U.S. Expansion, Fundraising, and Exit: A Comprehensive FAQ
American tech lawyer Daniel Glazer is the Founding and Managing Partner of Wilson Sonsini's London office. Below he shares his hands-on FAQs guide for UK/EU founders looking to raise capital from US investors and enter the US market...
For many UK/EU tech companies, the US offers an opportunity to access increased capital, commercial opportunities, and organisational rigor.
However, successfully competing with US companies in their home market requires a willingness to re-evaluate and re-imagine many aspects of a UK/EU tech business.
Wilson Sonsini is the renowned Silicon Valley law firm, synonymous with helping “garage-stage” startups such as Google and Apple scale to become the world's biggest tech companies.
American tech lawyer Daniel Glazer is the Founding and Managing Partner of the firm's London office and has spent years helping UK/EU founders raise capital from US investors and land and expand in the US market.
Daniel has kindly given the Founder Hub permission to share Wilson Sonsini’s US Expansion, Fundraising & Exit FAQ resource, hosted on Medium, which details the most common questions founders have about accessing the US capital and commercial markets.
Examples include:
Do US VCs require a US company to fund a UK/EU business?
When is the right time to establish a US subsidiary and US-based operations?
Does UK/EU management need to move to the US?
This FAQ is essential reading for all founders considering raising US capital and/or expanding to the US. You can read it in full, here.
In partnership with the Founder Hub, and at no charge, Daniel is happy to have an initial 1:1 US fundraising and/or expansion strategy session with founders looking to the US in the near-term. To schedule a session, email Samantha Vile at svile@wsgr.com, copying Daniel at daniel.glazer@wsgr.com.
