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Replit Raises $97.4 Million, Valuing Company at $1.16 Billion

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05/24/23

Scaleup GC 2023: Becoming Next-Gen Lawyers

03/21/23

GDC 2023 | Open Source Game Development Summit: Boosting XP by Contributing to the OSS Community

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to support the Lazaridis Institute in hosting their ScaleUp Workshop on February 9 and 10, 2023. Lazaridis ScaleUp helps high-potential, fast-growing Canadian tech companies scale and compete internationally by providing the expert support they need to achieve global success.

11/16/22

Conversation & Cocktails: What’s Next for Black Entrepreneurs?

11/16/22

Community - Networking Event by Wilson Sonsini, powered by MCMX

11/14/22

UCSF Health Hub: Digital Health Awards

11/02/22

Greater Los Angeles CEO Summit 2022

10/28/22

Life Science CEO Summit in Wine Country

10/27/22

Octane's Medical Innovation Forum

10/19/22

Phoenix 2022: The Medical Device and Diagnostic Conference for Chief Executive Officers

We are excited to announce that we will be holding the next Phoenix Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay on October 19 - 21, 2022. At that time, we will be able to bring the Medtech community together for a lively celebration of the industry’s incredible, life-saving work throughout the pandemic, as well as an in-depth discussion of where the sector is headed in the coming years

09/29/22

Bay Area IPO Summit

09/21/22

2022 TechGC IPO Conference

09/16/22

New Dawn: Powerhouse's Annual Summer Party

09/14/22

Entrepreneurship in a New US Policy Environment

09/13/22

Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Demo Day 2022

09/13/22

Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference

08/24/22

University Lab Partners: Pitch. Launch. Grow. Demo Day

07/20/22

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Funding Now, Market Trends in 2022

06/30/22

SelectUSA San Francisco Spin-off Program

06/28/22

What is Your Company Worth: The Art of Company Valuation

06/10/22

Venture Finance Trends: Insights into the Venture Financing World by the Numbers

06/08/22

Meet the Investor: Social Impact of DEI & The Investing World

05/25/22

Startup Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs

05/19/22

2022 Scaleup Legal Leadership Forum

05/17/22

LaunchBio Let’s Talk About: The Way Forward with DE&I, Momentum Through Continued Action

05/11/22

Colorado BioScience Association: Leadership Roundtable Dinner

05/10/22

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Closing the Deal, Bypassing Roadblocks and Minimizing Fundraising Delays

05/10/22

USC Gould School of Law 2022 Intellectual Property Institute

05/10/22

LaunchBio Founders Circle: Mistakes to Avoid with VCs, Hard Lessons for Early-Stage Companies

05/05/22

Developing a Killer Investor Pitch

05/02/22

Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference

04/25/22

Stanford Drug Discovery Symposium

04/19/22

Can AI Replace Creativity?

04/12/22

Junior Achievement of Southwest New England: 2022 Business Hall of Fame

04/07/22

CED Venture Connect Summit

04/06/22

The George Washington University TCO Innovation Competition

04/05/22

Investment Firm Compensation Panel

03/21/22

LaunchBio: Invest in Cures

03/16/22

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Hypergrowth, Biotech in 2022 and Beyond

03/16/22

CENE Gala 2022: Inspiration

03/10/22

Scaling in America

03/09/22

BioUtah-Wilson Sonsini 2022 BioHive Entrepreneur and Investor Life Sciences Summit

02/24/22

LaunchBio Invest in Cures

02/17/22

LaunchBio: The Bid for Talent, Recruitment and Retention in a Competitive Job Market

02/14/22

LAUNCH’s Founder University

02/09/22

2022 OBIO Investment Summit

01/27/22

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Compensation Confidential

01/25/22

De-Risking Biotech: Leveraging Your Lawyers

01/14/22

Venture Financing Trends with Wilson Sonsini and Special Guests

12/08/21

UCSD’s startBlue Fall Showcase

12/08/21

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Discovering Dallas, A New Hub for the Life Sciences

11/30/21

Crossing the Valley of Death: Lab to IPO and Lab to Acquisition

11/19/21

American Diabetes Association's 26th Annual Leaders Forum: HealthTech Showcase and Thought Leader Discussions

Wilson Sonsini is proud to sponsor ADA's 2021 Silicon Valley Leaders Forum HealthTech Showcase

11/04/21

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: The Innovation Landscape, Measuring and Tracking the Competition

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to support LaunchBio’s Larger Than Life Science series, The Innovation Landscape, Measuring and Tracking Competition

10/27/21

Go Global in Life Sciences: Coming to the U.S., The Legal and Practical Sides of M&A, Privacy, and Licensing

Wilson Sonsini, along with Niederer Kraft Frey, is pleased to present Go Global in Life Sciences: The Legal and Practical Sides of M&A, Privacy, and Licensing

10/26/21

Go Global in Life Sciences: Coming to Switzerland, The Legal and Practical Sides of M&A, Privacy, and Licensing

Wilson Sonsini, along with Niederer Kraft Frey, is pleased to present Go Global in Life Sciences: The Legal and Practical Sides of M&A, Privacy, and Licensing

10/14/21

New Mexico Tech Inventors and Entrepreneurs Workshop: A Business Startup Conference

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to support New Mexico Tech as they present the fifth annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Workshop: A Business Startup Conference

10/14/21

LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science: Avoiding Audits, Tax Tips for Grant Compliance

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to support the LaunchBio Larger Than Life Science series, Avoiding Audits, Tax Tips for Grant Compliance

10/07/21

UCSF Health Hub Awards

Wilson Sonsini is pleased to collaborate with UCSF Health Hub for the Health Awards to honor outstanding health technologies and innovations that are dramatically transforming healthcare, across 18 selected award categories including telehealth, remote and hospital diagnostics, patient cost savings and life sciences

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VIDEO: Navigating Down-Round Financing

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Firm Advises Novo Holdings, Norwest Venture Partners, and Platanus on Investment in Ray Therapeutics

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