Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

The venture capital industry has grown from a collection of regional markets in selected areas of the world into a global phenomenon. Traditional sources of capital now compete with other funding sources to fund the best entrepreneurs and new ideas. Our team advises strategic investors, financial investors, and emerging companies at any stage of the venture capital lifecycle.

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We have a balanced practice advising strategic investors, financial investors, and emerging companies at every stage of the venture capital lifecycle – from early and mid-stage to late-stage, growth equity, and final funding before an exit, and beyond.

This means that we have a unique ability to understand perspectives from all sides of the table, which is critical in developing solutions that help investors and innovators stay ahead of the curve.

Our lawyers are highly experienced in their local markets and are firmly embedded within their local ecosystems, but also connected with each other in sharing ideas and opportunities, leveraging our unique worldwide reach and capabilities to provide international insight to our clients.

Fast growing businesses are transforming every industry with disruptive business models. Our industry focus enables us to identify and anticipate regulatory changes, market dynamics, and trends that will redefine the shape of an industry. We have our finger on the pulse. We can help spot investment opportunities and support growth companies to learn and change.

Our world-leading regulatory expertise means we don't just understand regulation, we can shape it, challenge it, and navigate it. Just as we can help investors to understand, identify, and deal with regulatory risks affecting their investments, we can help growth businesses leverage regulation to become stronger where it matters.

Financial Venture Capital Investors

Emerging Companies

Automotive Venture Capital

Consumer Venture Capital

FinTech Venture Capital

Life Sciences Venture Capital

Technology Venture Capital

Are you trying to understand a new technology, product, or business model that could impact your industry? Are you looking to drive innovation through a corporate venture arm? We represent strategic corporate venture capital investors (including corporations, corporate venture capital, and captive venture capital funds within corporations) on a broad range of venture transactions. We can help you with start-up financing to late-stage investments, including investments made in connection with simultaneously negotiated commercial transactions, in contemplation of a later joint venture or M&A transaction, or on a long-term standalone basis.

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Are you trying to discover the next industry disruptor? Are you evaluating an investment in a start-up, growth-stage, or late-stage company with lots of growth potential? We have a strong track record in advising financial venture capital investors (including venture capital, private equity, and other fund types) on the full venture capital lifecycle.

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You have developed an innovative idea into a profitable, fast-growth business model. What next? We offer clear-sighted guidance for emerging and growth-stage companies to help them navigate through every stage of fundraising to further support their growth and strategy.

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Multinational businesses are now collaborating with cutting-edge start-ups to change the shape of the industry. Automotive corporations are using captive funds focused on disrupting the marketplace. Venture capital funds and large institutional investors are also making considerable investments in the industry. We have a strong track record in advising both corporate strategic and financial venture capital investors in the automotive industry, along with emerging automotive companies, throughout the complete venture capital lifecycle.

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Venture-backed start-ups continue to push the boundaries, relying on technology, innovation, and new paradigms to offer products and services to consumers.

We have a strong track record in advising both corporate strategic and financial venture capital investors investing in the consumer sector, along with emerging consumer companies, throughout the complete venture capital lifecycle – from incorporation to funding to maturity, whether that means IPO, acquisition, or otherwise.

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Operating at the forefront of the FinTech industry, our venture capital lawyers advise investors and companies throughout the venture capital lifecycle. Our team can leverage our deep industry knowledge across FinTech, blockchain, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance (DeFi), challenger banks, online lending, trading, and payments. We can also call on our deep bench of subject matter experts in enabling technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and critical services like cybersecurity.

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Whether providing seed funding to start-ups, growth capital to early-stage companies, or financing buyouts, venture capital funding plays a critical role in sustaining the life sciences ecosystem. Our global team of venture capital lawyers advises venture capital funds, life sciences companies with a captive venture fund, as well as universities and other academic research institutions. We provide multidisciplinary advice throughout the venture capital lifecycle, from company formation through fundraising and investments to eventual exit.

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Our technology venture capital practice is at the cutting edge of industry innovation. Whether it is mobile payments or innovative media and applications (such as Hulu or Uber) we understand and have experience with the top innovations coming out of the technology industry. We help our clients with their arrangements to acquire, develop, test, license, and commercialize technologies.

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Our capabilities at a glance

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Growth Equity and Venture Capital lawyers globally

Hear from our clients and industry leaders

The “first-rate”, “knowledgeable” team at Hogan Lovells (Paris) LLP is regularly called upon by sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, strategic investors, portfolio companies, and management teams for its venture and growth capital expertise.

Legal 500 EMEA, 2025

Hogan Lovells houses a respected venture capital team with experience ranging from seed financing to later-stage rounds, often acting for well-known investors as well as start-ups.

Chambers Europe, 2024

Key contacts

Matthieu Grollemund

Partner

Matthieu Grollemund

Partner

Paris

Peter Huber

Partner

Peter Huber

Partner

Munich

Mahvesh A. Qureshi

Partner

Mahvesh A. Qureshi

Partner

Washington, D.C.

Simon Grimshaw

Partner

Simon Grimshaw

Partner

Birmingham, London

Meet the Venture Capital and Emerging Companies team

Helping clients on their strategies across every asset class, industry, and geography

From fund formation and investment to portfolio management and exit, our lawyers can support private capital investors, and their portfolio companies, through every stage of the fund lifecycle.

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Representative experience

Accel, Creandum, Lakestar, and Eight Roads on their €42m Series B investment in French fintech Swan.

Verkor, a French industrial company, on its record financing of more than €2bn to launch a high-performance battery gigafactory in France.

Applied Materials on its investment in the Series C financing of 3D Glass Solutions, a provider of glass-based three-dimensional integrated passive solutions.

Rice University on its launch of RBL LLC, a biotech venture creation studio developed out of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad, the university’s biotech innovation accelerator.

FlixMobility on all financing rounds, including its US$650m Series G financing, valued at US$3bn.

Dynasty Equity, a global sports investment firm, on co-leading the Series A investment round for TMRW Sports.

Iberis Capital, a Portugal-based private equity and venture capital firm, on its Series C investment in Kevel, a United States-based application programing interface (API)-led ad-serving company.

The Exploration Company, a Franco-German spacecraft manufacturer, on its US$160m Series B financing round to fund continued development of its Nyx spacecraft, Europe’s first reusable space capsule.

OncoVerity, a pioneer in applying advanced bioinformatics to drug development, on the closing of a Series A extension financing led by existing investors, argenx and RefinedScience.

Apis Global Growth Fund III as lead investor on a c.£70m investment in Moneybox, one of the UK’s fastest growing and highly profitable digital wealth management platforms.

Accelerating the future of sustainable mobility with start-up Verkor

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Other ways we can help you

Automotive and Mobility

Software-defined vehicles, energy and raw material security, autonomous driving, electrification, and global challenges are reshaping the market. We guide investors and emerging companies through this shift with legal know-how, deep industry knowledge, and strategic focus.

Automotive

Consumer

Focused on the brands that drive the global economy, we know the consumer industry. From food and beverage to electronics and appliances, and retail and fashion, we help investors and emerging companies execute successful investment strategies.

Consumer

Financial Institutions

Financial technology is changing the face of financial services and the way these services are delivered. We help investors and emerging companies navigate this highly regulated space to execute successful investment strategies.

Financial Institutions

Insurance

Digitalization, the increased threat of cyberattacks, ever-changing regulation, and the wave of new market entrants, all provide risks and opportunities alike. As change gathers pace in the insurance sector, we use our deep experience and exceptional regulatory insight to help investors and emerging companies adapt and optimize their investment strategies.

Insurance

Life Sciences and Health Care

The life sciences and health care industry continues to advance and transform at pace. We help investors and emerging companies to shift and innovate through a broad range of life sciences and health care transactions.

Life Sciences and Healthcare

Technology

In this age of transformation and groundbreaking innovation, our technology lawyers help investors and emerging companies seize opportunities and unlock growth, turning legal and regulatory challenges into catalysts for commercial success.

Technology Media and Telecommunications

Private Capital

The private capital sector continues to evolve and expand at pace. We help all types of private capital investors, and their portfolio companies, through every stage of the investment lifecycle - across every asset class, industry, and geography.

Private Capital

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Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

We have a balanced practice advising strategic investors, financial investors, and emerging companies at every stage of the venture capital lifecycle – from early and mid-stage to late-stage, growth equity, and final funding before an exit, and beyond.

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