Venture Capital: Forms and Analysis

Daniel I. DeWolf is a founding member and Managing Director of Dawntreader Ventures, a New York based venture capital firm focused on early stage investments in Internet, software, and digital media companies. Mr. DeWolf is also Co-Chair of the Ventures and Emerging Companies practice group at thelaw firm of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. and is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University Law School, where he teaches an interdisciplinary course for J.D. and LL.M. candidates on Venture Capital Law. Prior to establishing Dawntreader Ventures, Mr. DeWolf was Head of Venture Capital Funds at SoundView Technology Group, a publicly traded technology focused investment bank (acquired by The Charles Schwab Corporation). Mr. DeWolf was also a Partner and Of Counsel to the law firm of Camhy Karlinsky & Stein, where he established the Corporate and Securities Practice Group and headed the New Media and E-Law Group.

Mr. DeWolf has over twenty years of transactional experience and has been an advisor to many early stage companies. Currently, he is Chairman of HNW, Inc. and is a Director of iParty, Tutor.com, and Visible World. Mr. DeWolf is a regular speaker at venture capital conferences and media events and is the co-author, with Mr. Roth, of the_x001C_Exit Strategies_x001D_ chapter in Start-Up and Emerging Companies: Planning, Financing & Operating the Successful Business, edited by Gregory Smith, also published by LJP. Mr. DeWolf is admitted to practice law in New York, California, and New Jersey. He received his B.A. cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania (1979) and J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law (1982).

Eric M. Roth is a principal of Health Care Navigator, LLC, the acquisition and asset management vehicle of The Schwartzberg Companies, a private, long term care focused company based in White Plains, New York. Previously, he was a partner at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., where he was chairman of the firm_x0019_s Venture Capital Practice Group. At Mintz Levin, Mr. Roth represented both investors and issuers in venture capital and private equity transactions, focusing on technology, health care, and intellectual property development investment opportunities. Mr. Roth_x0019_s client base ranged from start-up companies to prominent individual and institutional investors and the representation of these clients ranged from seed investments through post-IPO financings and strategic planning.

Mr. Roth is the Co-Author, with Mr. DeWolf, of the “_x001C_Exit Strategies” chapter_x001D_ in Start-Up and Emerging Companies: Planning, Financing & Operating the Successful Business, edited by Gregory Smith, also published by LJP. He has lectured and written on the subjects of venture capital financing, corporate organization and liability awareness for technology and development companies. Mr. Roth is a graduate of Brandeis University (1991, cum laude) and Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1994).

Jeremy Glaser is a Member in the Corporate & Securities Section in the San Diego office of Mintz Levin, and serves as Co-chair of the Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Practice Group. He is also a Member of the firm's Energy & Clean Technology Practice, which serves more than 260 clients. Mr. Glaser's practice focuses on serving emerging growth companies and the companies that fund them. He has substantial experience in venture capital financings, securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, SEC compliance, licensing arrangements, and other general corporate matters. He has represented venture capital firms, hedge funds, and their portfolio companies in venture capital and PIPE financings, as well as both issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of securities transactions, including IPOs, secondary offerings, and private placements. He has also represented buyers and sellers in acquisitions and dispositions of public and private companies. Mr. Glaser represents companies in a broad variety of industries, including Internet, software, wireless, semiconductors, computer hardware, medical devices, biotechnology, health care services, clean technology, and the investment management industry. He regularly advises management and boards of public companies on complex disclosure and insider trading issues, compliance with federal securities laws, and corporate governance requirements.

Mr. Glaser attended Harvard Law School, where he received his J.D., magna cum laude, in 1985, and Duke University, where he was awarded an A.B. in Economics and Public Policy studies, summa cum laude, in 1982, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is admitted to practice in California and is a member of the American Bar Association and the San Diego Bar Association's Business Law and Technology Sections. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the San Diego Venture Group and the CONNECT Springboard program, and he served as the president of the San Diego Venture Group in 2003.