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5.15.26
Seattle Flow Startup Day 2026
Wilson Sonsini is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Seattle Flow Startup Day 2026, the biggest conference for tech founders in the Pacific Northwest. Hosted by Seattle Flow, 400+ founders will gather for peer-to-peer learning, Startup Fair, co-founder matching, and more.
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10.10.23
Science-based Growth Industries: Commercially Viable Fusion and Space Exploration
With the various opportunities and challenges presented by the world's growing population and the need for resources, science-based industries present an interesting and unique aperture into the future. Two such industries are the burgeoning areas of Nuclear Fusion and Space Exploration. Both industries are based on decades of public R&D and are recently gaining ground in the private sector. While they focus on different areas, they share commonalities including the need for a dynamic regulatory structure, the right balancing between present and future ROI, and the spawning of an ecosystem to support discovery, production, and commercial viability.
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5.18.23
2023 GeekWire Awards
Wilson Sonsini is a proud sponsor of the 2023 GeekWire Awards and GeekWire’s new 1st Round event series. The 2023 GeekWire Awards will celebrate the top innovators, entrepreneurs, and technology leaders in the Pacific Northwest. GeekWire’s new 1st Round event series brings together emerging entrepreneurs from the Seattle startup community seeking advice, lessons, and community. Designed for entrepreneurs of all stripes, the event series will each feature a short program with a startup leader sharing lessons learned from raising their first round of capital.
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6.10.22
Venture Finance Trends: Insights into the Venture Financing World by the Numbers
Join Wilson Sonsini, Emerson Collective, and Mighty Capital as they provide insight into the venture financing outcomes from Wilson Sonsini’s most recent edition of The Entrepreneurs Report.
Affiliated Programs
1.14.22
Venture Financing Trends with Wilson Sonsini and Special Guests
Wilson Sonsini will join the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and special guests for a virtual event, "Venture Finance Trends." This event will provide insight into the venture financing outcomes discussed in the latest edition of The Entrepreneurs Report. Our experts will share details directly from the report, and discuss what the numbers mean for the year ahead.
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8.18.21
Venture Financing Trends with Wilson Sonsini and Special Guests
Wilson Sonsini will join the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and special guests for a virtual event, “Venture Finance Trends.” This event will provide insight into the venture financing outcomes discussed in the latest edition of The Entrepreneurs Report. Our experts will share details directly from the report, and discuss what the numbers mean for the year ahead.
WSGR Events
4.29.21
SPACs, IPOs, and Direct Listings: Alternative Public U.S. Exit Strategies for European Tech Companies
As the U.S. exit landscape continues to evolve, alternative approaches—such as SPACs—are making U.S. IPOs accessible to a wider array of European companies. SPAC business combinations have recently offered private companies a potentially efficient way to raise funding at attractive valuations. However, while initially appealing, related factors such as outcome, opportunity, and underlying risks require careful consideration, especially as this red-hot industry faces new challenges ahead.
Affiliated Programs
4.15.21
Venture Financing Trends with Wilson Sonsini and Special Guests
Wilson Sonsini will join the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, Felicis Ventures, and Pioneer Square Lab for a virtual event, “Venture Finance Trends.” This event will provide insight into the venture financing outcomes discussed in the latest edition of The Entrepreneurs Report. Our experts will share details directly from the report, and discuss what the numbers mean for the year ahead.
WSGR Events
2.11.21
SBA Change in Ownership Rules in Connection with PPP Loans in Financing and M&A Transactions
It has now been almost a year since the CARES Act was passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and many companies have taken Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans authorized under the CARES Act to help them stay afloat. Some of those same companies are now applying for—or are considering applying for—second-draw PPP loans authorized under the most recent COVID economic relief legislation passed in December 2020. While the PPP loan program has been a much-needed lifeline for many companies, there have also been some unexpected challenges with the program. One of those challenges is the SBA’s change in ownership rules. These rules can be particularly tricky for start-up companies that are often targets in M&A transactions and may depend on raising capital to stay in business until they become profitable.
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12.11.20
Venture Finance Trends with Wilson Sonsini and Special Guests
Wilson Sonsini and will join the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and special guests Foundry Group and Creative Ventures for a discussion on Q3 venture financing trends. This event will provide a discussion from our recent Entrepreneurs Report, trends in various stages of funding and will dive behind this quarter’s venture financing numbers.
WSGR Events
12.02.20
Founders Forum: Navigating Private and Public Capital Markets in the Current Environment
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Nasdaq, and Merrill Private Wealth is producing an invite-only exclusive interactive webinar roundtable discussion with a select group of founders based in Seattle. Topics will include navigating private and public markets in the current environment and how to create tax efficient liquidity.