Austin
Thanks to a legacy of creativity and a deep pool of talent, Austin’s venture ecosystem has exploded in the last decade. As a whole, Texas is a promising state for startups and growth companies: over the last two years, companies across the state commanded $17.5 billion in venture capital.
The state’s friendliness toward businesses and Austin’s growing number of technology firms make it an ideal spot for Gunderson Dettmer. We represented companies and venture capitalists in Austin for over a decade before opening our downtown Austin office in April of 2021 with a team of two corporate attorneys. We have since grown to over a dozen attorneys focused exclusively on the Texas venture capital and growth equity ecosystem and across a range of practices — from company representation, to fund formation and investments, to tech transactions.
We bring Gunderson’s experience, knowledge and support and our drive for excellence to Austin, and our team here represents numerous companies at every stage of growth, as well as key investors in a variety of industries. Our clients are focused on a wide range of industries, including technology, healthcare, energy, materials science, web3/blockchain, consumer products, cybersecurity and ecommerce.
Clients benefit from our extensive licensing, strategic partnering, and commercial transactions experience. Our Austin team is embedded in the firmwide tech transactions practice, which is among the largest and most active in the world, and we leverage our depth of experience to help clients identify and navigate the changing risks and opportunities that come with every stage of growth.
Complementing our company-side practice, our fund formation team has deep Silicon Valley roots representing the most prominent venture capital and growth equity firms in the world. That market-leading experience helps our Texas-based fund clients address the full range of formation, compliance and operational needs as they continue to pursue opportunities.
Our team has preeminent experience in what are the most important strategic needs of high-growth companies, venture capital and growth equity funds.