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MoFo Advises Oxide Computer on $100m Series B Financing

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Morrison Foerster advised Oxide Computer Company, a builder of cloud server software and hardware, in connection with its $100m Series B financing round, which was led by strategic partner USIT with participation from all existing Oxide investors.  The MoFo team advising Oxide Computer on the financing was led by Palo Alto emerging companies + venture capital partner Jim Ryan and corporate associates Katherine Suzuki and Hanna Balcha.Read Oxide’s <a href="https://oxide.computer/blog/our-100m-series-b" target="_blank">announcement</a>.

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Jim Ryan is a partner in Morrison Foerster's Transactions Department. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border corporate and securities matters, including venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities compliance, and corporate governance.Jim represents entrepreneurs, startups and emerging companies as outside general counsel, venture capital and private equity investors, and financial and strategic acquirers across the technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences industries. His clients operate in a variety of sectors including machine learning and artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity, data analytics, fintech, e-commerce, gaming, life sciences, and medical devices.Jim earned his J.D. from the Santa Clara University School of Law, where he was a comments editor for the Santa Clara Law Review and was published on the topic of cloud computing regulation. He received his B.A. in Economics with a minor in Information Systems and Technology Management from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Jim Ryan

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Katherine Suzuki is a corporate associate in the firm's Palo Alto office.Katherine’s practice focuses on corporate and securities matters, including venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.Prior to joining the firm as an associate, Katherine served in the United States House of Representatives as a Legislative Fellow. She also served as an Honors Program Legal Intern with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.Katherine earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she earned a Certificate of Specialization in Business Law. While in law school, she served as Executive Editor for the Asian American Law Journal and participated in the New Business Practicum, which advises startups in the Bay Area.Katherine received her B.A., with distinction, from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Katherine M. Suzuki

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Hanna is a corporate associate in Morrison Foerster’s Palo Alto office.Prior to joining the firm, Hanna was a Summer Associate in the Palo Alto office during the summers of 2021 and 2022, and an SEO Law Fellow in the Palo Alto office during the summer of 2020. She also spent time as a U.S. Squash Ambassador with the International Olympic Committee.Hanna earned her J.D. at New York University School of Law, where she was a Senior Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law. She also holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College.She is also a native speaker of Amharic.

Hanna Balcha

Emerging Companies + Venture Capital

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