04 March 2021 - Article
Iain Cockburn
Partner
Iain is a partner in the Withers tech corporate team.
He has a specialist practice advising venture capital investors and venture-backed companies operating in the innovation economy.
Iain has over ten years’ experience advising investors, companies and founders on venture capital financings, from seed stage through to later stages, with a particular focus on companies scaling up at the Series A/B stage and beyond.
Iain also advises on other types of transaction commonly used in the industry, including convertible bridge rounds (Safes; ASAs; convertible notes), venture debt transactions, and venture-backed M&A.
Iain has worked alongside Susanna Stanfield as part of the team that was involved in the publication of the British Venture Capital Association model form documentation for Series A financings, and coordinates the technology and venture capital special interest group within the firm.
往績記錄
會員身份
Acted for lead investor, Draper Esprit, on the $125M Series B financing of Thought Machine, a UK fintech building cloud-native technology for banks.
Acted for ETF Partners, who led a £70M investment into E-Leather, a UK-based company developing patented high-tech materials technology.
Acted for lead investor, Gauss Ventures, on the $55M Series B financing of Curve, a UK fintech whose platform consolidates multiple cards and accounts into one card and one app.
England and Wales, 2009
學歷背景
語言
- English