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Cooley Report Reviews Third Quarter Venture Capital Financing Trends

Cooley LLP recently released its most recent report on venture capital financing trends. The report analyzes Cooley’s venture capital transactions nationwide that closed during the second quarter of 2011, with comparisons to the first quarter of 2011 as well as prior quarters. The full report can be downloaded here. Overall, our data pointed to a…

Cooley Report Reviews Second Quarter Venture Capital Financing Trends

posted Aug 17 in Venture Capital

Cooley LLP just released its most recent report on venture capital financing trends. The report analyzes Cooley’s venture capital transactions nationwide that closed during the second quarter of 2011, with comparisons to the first quarter of 2011 as well as prior quarters. The full report can be downloaded here. Some notable takeaways include: Cooley handled…

Temporary Exclusion of 100% of Gain on Investments made in Qualified Small Business Stock

posted Oct 22 in Angel Investors, Venture Capital

UPDATE TO BELOW: On December 17, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 which included, among other things, an extension of the tax benefit discussed below for all of 2011. For a summary of the tax law changes, please review the following Dorsey & Whitney…