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|May 4, 2026
Gunderson Dettmer Releases 2025 Venture Capital Report
Gunderson Dettmer has released its 2025 year‑in‑review venture capital report, analyzing data collected from the thousands of venture financing transactions in which the firm represented clients during 2025 and into the first quarter of 2026. The report examines market trends in deal count, valuation and transaction size across stages, with a spotlight on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in reshaping the venture ecosystem. Included throughout are insights from Gunderson Dettmer partners, who have negotiated more venture financings than any other law firm every year for the past decade, according to PitchBook.
Insights
|April 23, 2026
Client Insight: SEC Order Permits Shorter Tender Offer Timelines
A recent order by the Securities and Exchange Commission reduced the minimum initial offering period for certain tender offers for equity securities from 20 business days to 10 business days, easing one of the most cited inconveniences in conducting a tender offer. The shorter timeline may only be used for tender offers for private company stock when the offer is made by the issuer of the securities (i.e., the company itself) or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the issuer, which may increase the appeal of structuring large liquidity programs as company-led (rather than third party-led). This timing advantage will likely push more private company liquidity events into issuer-structured programs.
Insights
|March 23, 2026
Gunderson Dettmer life sciences and public companies advisor Brett Pletcher was featured in Cure’s article, "The Legal Playbook for Building a Biotech Company, From Formation to Financing," which discusses how a biotech company’s legal needs shift quickly as it grows and explores how founders can build the right legal foundation, avoid common missteps, and bring in the right counsel at the right time.
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Events
|March 31, 2026
This session gives CFOs and GCs of late-stage private companies a practical, end-to-end IPO roadmap—from drafting the S-1 and structuring the offering to investor meetings, pricing, lockups, and the 2026 market outlook
Events
|January 22, 2026
Employment & Labor Partner Max Perlman is the chair of MCLE’s upcoming seminar “Employment Law for Business Lawyers & In-House Counsel” and will be presenting on developments in noncompete law and navigating the current Administration’s impact on labor and employment law
Events
|December 11, 2025
Katten and Gunderson Dettmer discusses the SEC’s recent policy statement on mandatory securities arbitration and whether it represents a meaningful shift for companies and their investors
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Client News
|May 21, 2026
Ten Coves Capital Leads Benefitbay’s $18 Million Series A
Ten Coves Capital led the $18 million Series A financing of benefitbay, a leading Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) partner serving the nation’s top brokerages, employers, and their employees.
Client News
|May 18, 2026
Gunderson Dettmer Represents Hims & Hers in Upsized $402.5 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering
Gunderson Dettmer advised Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) in its offering of $402.5 million aggregate principal amount of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2032.
Client News
|May 14, 2026
Nectar Social Raises $30 Million Series A
Nectar Social announces its $30 million Series A financing led by Menlo Ventures with participation from True Ventures, Google Ventures, and Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kinship Ventures.
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Firm News
|May 15, 2026
Gunderson Dettmer Maintains Leadership as #1 Advisor in the Global Venture Capital Ecosystem
Gunderson Dettmer is ranked as the most active venture capital law firm globally in PitchBook’s Q1 2026 Global League Tables, maintaining the top spot for another consecutive quarter and reinforcing its role as the most trusted advisor to investors and companies at every stage.
Firm News
|April 16, 2026
Singapore office founding and managing partner, Jonathan Pentzien, has been named to India Business Law Journal’s International A-List 2026 – the seventh consecutive year Jon has been recognized as a top international lawyer for India-related deals
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Public Ventures
|May 27, 2026
SEC Chair Announces IPO Modernization Initiative
Public input invited through July 27, 2026 on ways to improve the process and method of becoming a public company
Public Ventures
|May 6, 2026
SEC Proposes Optional Semiannual Financial Reporting Framework for Public Companies
“Today’s proposal is just the first step of the larger, comprehensive effort to review and reshape the current SEC rules governing public companies with respect to their ongoing reporting obligations and their ability to raise capital in the public markets. Over the next few months, I expect that the Commission will be considering a series of proposals that, if adopted, will not only redefine what it means to be a public company, but will make being public attractive again.”
Public Ventures
|April 23, 2026
On April 16, 2026, the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Division) issued an exemptive order shortening the standard 20-business-day minimum initial offering period to 10 business days for qualifying issuer and third-party fixed-price, all-cash tender offers for equity securities of both reporting and non-reporting companies. The relief is subject to specified conditions, including disclosure requirements and advance notice periods for material changes.