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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....

Gunderson Dettmer Serves as Exclusive Contributor to Legal 500’s Singapore Comparative Guide 2026

Cure Interviews Brett Pletcher in "The Legal Playbook for Building a Biotech Company, From Formation to Financing"

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....

MCLE’s Employment Law for Business Lawyers & In-House Counsel: Staying Compliant and Avoiding Claims in a Constantly Changing Legal Landscape

Webinar: Paradigm Shift? Mandatory Securities Arbitration and the Impact of the SEC's Recent Policy Statement for Companies and Investors

Gunderson Dettmer Associates Frida Alim and Cecilia Jeong Join Panel Discussion at Privacy + Security Forum Fall Academy 2025

Salmon Raises $100 Million Financing

Gunderson Dettmer represented Salmon, a Philippines-based consumer fintech startup, in its $100 million financing. The round included $60 million in equity from among others, Spice Expeditions, Moore Strategic Ventures, International Finance Corporation and Lunate and a $40 million drawdown from a $150 million Nordic bond program....

Redpoint Ventures and CCV Invest in Buzzy’s $20 Million Financing

Belo Announces $14 Million Series A

Gunderson Dettmer Commemorates 2026 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage (AAPI) Month

Singapore Partner Jonathan Pentzien Named to India Business Law Journal’s International A-List 2026 for Seventh Consecutive Year

Gunderson Dettmer Reports 13% Revenue Growth and Maintains PitchBook's No. 1 Global VC Ranking for 12th Year

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.”...

Tender Offer Exemptive Relief: SEC Shortens Offering Period for Certain Equity Tender Offers to 10 Business Days

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....

‘A New Day for Public Companies and Their Investors’: SEC CorpFin Director Previews Aggressive Rulemaking Agenda

“Under my leadership, there is an open-door policy in the Division. I invite companies, investors, and other market participants to tell us what’s working and what’s not, and where there are issues, please propose a solution. The Division is ready to usher in a new day for public companies and their investors. We need your ideas, suggestions, comments, and data to get there. Help us help you!”...