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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

Senior Associate

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Experience

Recent Company-side work includes advising:

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
Tines on its $50m Series B extension fundraising led by Accel, Addition and others (and previously on Tines’ Series B1, B1, A and A1 rounds)
Jolt Energy on its €150m investment by InfaRed Capital Partners
Gigable on its equity fundraising by Spark and other private investors
Oohpod on its investment by BVP and private investors
Apata on its Seed Fundraising
Flipdish on its equity fundraisings including from Tencent and Tiger Global

Recent Investor-side work includes advising:

Polaris Partners and Elevage Medical Technologies on their lead investments in FIRE1 ‘s recently-completed $120m Series B fundraising
Towerbrook Capital Partners on its investment in Let’s Get Checked
Accel leading the Series A Investments in Nory and Nuitée Travel
Earlybird on its investment in Ceartas DMCA
EQT on its investments in Nuerent Medical and LumaVision
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.
Middlegame Investments on its lead investments in Payslip and Trustap.