News & Insights

Starting January 1, 2026, California employers will face expanded pay transparency and pay equity requirements, including stricter job posting disclosures and mandatory inclusion of equity compensation in pay equity analyses.

Gunderson Dettmer releases a guide on Splitting the Pie: How Savvy Founders Divide Ownership and Navigate Other Founder Equity Decisions

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 219 (SB-219), an amended, consolidated version of the state’s landmark greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate risk disclosure laws (SB-253 and SB-261, respectively) enacted in October 2023.

This webinar equips GCs and CFOs of public companies with strategies to navigate shareholder communications, from annual meetings to investor engagement, with insights from Gunderson Dettmer’s Alexa Belonick and Brett Pletcher

Watch the Exclusive Premiere on What’s Next in Biotech with Gunderson Partner and Chair of Life Sciences Tim Ehrlich and Venrock Managing Partner Bryan Roberts

Gunderson Dettmer, in partnership with Alpha Edison, announces the debut of live pitch competition, PitchLive.LA, taking place during LA Tech Week

Lucra, the plug-and-play loyalty software development kit (SDK), announces its $20 million financing led by Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest Venture Fund, with participation from Alumni Ventures, Astralis Capital, Harlo Equity Partners, Simplex Ventures, SeventySix Capital, and WTI

Shade, an AI-powered cloud storage and media management platform for creative teams, announces its $14 million financing led by Khosla Ventures with participation from Construct Capital and Bling Capital, bringing the company’s total funding to $20 million

Bicycle Capital leads the $405 million Series C financing of Plata, a leading digital bank with operations in Latin America, with the round also including participation from new investors Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), BTG Pactual, and Valor Capital Group, as well as existing investors Kora, Hedosophia, Spice Expeditions, and Audeo Ventures

Richard Chang, Corporate Partner and Head of Gunderson Dettmer’s Beijing office, has once again been named to China Business Law Journal’s A-List as China’s 2025-26 Growth Drivers Elite International Lawyers.

Gunderson Dettmer leads PitchBook’s Global League Tables for the third consecutive quarter in 2025, reinforcing the firm’s position as the world’s most active law firm in venture capital and emerging company transactions.

PitchBook Global League Tables recognizes Gunderson Dettmer as the Most Active Venture Capital Law Firm in Latin America in H1 2025, handling 23 deals valued at $1.45 billion for the most promising startups in the region

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill No. 219 (SB-219), an amended, consolidated version of the state’s landmark greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate risk disclosure laws (SB-253 and SB-261, respectively) enacted in October 2023.

Extension of Traditional IPO Investor Protections to SPAC Transactions Will Significantly Increase Costs, Complexity and Potential Liability for Market Participants Throughout the SPAC Lifecycle