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Joe Berklund

Joe Berklund

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Phone: 404.504.7719
Fax: 404.365.9532
jberklund@mmmlaw.com
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Joe Berklund is Co-Chair of the Emerging Companies / Venture Capital practice and the firm's Florida Practice Leader. Joe’s practice includes representing venture backed and backable emerging companies, private equity backed companies and leading venture, growth equity, and private equity funds in financing and M&A transactions. 

In working with emerging technology companies, Joe also regularly serves as general outside counsel, utilizing specialists across MMM as needed to deliver legal advice in key areas affecting scaling businesses, including executive compensation and stock options, licensing, technology transfer and customer agreements, data and privacy, tax, employment and intellectual property. Joe also works with clients to add value in other ways through his network and the MMM ecosystem, including making introductions to capital sources, advisors, board members and other individuals and groups that can be resources to growing businesses.

Prior to joining MMM, Joe was a Venture Capital Associate with Duke Capital Partners. Prior to Duke, Joe specialized in high-stakes, complex business litigation in Miami, Florida. Joe often leverages his prior litigation experience in counseling clients regarding corporate governance matters, potential disputes and to mitigate potential litigation risk. Before practicing law, Joe worked in real estate-based debt origination.

Representative Experience

  • Represented Volition Capital in Series A financing of Relish.
  • Represented HealthSnap in $25M Series B led by Sands Capital.
  • Represented Lumu in $30M Series B financing led by Forgepoint.
  • Represented MedXoom in its acquisition by Allied Benefit Systems (controlled by Stone Point Capital).
  • Represented HubStaff in strategic investment by WestView.
  • Represented Gemini Sports Analytics in financing led by Roger Ehrenberg.
  • Represented EcoMap in financing led by LOVC and Cofounders Capital. 
  • Represented Leverage in financing led by Chicago Ventures, LOVC, and Florida Funders.
  • Represented CoFi in financing led by LOVC with participation from Synchrony Ventures.
  • Represented HealthSnap in $9M Series A led by Asclepius Growth.
  • Represented ketteQ in $9M Series A led by Vocap and Circadian.
  • Represented Tech Square Ventures in financing Veckta.
  • Represented Urban SDK in financing led by GOVO Venture Partners.
  • Represented RC Capital in $10M financing of Modify Health.
  • Represented Tech Square Ventures in the financing of Qualytics.
  • Represented Payall in a financing led by a16z.
  • Represented Transact Campus in its acquisition of Hangry.
  • Represented Edison Partners as lead investor in a $30M financing of Field Effect.
  • Represented Cortera, Inc. in sale to Moody’s Corporation.
  • Represented Francisco Partners as lead investor in $57M financing of AndHealth.
  • Represented Lumu in $7.5M Series A led by SoftBank.
  • Represented Coin Ledger in $6M financing led by CMT Digital and DRW Venture Capital.
  • Represented Sierra Ventures and Tech Square Investors as co-lead investors in Speedscale.
  • Represented FTV as lead investor in $35M growth equity financing of Derivative Path, Inc.
  • Represented FreightWaves in its $20 million Series B funding round led by 8VC, Revolution, Hearst Ventures and others.
  • Represented FTV as lead investor in a $28M growth equity financing of OpenSesame, Inc.
  • Represented Fulcrum Equity Partners in $26M investment in Stratasan, LLC also involving investments by Frist Cressey Ventures and Blue Heron Capital.
  • Represented AnalyticsIQ in a growth investment (amount not disclosed) by Boathouse Capital. 
  • Represented Phishlabs in a $20.5M growth equity financing led by LLR Partners and others.
  • Represented FreightWaves in its $13 million Series A funding round led by 8VC, Fontinalis Partners and others.
  • Represented Ideas United in a $15M growth equity financing led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, LP.
  • Represented Cortera in $10M Series B funding round led by Hearst Ventures and others.
  • Represented Revenue Analytics in $11M Series A led by Noro-Moseley Partners and others.
  • Represented Intrinio in $5M Series A funding led by Nyca Partners.
  • Represented Reach Health in its acquisition by telemedicine platform InTouch Health.
  • Represented smart-grid technology company in acquisition by Honeywell.   
  • Represent other leading emerging companies and venture funds, including Las Olas Venture Capital, Fulcrum Equity Partners, Knoll Ventures, in numerous venture and growth equity  financings.
  • Represent leading private equity firms and sellers in M&A transactions in the technology vertical and generally in the lower middle market. 

Accolades

  • Selected, The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Venture Capital Law, 2021