical trials and efficacy validation through virtual trials that greatly expand the scale and diversity of trial participants.
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