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Tom DeFilipps

Partner

Palo Alto +1 650 632 4713

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    Tom DeFilipps chairs both our West Coast Corporate Practice Group and our Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Practice Group. He counsels clients on a range of legal matters, including corporate formation, venture capital financings, public offerings, strategic partnerships and joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and public company governance and disclosure. He represents emerging companies across many technology industries, including semiconductor, software, fintech, digital media, telecommunications, internet infrastructure, e-commerce, social networking, alternative energy and renewables, and life sciences. Tom has represented early-stage companies in numerous ventures capital financings and handled a significant number of public offerings for NASDAQ and NYSE-listed corporations.


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    • Represented Flexbase Technologies in its Series A Preferred Stock financing led by Florida Funders.
    • Represented Axiom Health in its Series Seed Preferred Stock financing led by First Trust Capital Partners.
    • Represented Betr in its Series A2 Preferred Stock financing led by IA Sport Ventures.
    • Represented NovoGlia in its Series A Preferred Stock financing led by Sutter Hill Ventures and Bluebird Ventures.
    • Represented Flyreel in its sale to RELX.
    • Represented TVU Networks in its Series C Preferred Stock financing led by Altos Ventures.
    • Represented Cognitive Space in its Series Seed Preferred Stock financing led by Grit Ventures.
    • Represented Motivo in its Series A Preferred Stock financing led by Intel Capital.
    • Represented Brinqa in its Series A Preferred Stock financing led by Insight Partners.
    • Represented Standard Cognition in its Series C Preferred Stock financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund.
    • Represented Commerce Layer in its reorganization from Italy and its Series A Preferred Stock financing led by Benchmark.
    • Represented Abode Systems in the sale of a controlling interest to Nice S.p.A.
    • Represented Iota Biosciences in its Series A Preferred Stock financing led by Horizons Ventures.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Stanford Law School, J.D., 1981
    • Stanford University, B.S./B.A., 1978
        • Phi Beta Kappa
    Bar Admissions
    • California
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Samuel Conti, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1981
    Accolades
    • The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Governance, Information Technology and M&A Law (2012-2021)
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Member, Advisory Forum, Center on the Legal Profession (Stanford Law School)
    • Board of Directors, San Francisco Exploratorium (former)
    • Volunteer, Stanford Law School-Campaign Steering Committee
    • Member, Stanford Athletic Board (former)

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