What to Do if Your Startup’s Fundraising Efforts are Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic
If your startup is currently in the middle of a fundraise or considering fundraising in the near future, you may be wondering how those efforts will be impacted by the current health pandemic involving Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The good news is that venture...
What to Do if You Cannot Meet Your Contractual Obligations Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Given the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its impacts on businesses and the economy generally, many businesses are currently unable — or may eventually become unable — to perform contractual obligations. Force majeure is a little-known...Benefit Corporations Raising Venture Capital
B Lab, the nonprofit responsible for the passage of benefit corporation statutes in over 30 states (as of the writing of this post), has released a report on the status of venture capital raised by benefit corporations. While skepticism remains among the...Laureate Education First Benefit Corporation to File for IPO in U.S.
Etsy made news when it went public as a B Corp in April 2015. And now we have the first Benefit Corporation to file for an Initial Public Offering (or IPO) in the U.S.: Laureate Education, an online education platform. On October 1, 2015, Laureate became a Public...