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Venture Capital & Venture Debt

William Fry has a proven track record as a market leading law firm, advising on venture capital investments and venture debt transactions in Ireland.

We have advised on the structuring of new funds and fundraisings as well as on venture capital investments across all sectors, and on exits. We also advise companies raising venture capital and/or venture debt on the fundraising process and transaction documents.

We also act for a number of high-profile venture debt providers who provide innovative financing solutions to emerging and scaling businesses.

Mark Quealy

Partner

Máire O’Neill

Partner

Lucy McCurry

Consultant

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Experience

Recent Company-side work includes advising:

Equal 1 Laboratories Ireland Limited on a multi-tranche equity investment and loan conversion
Bronto on its seed funding round led by Cercano Management alongside Heavybit and Conviction Capital.
Ceroflo Ltd on its investment fundraising round
Tines on its $125m Series C fundraising led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (and previously on Tines’ Series B3, B2, B2 , A2 and A1 rounds)
Druid Software on a $20M investment co-led by J2 Ventures and HICO Investment Group with significant participation from industry experts Arthur Patterson, the co-founder of Accel Partners, and serial telecom founder, John Basil Georges
Apata on its equity fundraisings
Jolt Energy on its €150m investment by InfaRed Capital Partners
Oohpod on its equity investments including by BVP and private investors
Flipdish on its equity fundraisings including from Tencent and Tiger Global

Recent Investor-side work includes advising:

EQT Life Sciences, Fountain Healthcare Partners and Atlantic Bridge Ventures on their participation in funding rounds for Neurent Medical and LumaVision
Hedosophia Management Ltd on its investment in Protex AI
MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland Ltd on its investment in the Mail Metrics group to fund its acquisition of Opus 107
Towerbrook Capital Partners on its investment in Let’s Get Checked
Accel leading the Series A Investments in Nory and Nuitée Travel
Atlantic Bridge on the establishment of its venture capital funds and on its venture investments in Vertigenius, Cloudsphere, Equal1, Micron Agritech, and many other portfolio companies.
University Bridge Fund on its venture investments including Aylien, Output Sports, Apisprotect, Plasmabound, Proverum and Siren.
ACT Venture Capital on the establishment of and investment by a significant number of its funds as well as on several exits.
Vivo Capital on its investment in ALX Oncology.