Spencer B. Ricks

Spencer’s recent experience includes advising:

Technology

• ReliaQuest, a cybersecurity company, in various financing, corporate and strategic transactions, including its acquisition by KKR
• Education.com, an education technology company, in its sale to IXL Learning
• IXL Learning, an education technology company, in various financing, corporate and strategic transactions, including its acquisitions of:
  • Rosetta Stone
  • Emmersion
  • Teachers Pay Teachers
  • Dictionary.com
  • Thesaurus.com
  • Wyzant
  • MyTutor
  • Carson Dellosa
  • Evan-Moor
• Axonius, a cybersecurity asset management company, in its:
  • US$200 million Series E financing
  • Acquisition of Cynerio
• Teradyne (NASDAQ: TER), a supplier of automation equipment for testing and industrial applications, in its US$409 million private offering of Senior Convertible Notes
• TravelPerk, a travel management software company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including early-stage and venture capital financings totaling more than US$409 million and multiple acquisitions including Click Travel
• Flowmill, a cloud network company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including its sale to Splunk
• Cherre Inc., a real estate information technology company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including early-stage and growth financings totaling more than US$75 million
• TetraScience, an R&D data cloud company, in various financing, corporate and strategic transactions, including its US$80 million Series B financing
• Parallel Markets, a digital identity company for investors, in various early-stage and venture capital financings totaling more than US$11.5 million and its sale to iCapital
• OpenStore, a Shopify acquisition and scaling platform, in its US$32 million Series B-1 financing
• Topsort, an artificial intelligence and machine learning-based technology company, in various financing, corporate and strategic transactions, including its Series A financing
• Maybell Quantum, a quantum infrastructure company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including its:
  • US$25 million Series A financing
  • US$40 million Series B financing
• Benefits Science, a healthcare data and advanced analytics company, in its US$160 million sale to MultiPlan Corporation
• Adyton, a technology company, in its US$11 million funding round
• Meibel, an AI runtime platform, in its US$7 million seed financing
• The Tie, a provider of institutional solutions for digital assets, in its acquisition of Stakin
• An undisclosed investor in Belvo, an open finance API platform, in its US$43 million Series A financing
• Uniqarta, a microLED technology company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including its sale to Kulicke & Soffa

Life Sciences

• T2 Biosystems (NASDAQ: TTOO), an in vitro diagnostic company, in its initial public offering and other follow-on and private offerings
• Fractyl Laboratories, a biotechnology company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including venture capital financings totaling more than US$250 million and its initial public offering
• IntelyCare, an on-demand, app-based healthcare staffing company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including venture capital financings totaling more than US$173 million
• Africa Health, a healthcare development company, in its US$18 million Series A financing
• Enko Chem, Inc., a crop protection technology company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including its US$80 million Series C financing
• Invetx, a veterinary therapeutics company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including its:
  • US$60.5 million Series B financing
  • Sale to Dechra Pharmaceuticals for up to US$520 million
• Codagenix, a clinical-stage synthetic biology company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including in its US$25 million Series B extension financing

Clean Energy & Sustainability

• Form Energy, a long-duration energy storage technology company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including multiple acquisitions, and its:
  • Early-stage and venture capital financings totaling more than US$765 million
  • 1MW/150MWh pilot project with Green River Energy
  • Joint development agreement with ArcelorMittal
• Voltus, a distributed energy resources management company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including its:
  • US$25 million Series B financing
  • US$31 million Series C financing
  • US$1.3 billion deSPAC transaction with Broadscale Acquisition Corp.
• Syzygy Plasmonics, a chemical reactor technology company, in various financing, corporate and strategic transactions, including its:
  • US$23 million Series B financing
  • US$76 million Series C financing
  • Agreement with RTI International
• TerraCycle, a recycling innovation company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including its zero-waste platform, Loop
• Divert, a resource recovery solutions company, in various corporate and strategic initiatives, including its:
  • US$1 billion infrastructure development agreement with Enbridge
  • US$100 million equity financing
  • US$63 million green notes offering
  • Financing for its Longview, Washington facility

Other

• Solo Brands (NYSE: DTC), an outdoor lifestyle company (owner of Solo Stove, Chubbies and others), in its US$219 million initial public offering
• Various underwriters participating in a US$811 million equity offering by J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
• Goldman Sachs Private Capital, as underwriter in a US$25 million preferred stock financing of Factor Systems, Inc. (d/b/a Billtrust), a payment cycle management solutions company
• Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., in its acquisition with TPG Capital of a majority interest in Ellucian, a provider of higher education software and services
• Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: LNW), a developer of technology-based products and services for worldwide gaming, lottery and interactive markets, in a variety of bond offerings totaling over US$3.5 billion
• Viking Global Investors, a global investment firm, in various investments and acquisitions, including Machine Sciences, an aerospace component supplier and precision manufacturer