News & Insights

Gunderson Dettmer contributed the Singapore chapters of Legal 500’s Venture Capital Country Comparative Guides 2026 and Chambers and Partners Venture Capital Global Practice Guide 2026. 

David He, partner at Gunderson Dettmer sits down with Jeremy Au to dissect Southeast Asia’s shifting startup and legal terrain. From the fallout of the eFishery scandal to the rise of ESG compliance and convertible notes

Gunderson Dettmer is delighted to have contributed once again to the Singapore chapter of the Chambers and Partners Venture Capital Global Practice Guide, offering our insights into the dynamic and rapidly evolving venture market. 

Join Singapore partner David He at the 31st Harvard Business School Asia Business Conference, North America's largest Asia-focused business conference.

Philippines-based consumer fintech startup, Salmon, announces its $100 million financing, with the round including $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

Lightspeed India Partners leads the $13 million seed financing of Level3AI, a Singapore-based company startup building enterprise-grade AI agents that manage end-to-end customer engagement

Gunderson Dettmer represented client Amperesand, a next-generation power infrastructure provider for AI centers and critical power applications, in its oversubscribed $80 million Series A funding

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

The Legal 500 recognizes Gunderson Dettmer as a leading law firm for startup and venture capital work in Singapore, securing a Tier 1 distinction in the newly released 2026 Asia-Pacific guide.

Gunderson Dettmer’s Singapore office has once again achieved a Band 1 ranking in the Startups & Emerging Companies (Singapore) category of the newly released Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 guide. Singapore Managing Partner Jonathan Pentzien also continues to be recognized as a Band 1 Individual for the sixth consecutive year.