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Sep. 5, 2014

When venture investors and companies clash

Many lawyers say they're pushing for more clearly defined contracts between emerging companies and their investors that can cut through the ambiguity of what rights and duties an investor owes to its portfolio companies.

By Dominic Fracassa

Daily Journal Staff Writer

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In Silicon Valley and other business hubs with thriving startup scenes, the relationship between venture capital funds and the companies in which they invest is often amicable. After all, an emerging company's success - measured by growth followed by an eventual acquisition or initial public offering - requires no small measure of cooperation between a startup and its venture bac...

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