John V. Bautista

John Bautista, a partner in the Silicon Valley office, is a member of the Emerging Companies Group, which advises emerging companies and venture capital firms.  Before joining Orrick, he was a co-founder of Venture Law Group and served on the Executive Committee.  Mr. Bautista previously practiced at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati.  Mr. Bautista focuses on emerging companies, and represents both public and private high-tech companies and venture capital funds in many areas, including corporate and securities law, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, public company representation, and technology licensing.

Representative Clients include:

• Asurion - leading insurance service, repair and replacement company for mobile communications devices.
• Atlassian - Australian software company specializing in issue tracking and collaboration software.
• CitizenSports - online community for sports fans.
• ClariPhy Communications - next generation optical chips, funded by Norwest Venture Partners, Allegis Capital and ONSET Ventures.
• Dorado Network Systems Corporation -  web services and software for loan origination, funded by Crosspoint Venture Partners, Palomar Ventures and The First American Corporation.
• Exponential - advertising solutions for high-quality publishers online.
• Glimmerglass - intelligent optical switches, funded by Mobius Venture Capital, ONSET Ventures and Loudwater Investment Partners.
• Heroku Inc. - online development for Ruby on Rails, funded by Redpoint Ventures.
• IronPlanet.com, Inc. -  online trading marketplace for heavy equipment, funded by Accel, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and strategic partners.
• Meebo, Inc. - web instant messaging, funded by Sequoia Capital.
• Microfabrica Inc. - micro-scale device fabrication for semiconductor and medical device applications, funded by Versant Ventures, InterWest Partners, Atherton Venture Partners, Chevron Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DynaFund Ventures, Partech International and Zone Ventures.
• RockYou - leading online widget and ad platform, funded by Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and SoftBank.
• SpikeSource, Inc. - testing, certification and support services for open source software, funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Fidelity Ventures, Intel Corporation and Omidyar Network.
• Vhayu Technologies, Inc. - real-time software solutions for analysis of streaming and historic pricing and other data, funded by Menlo Ventures.
• VirtuOz - interactive agents for online businesses, funded by Mohr Davidow Ventures.

Representative Venture Capital fund clients include:

• Lightspeed Venture Partners
• Foundation Capital
• Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• Menlo Ventures
• Palomar Ventures
• Partech International

Admitted in

• California

Memberships

• State Bar of California
• Council Member, City of Cupertino, California (1993-1997)
• Mayor, City of Cupertino, California (1996-1997)

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