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Firm News 16 results

Firm News | 1 min read | 11.08.24

Crowell & Moring Represents Marshall Wace as Lead Investor in Inquis Medical’s $40 Million Series B Financing

San Francisco – November 8, 2024:  Marshall Wace led Inquis Medical’s oversubscribed $40 million Series B round, along with participation from existing investors, including ShangBay Capital, Yu Star, EnPointe Ventures, and Pierre Lamond.

Firm News | 1 min read | 10.31.24

Crowell Represents Nuclear Energy Startup Antares Industries in $30M Series A

Antares, a nuclear energy start-up headquartered in Redondo Beach, CA, has successfully raised $30 million in Series A financing, bringing their total capital raised to over $38 million. The funding round was co-led by Alt Cap and Caffeinated Capital, with participation from several other investors, including Rogue, Uncommon Capital, Shrug, Banter Capital, Box Group and Shine Capital. This investment will enable Antares to expand its R&D and manufacturing capabilities to support the demonstration of its first microreactor.
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Firm News | 1 min read | 03.14.24

Crowell & Moring Advises Stell Engineering in $4 Million Seed Funding Round

A Crowell & Moring Corporate team represented Stell Engineering in an oversubscribed $4 million seed round led by Long Journey Ventures and Cyan and Scott Banister, raising money that will help the early stage software startup continue to scale their team, refine their product, and create new supply chain functions. Third Prime, Wischoff Ventures, Urban Innovation Fund, Forward Deployed VC, and Fulcrum Venture Group also participated in the seed round, along with a group of angel investors.

Client Alerts 5 results

Client Alert | 3 min read | 07.05.23

Venture Capital Firms and Non-Traditional Defense Technology Contractors Push for DoD Procurement Reform and Defense Industrial Base Expansion

On June 23, 2023, a coalition of companies, including venture capital firms like Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst and Founders Fund, and start-up defense technology companies, published an open letter to the Department of Defense (DoD), addressed to Secretary Lloyd J. Austin, petitioning DoD to consider procurement reform to help “overcome barriers to innovation.”  The group asserts these barriers create “antiquated methods for developing requirements and selecting technologies that have drastically limited” DoD’s access to “the best commercial innovation.”  In particular, the coalition endorsed adopting four recommendations pulled from a report by The Atlantic Council, a non-partisan international affairs think tank.
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 12.08.22

Department of Defense Establishes Office of Strategic Capital to Enhance Investment in National Security Critical Technology

On December 1, 2022, Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III announced the establishment of the DoD Office of Strategic Capital (OSC).  The mission statement of the OSC is to build an “enduring technical advantage” for the United States by helping partner contractors with private investment to develop national security critical technologies, including those related to advanced materials, next-generation biotechnology, and quantum science.  OSC will coordinate with existing organizations such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), which promotes acceleration of the military use of commercial technologies.
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Client Alert | 4 min read | 11.09.20

SEC Improves Registration Exemptions for Private Company Issuers and Investors

On November 2, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to approve significant amendments to the exemptions from SEC registration requirements for private companies. The amendments, approved with all three Republican commissioners voting in favor and the two Democrat commissioners voting against, were described in the SEC’s press release as the “next step in the Commission’s efforts to improve the exempt offering framework for the benefit of investors, emerging companies, and more seasoned issuers.” 
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Publications 2 results

Publication | 01.30.22

Emerging Companies 101: 6 Avoidable Mistakes

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Events 1 result

Event | 03.18.24, 6:00 PM EDT - 9:00 PM EDT

Payload Space Capitol III

Join Payload at their third Space Capitol event, hosted by Crowell, where we will bring together emerging space companies and the government for a thought leadership and networking experience.