The firm's global Technology sector lawyers work across practice areas and offices to support technology clients – from startups to fast-growing and mid-market businesses to mature global enterprises – doing business around the world.ĭLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world. Over the last three years, DLA Piper has completed more than 2,100 financings totaling over US$31 billion.
350M OPENVIEW VENTURE PARTNERS ICONIQ SOFTWARE
In addition to Gordon (Atlanta), the DLA Piper team representing Calendly included partners Julia Kovacs (Washington, DC) and Stacy Paz (Silicon Valley), and associate Puja Vadodaria (Atlanta).ĭLA Piper's Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice includes more than 200 lawyers in the US who provide strategic counsel to emerging companies in high-growth industries, including healthcare, insurance, biotech, manufacturing, communications, software and semiconductors. We are grateful for their guidance, support and hard work to secure this funding," said Tope Awotona, CEO and founder of Calendly. They demonstrated a high level of attentiveness to our needs as a fast-growing company and brought valuable business insights to every step of the process. "Working with Brian and the DLA Piper team was a fantastic experience.
350M OPENVIEW VENTURE PARTNERS ICONIQ SERIES
"We were pleased to bring our extensive experience providing strategic counsel to emerging companies in high-growth industries to assist Calendly with its Series B financing, which will enable the company to accelerate its growth and continue developing products that help its clients customize, streamline and automate their scheduling processes," said Brian Gordon, the DLA Piper partner who led the firm's deal team. The investment will be used to provide liquidity for early shareholders and employees, as well as to continue product innovation. The round was led by OpenView Venture Partners and included participation from Iconiq Capital. Since its founding, the firm has raised $1.5 billion in commitments across six funds and has partnered with 54 companies, including Datadog, Calendly, Instructure, Expensify, Highspot, and Workfront, among others.DLA Piper represented Calendly, an Atlanta-based provider of appointment scheduling software, in its recent US$350 million Series B financing, resulting in its subsequent valuation at more than US$3 billion. With nearly 60 team members and 29 active portfolio companies, OpenView maintains a two-to-one ratio of people to portfolio companies, ensuring they are able to provide a deep partnership and focused support as companies grow into large and enduring businesses.
This fund was announced on and raised a total of 517M.
The firm will manage Fund VI on behalf of a diverse group of endowments, pensions, foundations, and financial institutions, among other investors maintaining its focused strategy of concentrated venture investments in business software companies on the path to be large and enduring businesses.įounded in 2006, the firm also provides a dedicated expansion team working with portfolio companies on go-to-market, sales and marketing, product led growth, talent, and corporate development. OpenView has raised a total of 2B across 8 funds, their latest being OpenView Venture Partners VII. OpenView Venture Partners, a Boston, MA-based venture capital firm focused on business software, closed its sixth fund, at $450m.
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