Frances C. Mosley
Counsel
Frances Mosley focuses her practice on a wide range of transactional and corporate matters, where she represents emerging growth companies and venture investors in general corporate matters, Board governance, day-to-day operations, securities law compliance, venture capital and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and fund formation. Ms. Mosley’s clients operate across a number of industries, including technology, software, life sciences, healthcare, logistics, fashion, and mental wellness. Ms. Mosley enjoys helping clients grow their businesses and portfolios, and navigate and solve business and legal issues in a thoughtful and practical way.
Ms. Mosley is a member of the firm’s Hiring and Diversity Committees, and serves as a Co-Chair of the firm’s Summer Associate Program. Outside of work, Ms. Mosley serves as a Co-Chair of the Venture Capital Committee of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley, and is a supervising attorney at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law Startup Legal Garage.
Ms. Mosley has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star in Corporate Law each year from 2014 to 2023, and has been selected for inclusion by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch 2023 for Corporate Law.
Experience
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Select Investments
- Wellington Management in Skims' $270 million Series C financing round
- Georgiamune in its $75 million Series A financing round
- Hawkeye 360 in its $68 million Series D-1 Preferred Stock financing round
- Glass Health in its $5 million seed financing round
- Zero Emission Industries in its Series A financing round
- Warp Technology in its Series Seed and Series Seed-2 financing rounds
- Adalo (formerly Apto Labs) in its $1.8 million seed financing round and $8 million Series A financing round
- Boston Polarimetrics in its $10.5 million Series A financing round
- HawkEye 360 in its $150 million Series D financing round
- Kindred in its $36 million Series C financing round
- Mahana Therapeutics in its $61 million Series B financing round
- Oloid in its $12 million Series A financing round
- Roviero in its $6.6 million Series Seed financing round
- Silk and Sonder in its $3.6 million Series Seed financing round
- Cella Farms, Inc. in its $6 million Series Seed financing Round
- Numerous other startup companies and venture capital funds on equity and debt financings
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Select Mergers and Acquisitions
- Blockrize, Inc. in its sale of certain assets to Gemini Constellation, LLC
- Undefined Labs in its sale to Datadog, Inc.
- Numerous other startup company acquisitions
Recognition
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Corporate Law in 2023
- Named a 2014–2023 Northern California Super Lawyers "Rising Star"
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Credentials
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Education
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JD, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Executive Notes Editor, Hastings Business Law Journal, CALI and Witkin Award for Academic Excellence -
BA, Political Science, minors in Legal Studies and Public Service, University of San Francisco
summa cum laude Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
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Admissions
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California
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Credentials
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Education
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JD, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Executive Notes Editor, Hastings Business Law Journal, CALI and Witkin Award for Academic Excellence -
BA, Political Science, minors in Legal Studies and Public Service, University of San Francisco
summa cum laude Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society
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Admissions
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California
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