Michael Glaser is a Partner in the firm's Menlo Park office and a key member of the firm's nationwide Emerging Companies practice group. With his foundation in finance and securities, Mr. Glaser brings a valuable quantitative perspective to transactional negotiations. He has led clients in the enterprise software, digital media, fixed and mobile communications, semiconductor, and e-commerce sectors through more than 250 venture capital financing transactions with aggregate proceeds in excess of $1.5 billion. He also has an active M&;A practice, and has advised clients in complex mergers and strategic business combinations ranging in size from several million dollars to over $400 million dollars. He works with a number of non-profit organizations including The Blind Judo Foundation, SF Earned Asset Resource Network, For the Love of Life and Undergroundfilm.org.
REPRESENTATIVE EMERGING COMPANY CLIENTS
- AVST (enterprise communications)
- Bunchball.com (multiplayer games)
- CollegeWikis.com (online community)
- Corrigo (field service management software)
- DanalUSA (mobile payment systems)
- EveryTrail.com (geo-photocaching)
- Fonality (IP PBX)
- iBAHN (high-speed connectivity for travelers)
- imeem.com (social media)
- Loomia.com (recommendation platform)
- Market Wire (press release distribution)
- Netvibes.com (home page personalization)
- PortAuthority Technologies (enterprise data security)
- Rollyo.com (customizable search)
- Snapcentric (fraud protection)
- SNOCAP (digital copyright management)
- Tandent Vision Systems (computer vision)
- TicketsNow.com (online ticket exchange)
- Tickle.com (match, test and networking)
- Trulia.com (residential real estate search)
- uGenie.com (comparison shopping)
