Michael Ruiz
Partner
Silicon Valley
Seattle
Michael is a life-long gamer and science fiction nerd. He represents founders, companies and investors that are developing technology to transform the world as we know it into the future he has always believed in.
Michael advises his clients on a broad range of legal needs, including corporate formation and structure, venture capital financings, board and stockholder relationships and exit transactions. His current and former clients are concentrated in interactive media industries including game development, Esports, AR/VR tech, 3D animation, and artificial intelligence. Michael also advises companies in the cleantech and life sciences sectors.
His favorite video game is Final Fantasy (VII), favorite board game is Twilight Imperium (IV) and favorite science fiction book is Ender’s Game.
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Select Engagements:
- Cytovale – $100M Series D led by Sands Capital
- Cline Bot – $32M Series A led by Emergence Capital and Pace Capital
- Mosaic ML – $1.3 billion sale to Databricks
- Volley Games – $55M Series C financing led by M12 and Lightspeed
- Cloud9 Esports – $50 million Series B financing, led by Valor Equity Partners
- Windup Minds – $1.6M Series Seed
- StartPlaying – $6.5M Series Seed led by a16z
- Propel Software – $20M Series C led by Salesforce Ventures
- Platform9 – $26M Financing led by Celesta Capital
