Daniel Chinn

Daniel Chinn is a partner and Head of our High-Tech Department.

Daniel specialises in representing venture capital and private equity funds, as well as companies in the technology industry.

Daniel represents early-stage technology companies from the initial stages of conception and ideation through the establishment of the company, raising capital from investors, contracting with employees, including compensation plans and options, drafting development, product manufacturing, licencing, marketing and distribution agreements, and all the way through public offerings to a possible ultimate exit.

Daniel was a partner in the commercial and corporate department of leading law firms, and a partner in Israel Seed Partners, a Jerusalem-based venture capital fund with close to $300m under his management. In addition, he served as the CEO of an Agrotech company. Daniel also served as CEO and the executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN) where he worked with management to lead the company to significant revenues before being acquired by Fortress Capital.

His extensive and varied experience, which enables him to provide legal, business and strategic advice to his clients places him in a unique position in the Israeli hi-tech landscape. 

• Represents Lemonade, Inc. on an ongoing basis, including four rounds of investment in an aggregate amount of over $450m, including Series D round led by Softbank of $300m. In 2020, he also represented Lemonade in its successful IPO on the NYSE in which the company raised $367m
• Represents Aleph, L.P., a leading Israeli venture capital fund in numerous investments, including leading a $15m investment in Platterz, Inc., as well as representing Aleph in the sale of Luminate Security Solutions to Symantec
• Represents Nexar, Inc. on an ongoing basis, including four rounds of investment in an aggregate amount of over $100m
• Represents Maniv Mobility, an early stage venture fund specializing in mobility technology, in investments in numerous companies
• Represented ComQi Ltd. In its sale to AUO in 2019 and subsequently represented ComQi Inc. in its acquisition of JohnRyan, Inc.

• Corporate and M&A
• Investment funds

• Insurance
• Industrials and manufacturing
• Banking and financial services
• Technology and telecommunications
• Consumer goods and services

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• Oxford University, B.A. Jurisprudence, 1986.