Trenton C. Dykes is the chair of the Northwest Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice of DLA Piper and concentrates in securities and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate law. His experience ranges from advising startup companies about formation and venture financings to representing public companies with SEC compliance, corporate governance and other related issues. Mr. Dykes has worked on numerous initial and secondary public offerings and hundreds of seed and venture financings. His clients include individual entrepreneurs, early stage, venture-backed and public companies and venture capital investors.

Mr. Dykes is an editor and contributor to The Venture Alley, a blog about business and legal issues important to entrepreneurs, startups, venture capitalists and angel investors. In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, Mr. Dykes was named a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics magazine. Mr. Dykes served as a member of DLA Piper's governing Policy Committee from 2009 to 2010 and is currently a member of the firm's National Leadership Group of the US Emerging Growth and Venture Capital practice.

Transactional Experience

Selected Public and Private Financings

• Starbucks Corporation US$550 million public debt offering
• Northstar Neuroscience US$120 million initial public offering of common stock
• Imperium Renewables US$120 million Series B financing
• Pinkberry US$17 million Series B financing
• MediQuest Therapeutics US$16 million Series A financing
• Trupanion US$15.25 million Series C financing
• Generic Medical Devices US$14 million Series A financing
• Botanical Laboratories US$10.5 million debt financing
• Micronics US$6 million Series C financing

Selected Mergers and Acquisitions

• Sale of Micronics to Sony
• Sale of PopCap Games to Electronic Arts
• Acquisition of ZipZapPlay by PopCap Games
• Sale of Northstar Neuroscience assets to St. Jude Medical
• Acquisition of Jaros Technologies by Noetix
• Sale of Kinetix Living to Regence BlueShield
• Sale of Pacific Edge Software to Serena Software
• Sale of NetMotion Wireless to Padcom
• Sale of Topline Solutions to NaviMedix
• Acquisition of SSP Solutions by Saflink Corporation
• Sale of Botanical Laboratories product line to Nutra Corp.

Mr. Dykes represents or has represented such companies as:

Mr. Dykes represents or has represented such venture capital firms as:

• Ignition Partners
• Madrona
• Maveron
• Polaris Ventures
• Sigma Partners
• The Grosvenor Funds