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Josh Pollick

Partner

Santa Monica

Josh Pollick is a member of Orrick's Board and a founding member of the firm's Santa Monica office.

He represents high-growth technology companies and venture capital firms in many areas, including corporate and securities law, corporate formations, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, secondary offerings and SPAC transactions.

Josh was recognized as a Fintech Rising Star by Law360 for his work representing innovative companies such as Dave, Deel and Stripe. He has been nationally recognized by Chambers and Partners USA and Legal500 for his work representing startups and venture capital funds.

Josh’s company-side representations also include high-growth AI and SaaS companies, such as Speak and Supabase, energy tech companies such as Radiant Nuclear and Zeno Power, and healthtech companies such as Grow Therapy and Pearl.

In addition to his company-side representations, Josh has represented leading venture capital firms and other strategic investors, including Bonfire, Coatue, Darsana Capital, D1 Capital, Ground Up Ventures, Pathbreaker Ventures, Upfront Ventures and Wonder Ventures.

He has significant buy-side and sell-side M&A experience, including representing Deel in more than 10 acquisitions.

Josh formerly served as a leader of Orrick's global Technology & Innovation sector and as a leader of Orrick's global Technology Companies Group.

  • Select Engagements:

    • Cloud9 - US$50 million Series B financing, led by Valor Equity Partners
    • Coatue Management - Investment in OfferUp US $130 million Series C financing
    • Coinbase - US$75 million Series C financing, led by DFJ
    • Criteria Corp - US$56 million majority growth investment by Sumeru
    • Darsana Capital - Lead investor in US$600 million Series G financing in Doordash
    • Dave - US$50 million Series B financing, led by Norwest and US$4B SPAC transaction with VPC
    • Deel - US$650 million Series A-D financings, led by a16z, Coatue, Spark Capital and Y Combinator Continuity
    • FabFitFun - US$80 million Series A financing, led by Kleiner Perkins
    • Grow Therapy - US$75 million Series B financing, led by TCV and Transformation Capital, and US$88M Series C financing, led by Sequoia
    • IronPlanet - US$758.5 million sale to Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
    • Living Carbon - $500M project financing led by Octopus Energy
    • OpenRouter - $40M Series Seed/A led by a16z and Menlo Ventures
    • Outrider – US$62M Series D financing, led by Koch and NEA
    • Paperspace  - US$111 million sale to DigitalOcean
    • PlayVS -  US$50 million Series C financing, led by NEA and Battery Ventures
    • Radiant Nuclear- US$500M+ Series A-D financings, led by Union Square Ventures, a16z and DCVC
    • Supabase - US $500M+ Series A-E financing, led by Coatue, Felicis, Accel, Craft and Peak
    • Stripe - US$1 billion in Series A-F financings
    • Tilt - Acquisition by Airbnb
    • Twist Bioscience - IPO; US$61 million Series D financing
    • Volley - US$55M Series C financing led by M12 and Lightspeed
    • Zeno Power - US$70M Series A/B financings led by Tribe Capital