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Wilson Sonsini Secures Total Victory for Inhibrx Biosciences in Trade Secret Misappropriation Trial
On November 1, 2024, a federal jury in Delaware unanimously returned a verdict for Wilson Sonsini clients Inhibrx Biosciences and Dr. Brendan Eckelman. Inhibrx and its co-founder, Dr. Eckelman, are at the forefront of developing innovative therapies to combat cancer using the body’s own immune system. Their novel antibodies aim to both inhibit tumor growth and stimulate immune response.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Insider on $500 Million Series E Financing
On November 1, 2024, Insider, a leading AI-native omnichannel experience and customer engagement platform, announced a $500 million Series E funding round led by General Atlantic, a leading global growth investor. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Insider on the transaction.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Redaptive on $100 Million Equity Investment
On October 22, 2024, Redaptive, a leading Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) provider, announced it has secured an additional $100 million equity investment from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). This strategic capital infusion will support Redaptive to accelerate its growth in projects and enhance its service offering to better serve its rapidly growing customer base and ecosystem of energy performance developers and contractors in their growing demand for decarbonization and drive significant progress toward their net-zero goals. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Redaptive on the transaction.
Redaptive partners with major corporations to support their net zero goals through fully-funded, end-to-end energy-saving and renewable upgrades. The company's proprietary technology solutions are utilized at over 40 Fortune 500 companies.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Redaptive on the transaction includes Bob O’Connor, Melissa Rick, Jocqui Kaup, Viet Nguyen, Michelle Mealer, Kimberley Biagioli, and Jill Fulwiler.
Redaptive partners with major corporations to support their net zero goals through fully-funded, end-to-end energy-saving and renewable upgrades. The company's proprietary technology solutions are utilized at over 40 Fortune 500 companies.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Redaptive on the transaction includes Bob O’Connor, Melissa Rick, Jocqui Kaup, Viet Nguyen, Michelle Mealer, Kimberley Biagioli, and Jill Fulwiler.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Treehouse on $16.6 Million Series A
On October 16, 2024, Treehouse, a software-enabled installation platform for electrification projects, announced $16.6 million in Series A funding. The financing was led by Flourish Ventures, with participation from Eaton, MassMutual Ventures, Veriten, and InVest and continuing participation from CarMax, Montage Ventures, Acrew Capital, Virta Ventures, Holman, Alumni Ventures, and Invest Detroit. With this funding, Treehouse will expand its operating footprint nationally to help automotive OEMs, utilities, fleet managers, and electrification hardware manufacturers launch scaled electrification programs. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Treehouse on the transaction.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Cascade AI on $3.75 Million Funding Round
On October 24, 2024, Cascade AI, an AI assistant built to respond to human resources (HR) inquiries at an individual employee level, announced it has secured a $3.75 million seed investment led by Gradient, Google’s early-stage AI fund, with participation from Myriad Venture Partners and Success Venture Partners. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Cascade on the transaction.
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Wilson Sonsini Advises Socure on $136 Million Acquisition of Effectiv
On October 24, 2024, Socure, the leading provider of artificial intelligence for digital identity verification, fraud prevention, and sanction screening, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Effectiv, a real-time risk decisioning company, for $136 million. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Socure on the transaction.
The strategic acquisition pairs Socure’s best-in-class digital identity verification and fraud solutions with a developer-friendly AI orchestration and decisions platform. With this acquisition, Socure—which serves more than 2,700 customers and has verified more than 2.26 billion identities over the past 12 months—further solidifies its leadership position in the identity verification and fraud prevention market, and is propelled into the $200 billion enterprise fraud industry, which additionally encompasses payments fraud, credit underwriting, and AML transaction monitoring. The transaction is expected to close in November.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Socure on the transaction includes:
The strategic acquisition pairs Socure’s best-in-class digital identity verification and fraud solutions with a developer-friendly AI orchestration and decisions platform. With this acquisition, Socure—which serves more than 2,700 customers and has verified more than 2.26 billion identities over the past 12 months—further solidifies its leadership position in the identity verification and fraud prevention market, and is propelled into the $200 billion enterprise fraud industry, which additionally encompasses payments fraud, credit underwriting, and AML transaction monitoring. The transaction is expected to close in November.
The Wilson Sonsini team that advised Socure on the transaction includes:
In this latest edition, we’ve compiled a range of data on venture, convertible note, and SAFE financing transactions in which the firm was involved during the second quarter of 2024, with the objective of identifying relevant trends in activity and valuation levels for the U.S. venture capital industry in general.