
Ryan J. Gunderson
Ryan provides strategic advice to founders, investors, management teams, and boards of directors as they grow their businesses and execute their business plans.
Ryan advises clients in the life sciences and technology industries. Ryan serves as his clients’ primary outside counsel, providing strategic advice and corporate counseling to founders, management teams, boards of directors, and venture funds. He enjoys helping his clients raise capital to develop their products and technologies, acquire new technologies and products, and grow and expand their businesses through venture financings and public offerings. Ryan is recognized by his clients for providing practical legal and business advice and his extensive deal experience and industry knowledge. Over the course of his career, Ryan has represented companies in some of their most complex and consequential transactions, including life sciences companies (biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, tools, and services) and technology companies in the AI, ecommerce, software, media, and networking industries.
Ryan has extensive experience with startup and formation matters and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other complex transactions. Ryan also has extensive industry-leading experience in initial public offerings, and other equity and debt capital markets transactions (including follow-on offerings, ATMs, PIPEs, 144A offerings, and registered directs). He also represents various public companies in ongoing SEC compliance, corporate governance matters, and capital raising.
Ryan has guided many of his clients through the entire life cycle, from formation through multiple venture financings, initial public offerings, and exits. He also regularly represents leading venture capital funds in their investments and other portfolio matters.
Ryan enjoys being outdoors with his family; riding motorcycles and horses, boating, mountain biking, or taking care of their myriad animals.
Webinar
What to Know About Crossover Rounds as a Late-Stage Private Company
Gunderson Dettmer partners Ryan Gunderson and Jeff Thacker hosted a discussion on the benefits and considerations of raising capital from crossover funds as part of an IPO Summit series of workshops. The panel provided an overview of the benefits of raising capital from crossover funds from both the company and the investor perspective, as well as discussed practical considerations when choosing investors for any crossover.