Jonathan Axelrad

Representative experience

• AEye, Inc (NASDAQ: LIDR), the global leader in adaptive, high-performance LiDAR solutions, from its Series A investment through the recent closing and public listing on the NASDAQ via a business combination with CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III, a special purpose acquisition company that valued AEye pre-closing at over US$1.5 billion.
• Navitas Semiconductor (NASDAQ: NVTS), the industry leader in next-generation semiconductor technology from formation through its US$1.04 billion going-public merger with Live Oak Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company.
• Streetlight Data, a pioneer in mobility analytics, from its Series C financing through acquisition by Jacobs (NYSE:J).
• Lux Capital, Congruent Ventures, and Wireframe Ventures in numerous venture financings.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• "Late-Stage Venture Capital Investment Trends," Practicing Law Institute (PLI), San Francisco, 2023
• "Venture Capital 2015: Nuts and Bolts," Practicing Law Institute (PLI), San Francisco, 2015
• "Private Company M&A and the Angel Investor," Band of Angels, 2014
• "Cleantech Past, Present and Future: Solutions for a Troubled Planet?," AJC Business and Technology Series, California, 2013
• "Insight into innovation," Environmental Business Cluster's CEO Roundtable, San Jose, California, 2012
• "Nuts and Bolts of Managing Your Early-Stage Startup through the Initial Valley of Death," MIT, Boston, 2012