GRAEME WALLER provides strategic counseling to emerging and high-growth companies at all stages of the life cycle, from formation to IPO and acquisition. Graeme has extensive experience representing companies in venture capital financings, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions, and regularly advises companies on general corporate and governance matters, including employment law, equity compensation, and intellectual property law. Graeme also regularly represents venture capital funds, corporate venture capital arms of Fortune 100 companies, and other strategic investors.
Partner
Graeme Waller
- Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
- M&A
- Private Equity
Experience
- Representative Matters
Investor Representations
- BMW i Ventures as lead investor in the US$21 million financing round of Formant.io, a developer of a robotic data platform designed to offer monitoring and operations infrastructure.
- Brevan Howard in various venture capital investments.
- Genworth Financial in various strategic investments.
- GIC in various venture capital investments.
- Ocean Avenue Capital Partners in connection with various co-investment transactions.
- Orion Resource Partners in various venture capital investments.
- Sequoia Capital Heritage Fund in connection with various private fund investments and co-investment transactions.
- Synchrony Financial in various strategic investments in emerging technology companies.
- United Airlines in its:
- Investment in algal sustainable aviation fuel company Viridos.
- Investment in carbon capture technology company Electric Hydrogen.
- Investment in Electric Power Systems.
- Investment in Heirloom.
- Investment in Koloma.
- Investment in sodium-ion battery manufacturer Natron Energy.
- Investment in OXCCU.
- Investment in Svante.
- Various other venture investments.
- Vitol in its investment in WattEV.
- Various other investors in venture investment transactions, including Antler, Fiat Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Mercuria, Next 47, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, and WestCap.
Company Representations
- ElectronX in its US$10 Million Series A financing.
- Flip, a next-generation social and live e-commerce platform, on its US$60 million Series B funding led by WestCap, with participation from Streamlined Ventures and other investors.
- Inventive AI, an AI-driven tool for streamlining and optimizing workflows, in its Series Seed financing.
- Mapbox, Inc. in its US$280 million Series E financing led by SoftBank.
- Marco Financial in various financing transactions.
- NuMat Technologies in various financing transactions.
- Placer.ai, a geolocation and proximity data analytics technology company, in its additional US$75 million financing at a US$1.5 billion valuation.
- Securrency in various financing transactions and in its ultimate sale to DTCC.
- Sequence Fintech Inc., a developer of a financial router that is set to redefine how people interact with their finances, in its US$5.5 million financing round.
- Voia, Inc., a developer of AI-based technology to enable users to produce Hollywood-quality videos on mobile, in its US$3 million pre-seed funding from undisclosed investors.
Capabilities
SERVICES AND INDUSTRIES
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Illinois
Education
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law, J.D., 2014
- University of Michigan, B.A., 2010