Gunderson Dettmer LLP

Gunderson Dettmer focuses on emerging companies and the venture capital and growth equity investors that finance them. Its practice follows businesses from their initial formation through growth and maturity, while also advising the funds participating in that process. The firm's client materials are organized around these stages of company development.

For early-stage businesses, the work begins with founders and the legal foundations of a new venture. As companies develop, the firm supports financing and strategic transactions. Its public company practice adds securities regulation, corporate governance, ongoing disclosure, and strategic advice, extending the relationship beyond the private-company stage.

On the investor side, Gunderson handles global fund formation for venture capital and growth equity firms. This creates two complementary perspectives on the same market: building and financing businesses, and structuring the investment vehicles that back them. Students interested in startups can therefore explore both company representation and fund work within the firm's concentrated practice.