Gunderson Dettmer

Jesse is a partner in the Strategic Transactions & Licensing group.

Jesse helps early-stage technology companies monetize their intellectual property and technology assets, particularly in deal situations where start-ups must navigate unequal bargaining power. He advises founders on product counseling, strategic alliances, data privacy, and other licensing and commercialization topics. He also advises investors and companies on the IP and technology aspects of venture capital financings and merger and acquisition activities.

In all his work, Jesse brings learnings and best practices from representing clients in industries such as enterprise software/SaaS, social media, payments technology, technical hardware, data analytics, consumer products, mobile applications, video games, and biotechnology.

Jesse is a former submarine officer in the United States Navy and brings his knowledge of defense technology and procurement processes to his work with defense tech companies. Most recently, he has represented companies creating innovations for unmanned aerial and undersea systems, satellite communications, manufacturing, and artificial intelligence/machine learning.

Supported venture capital fund and company clients in nearly 300 venture financings investing and raising over $8 billion.
Represented Anaplan in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo for $10.7 billion
Represented Anduril in its acquisition of Area-I
Represented Anduril in its acquisition of Dive Technologies
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of Scribbr
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of Symbolab
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of LitCharts
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of Quillbot
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of CliffsNotes
Represented Liftoff Mobile in its acquisition by Blackstone for $400 million
Represented Poynt in its acquisition by GoDaddy for $320 million
Represented True North Therapeutics in acquisition by Bioverativ for $825 million
Represented iPierian in its acquisition by Bristol Myers Squibb for $725 million
Represented Caviar in its acquisition by Square
Represented Nominum in its acquisition by Akamai for $225 million
Represented POPSUGAR in selling asset to Ebates/Rakuten
Represented POPSUGAR in its acquisition by Group Nine Media for more than $300 million
Represented Actiance in its acquisition by K1 Investment for $225 million
Represented Prevoty in its acquisition by Imperva for $140 million
Represented Sentient Energy in its acquisition by Koch Engineered Solutions for $105 million
Represented Instart Logic in its acquisition by Akamai for $350 million
Represented Librato in its acquisition by SolarWinds for $400 million
Represented Catherex in its acquisition by Amgen for $255 million
Represented AdEspresso in its acquisition by Hootsuite for $34 million
Represented Quinstreet in its acquisition of Modernize for $68 million
Represented Quinstreet in selling assets to EducationDynamics
Represented Speramus in its acquisition by Square
Represented Glide Labs in its acquisition by Compass
Represented Sass Labs in its acquisition by HireVue
Represented Homelight in its acquisition of Disclosure.io
Represented Grove Collaborative in its acquisition of Sustain Natural
Represented CogENT in selling assets to Entellus Medical
Represented Heroik labs in its acquisition by Cisco Systems
Represented GameFly in its acquisition by Alliance Entertainment
Represented Pathogenomix in its acquisition by Isentio AS
Represented Glooko in its acquisition by Diasend
Represented Sauce Labs in its acquisition of TestObject
Represented Yard Club in its acquisition by Caterpillar

Supported venture capital fund and company clients in nearly 300 venture financings investing and raising over $8 billion.
Represented Anaplan in its acquisition by Thoma Bravo for $10.7 billion
Represented Anduril in its acquisition of Area-I
Represented Anduril in its acquisition of Dive Technologies
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of Scribbr
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of Symbolab
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of LitCharts
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of Quillbot
Represented Course Hero in its acquisition of CliffsNotes
Represented Liftoff Mobile in its acquisition by Blackstone for $400 million
Represented Poynt in its acquisition by GoDaddy for $320 million
Represented True North Therapeutics in acquisition by Bioverativ for $825 million
Represented iPierian in its acquisition by Bristol Myers Squibb for $725 million
Represented Caviar in its acquisition by Square
Represented Nominum in its acquisition by Akamai for $225 million
Represented POPSUGAR in selling asset to Ebates/Rakuten
Represented POPSUGAR in its acquisition by Group Nine Media for more than $300 million
Represented Actiance in its acquisition by K1 Investment for $225 million
Represented Prevoty in its acquisition by Imperva for $140 million
Represented Sentient Energy in its acquisition by Koch Engineered Solutions for $105 million
Represented Instart Logic in its acquisition by Akamai for $350 million
Represented Librato in its acquisition by SolarWinds for $400 million
Represented Catherex in its acquisition by Amgen for $255 million
Represented AdEspresso in its acquisition by Hootsuite for $34 million
Represented Quinstreet in its acquisition of Modernize for $68 million
Represented Quinstreet in selling assets to EducationDynamics
Represented Speramus in its acquisition by Square
Represented Glide Labs in its acquisition by Compass
Represented Sass Labs in its acquisition by HireVue
Represented Homelight in its acquisition of Disclosure.io
Represented Grove Collaborative in its acquisition of Sustain Natural
Represented CogENT in selling assets to Entellus Medical
Represented Heroik labs in its acquisition by Cisco Systems
Represented GameFly in its acquisition by Alliance Entertainment
Represented Pathogenomix in its acquisition by Isentio AS
Represented Glooko in its acquisition by Diasend
Represented Sauce Labs in its acquisition of TestObject
Represented Yard Club in its acquisition by Caterpillar