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MoFo Advises Third Wave Automation on $27 Million Series C Funding Round

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Morrison Foerster advised Third Wave Automation, a provider of autonomous high-reach forklifts powered by Shared Autonomy, on a $27 million Series C round led by Woven Capital, Toyota's growth fund. Return investors Innovation Endeavors, Norwest Venture Partners and Qualcomm Ventures joined the round, bringing total capital raised to $97 million.

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Morrison Foerster advised Third Wave Automation, a provider of autonomous high-reach forklifts powered by Shared Autonomy, on a $27 million Series C round led by Woven Capital, Toyota's growth fund. Return investors Innovation Endeavors, Norwest Venture Partners and Qualcomm Ventures joined the round, bringing total capital raised to $97 million.The funding will enable Third Wave to scale its pioneering Shared Autonomy Platform, expand manufacturing of its multimode TWA Reach forklifts, and support future technology development that advances the use of autonomous forklifts in and around warehouse environments.The MoFo team was led by Palo Alto corporate partner Jim Ryan with associates Katherine Suzuki and Thomas Hopkins. Valuable assistance on CFIUS matters was provided by Washington, D.C. partner James Brower and associate Patrick Byxbee.Read the <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/third-wave-automation-closes-27-million-series-c-funding-to-scale-autonomous-forklifts-302290953.html" target="_blank">press release</a>.

MoFo Advises Third Wave Automation on $27 Million Series C Funding Round

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Jim Ryan is a partner in Morrison Foerster's Transactions Department. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border corporate and securities matters, including venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, securities compliance, and corporate governance.Jim represents entrepreneurs, startups and emerging companies as outside general counsel, venture capital and private equity investors, and financial and strategic acquirers across the technology, media, telecommunications, and life sciences industries. His clients operate in a variety of sectors including machine learning and artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity, data analytics, fintech, e-commerce, gaming, life sciences, and medical devices.Jim earned his J.D. from the Santa Clara University School of Law, where he was a comments editor for the Santa Clara Law Review and was published on the topic of cloud computing regulation. He received his B.A. in Economics with a minor in Information Systems and Technology Management from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Katherine Suzuki is a corporate associate in the firm's Palo Alto office.Katherine’s practice focuses on corporate and securities matters, including venture capital and private equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance.Prior to joining the firm as an associate, Katherine served in the United States House of Representatives as a Legislative Fellow. She also served as an Honors Program Legal Intern with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.Katherine earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she earned a Certificate of Specialization in Business Law. While in law school, she served as Executive Editor for the Asian American Law Journal and participated in the New Business Practicum, which advises startups in the Bay Area.Katherine received her B.A., with distinction, from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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Thomas Hopkins is an associate in the Palo Alto office of Morrison Foerster and a member of the firm’s Transactions Department. Prior to joining the firm, Thomas worked as a summer associate for Morrison Foerster.Thomas earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was the President of the Harvard Law Blockchain and FinTech Initiative, and received the Dean’s Scholar Prize for Corporations and the Section 6A Best Brief Honor for Legal Research and Writing. Thomas also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Brigham Young University, and a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Utah.

Thomas Hopkins

James Brower is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Litigation Department, residing in the Washington D.C. office.James has extensive experience advising and representing clients in matters relating to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and other national security-related matters. He has worked across a variety of departments within the U.S. Federal Government, including the Defense Security Service (now the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency) within the Department of Defense and the Office of Investment Security within the Department of the Treasury. James, while with the Department of the Treasury, led the review, assessment, and investigation of over one hundred transactions and spent years handling complex filings, transactions, and policies. He also led CFIUS’s mitigation monitoring efforts and the deployment and implementation of the CFIUS Pilot Program.Directly prior to joining Morrison Foerster, James worked at a global law firm representing clients before CFIUS advising clients on various policies and processes in compliance with federal statutes, and leading engagements with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.James received his B.A. in English as well as Government and International Politics from George Mason University, and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.

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Patrick Byxbee is an associate in the Litigation Department of Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office.Patrick’s practice focuses on general litigation.Before joining Morrison Foerster, Patrick served as a legal intern in the U.S. Department of State, and both the Criminal and National Security Divisions of the U.S. Department of Justice.Patrick received his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School where he was executive editor of the Harvard National Security Journal. Patrick received his B.S.B.A. in accounting, summa cum laude, from West Virginia University.

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