Graeme Waller

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.

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.
• Jane Street in its investments in Fluidstack and Etched.
• 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

• Arya in its US$8.5 million Series A financing.
• Bagel AI in its US$5.5 million Series Seed financing.
• Canva in an investor-led secondary transaction that valued the company at approximately US$42 billion.
• CAIS in its US$170 million Series D financing led by Vista Equity Partners, with participation from AllianceBernstein L.P., funds managed by Blue Owl Capital, Carlyle, Fortress Investment Group, Golub Capital, Lord Abbett, and Royal Bank of Canada.
• ElectronX in its US$10 Million Series A financing.
• Elio in its US$21 million Series A financing co-led by Innovation Endeavors and Xora.
• Flip in 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.
• Peach Finance in its Series B financing and ultimate acquisition by SoFi.
• Placer.ai, a geolocation and proximity data analytics technology company, in its US$75 million Series C-1 financing at a US$1.5 billion valuation.
• Sapiom in its US$15.75 million Series Seed (led by Accel) and US$35 million Series A (led by Dragonfly).
• Securrency in various financing transactions and in its ultimate sale to DTCC.
• Sequence Fintech Inc., in its US$7.5 million Series Seed extension round.
• Voia, Inc. in its US$3 million pre-seed financing.