Orrick Advises Opentrons Labworks on $200 Million Series C Round

September.24.2021

We advised Opentrons Labworks Inc., a lab platform provider based in New York City, on its $200 million Series C round. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with additional participation from Khosla Ventures.

Opentrons will use this fundraising round to further invest in its automated lab platform globally, including the development of new robotic tools, an expanded biofoundry, new diagnostic tests, and additional diagnostic labs.

The Orrick team advising Opentrons was led by Samir Bakhru and included John Bautista, Julien Barbey, Alexandra Beezy, Jennifer Clarke-Smith, Emily Blanco, Matthew Coleman, Elizabeth Damaskos, Greg Hume, Aria Kashefi, Rich Martinelli, Jeanine McGuinness, Jason Nahm, Andrew Wallach, Shannon Yavorsky, Mike Yang and Abby Zwick.

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Samir R. Bakhru Partner, Technology Companies Group, Life Sciences & HealthTech

New York

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Samir R. Bakhru Partner

New York

Samir has represented early and late stage companies in over $7 billion worth of venture financings and has advised clients in over $5 billion worth of M&A transactions. He has experience in advising founders on structuring their companies to maintain control and frequently counsels executive teams in maintaining and managing a successful board of directors.

Samir’s notable company-side representations include K Health, Dataiku, Beacon Platform, Betterment, Chime, Vise Technologies, Warby Parker, Codecademy, Merama, Genius, ResearchGate, Spell, Frontier Car Group (until sold), Insomnia Cookies (until sold), Sailthru (until sold), Teachable (until sold), and Upworthy (until sold), among others.

In addition to his company-side representations, Samir has represented leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Coatue Management, Heavybit Industries, TPG Growth, Vista Equity Partners, Walden Venture Capital, Warburg Pincus, and Y Combinator Continuity Fund.

Before joining Orrick, Samir was an Associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in the General Corporate and M&A group.

John Bautista Partner, Technology Companies Group, Mergers & Acquisitions

San Francisco; Santa Monica; Silicon Valley

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John Bautista Partner

San Francisco; Santa Monica; Silicon Valley

John focuses his practice on advising emerging companies and investors, and represents both public and private high-tech and life sciences companies in many areas, including corporate and securities law, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, public company representation and technology licensing.

The Recorder named John the “2019 Innovator of the Year” for his work as the chief lawyer on the Long-Term Stock Exchange, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission-approved exchange designed to change the paradigm of traditional stock markets by rewarding entrepreneurs and investors committed to long-term business strategies. Financial Times recognized John as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Individuals of the Year in 2017, calling him “one of the most influential lawyers in the technology ecosystem of Silicon Valley.” He is ranked Band 2 by Chambers USA California, for Venture Capital and Chambers USA Nationwide, ranked him Band 3 for Startups & Emerging Companies.

John is a Board member and co-founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, which is creating a new stock exchange for public companies supporting long-term investors, as well as an advisor and co-founder of Clerky.com, a company automating legal work for early-stage companies. He is also recognized for his work with Y Combinator companies.

Prior to joining Orrick, John was a founding attorney of Venture Law Group and served on the Executive Committee. John previously practiced at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. John also served as Mayor of the City of Cupertino, California and a council member from 1993-1997, where he helped build important public partnerships, including with Apple Computer, the Mid-Peninsula Open Space Preserve, and San Jose and California Water Companies.

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