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Aloha Marine Lines launches new barge built by Gunderson Marine & Iron

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The Makani Loa was constructed at Gunderson Marine & Iron in Portland, OR, and launched there on March 2.

Key Points: 
  • The Makani Loa was constructed at Gunderson Marine & Iron in Portland, OR, and launched there on March 2.
  • Together, they represent Aloha Marine Lines’ family of Makani Class barges that will continue to maintain regular, bi-weekly barge service between Seattle and Hawaii.
  • “The Makani Loa is the first launch by Gunderson Marine & Iron since acquiring the company in 2023,” said Dee Burch, President of Gunderson Marine & Iron.
  • Hockema Group has worked for decades with Gunderson Marine and Lynden designing and providing construction support on many successful deck cargo barge projects, including most of the Aloha Marine Lines and Alaska Marine Lines fleet.

Fairmint is the First SEC-Registered Transfer Agent to Adopt the Transfer Agent Protocol (TAP)

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fairmint is proud to be the first SEC-registered Transfer Agent to integrate with the Transfer Agent Protocol (TAP).

Key Points: 
  • In a landmark move, Fairmint leads the charge in leveraging onchain technology for equity management, enhancing transparency and efficiency through Transfer Agent Protocol and Open Cap Table Format integration.
  • The international law firm Gunderson Dettmer recently published Where does the cap table industry go now?
  • and says it best:
    "Cap tables summarize some of the most sensitive information in a private company: who owns what."
  • "By choosing to build on open-source standards like the Transfer Agent Protocol and the Open Cap Table format, we're pioneering the future of the equity management industry based on trust and transparency," shares Thibauld Favre, co-CEO of Fairmint.

Daxko Appoints YMCA Leader and Fitness Market Veteran Glen Gunderson to Board of Directors

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Friday, January 19, 2024

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Daxko, the leading software and integrated payments solutions provider in the health, fitness, and wellness industry, today announced the appointment of Glen Gunderson, a seasoned YMCA executive with 34 years of industry experience, to its Board of Directors. The move by Daxko aims to honor its continued commitment to YMCAs as it celebrates 25 years of service to the market.

Key Points: 
  • The move by Daxko aims to honor its continued commitment to YMCAs as it celebrates 25 years of service to the market.
  • Daxko announced today the appointment of Glen Gunderson, a seasoned YMCA executive with 34 years of industry experience, to its Board of Directors.
  • The move by Daxko aims to honor its continued commitment to YMCAs as it celebrates 25 years of service to the market.
  • "I'm looking forward to being a voice of the customer and the market as Daxko begins its transformational next chapter," shared Gunderson.

Gunderson Dettmer Announces Cap Table Integration Partnership with VC-backed Pulley

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

This integration marks a major milestone for the venture ecosystem because it is the first public example of two organizations using the Open Cap Table Coalition’s open-source cap table data standard (OCF) to facilitate a seamless digital handoff of cap table information, in this case, from a law firm to a cap table platform.

Key Points: 
  • This integration marks a major milestone for the venture ecosystem because it is the first public example of two organizations using the Open Cap Table Coalition’s open-source cap table data standard (OCF) to facilitate a seamless digital handoff of cap table information, in this case, from a law firm to a cap table platform.
  • Both Gunderson Dettmer and Pulley are members of the Open Cap Table Coalition .
  • Gunderson’s Cap Express tooling can submit cap table data to any other cap table platform that supports importing the OCF data format, and Pulley’s endpoint can accept OCF information from other law firms.
  • Gunderson was proud to work with its client Pulley as its first integration partner for Cap Express because of Pulley’s commitment to working with founders and their law firms to provide the most seamless cap table management experience in the marketplace.

Former Gilead Head of Legal Brett Pletcher Rejoins Gunderson Dettmer

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Monday, July 10, 2023

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunderson Dettmer is pleased to announce that Brett Pletcher has rejoined the firm as Of Counsel in the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice.

Key Points: 
  • REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunderson Dettmer is pleased to announce that Brett Pletcher has rejoined the firm as Of Counsel in the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice.
  • Pletcher most recently served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Gilead Sciences.
  • Prior to his seventeen-plus year tenure at Gilead Sciences, Inc., Pletcher was a partner at Gunderson Dettmer.
  • That combination will be invaluable to our clients.”
    “I’m very excited to rejoin Gunderson Dettmer where I began my career,” said Pletcher.

Gunderson Dettmer Expands Fintech Regulatory Support with New Partner Sangeetha M. Raghunathan

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunderson Dettmer is pleased to announce that Sangeetha M. Raghunathan has joined the firm as a Partner in the Corporate and Securities practice, where she will focus on regulatory and compliance support for companies in the fintech, web3 and modern finance sector.

Key Points: 
  • REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunderson Dettmer is pleased to announce that Sangeetha M. Raghunathan has joined the firm as a Partner in the Corporate and Securities practice, where she will focus on regulatory and compliance support for companies in the fintech, web3 and modern finance sector.
  • Prior to joining Gunderson Dettmer, Raghunathan was General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at fintech company Earnin.
  • Raghunathan has significant experience as an in-house attorney operating at the intersection of legal, fintech and regulatory compliance.
  • Fintech has tremendous potential to fundamentally change the way consumers will access, use, and move money, both domestically and internationally, said Raghunathan.

Lara Pender Joins Gunderson Dettmer’s Market-Leading Venture Capital & Growth Equity Practice

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Monday, June 27, 2022

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunderson Dettmer announced today that Lara Alice Pender has joined the firms leading venture capital and growth equity practice as a partner, where she will be resident in the Ann Arbor office.

Key Points: 
  • REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunderson Dettmer announced today that Lara Alice Pender has joined the firms leading venture capital and growth equity practice as a partner, where she will be resident in the Ann Arbor office.
  • Pender focuses her practice on structuring, negotiating and managing minority- and majority-stake investments, as well as cross-border acquisitions and divestitures, for growth equity, venture capital and other private equity firms and the growth-stage companies in which they invest.
  • She has represented a range of private equity investors, including international corporate venture capital, sovereign wealth and pension funds, in connection with numerous financings of high-valuation companies.
  • Lara will add her extensive private equity experience to our already formidable global growth equity fund practice.

Gunderson Dettmer Expands Fintech Regulatory Support with New Partner Benjamin B. Buckwalter

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Monday, May 16, 2022

Prior to joining Gunderson Dettmer, Buckwalter was Chief Compliance Officer at Andreessen Horowitz.

Key Points: 
  • Prior to joining Gunderson Dettmer, Buckwalter was Chief Compliance Officer at Andreessen Horowitz.
  • Gunderson Dettmer represents hundreds of companies involved in the fintech industry and supports venture and growth equity fund clients in investments in the sector, said David T. Young, Gunderson Dettmer Managing Partner.
  • Buckwalter has focused on financial regulatory and compliance issues for over 15 years, during a highly tumultuous and innovative period for the financial services sector.
  • At Gunderson Dettmer, he will leverage his significant financial regulatory experience to support both funds and companies focused on harnessing the momentum of fintech, web3, blockchain, crypto and other market-changing technologies.

Emily E. Cabrera Joins Gunderson Dettmer as Executive Compensation Partner

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunderson Dettmer is pleased to announce that Emily E. Cabrera has joined the firm as an Executive Compensation Partner in its New York office.

Key Points: 
  • REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunderson Dettmer is pleased to announce that Emily E. Cabrera has joined the firm as an Executive Compensation Partner in its New York office.
  • Emily is an outstanding addition to our firmwide executive compensation team.
  • Cabrera is a seasoned attorney with broad experience representing private and public companies and their boards of directors in executive compensation matters.
  • Cabrera advises pre-IPO companies on their compensation arrangements, listing requirements under the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges, and shareholder expectations and requirements.

Gunderson Direct Strengthens Account Service Team: Adds Industry Veteran Marty Kurpiel as Vice President of Account Services

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Friday, August 27, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --An industry-leading full-service independent direct marketing agencyis excited to announce the addition of direct marketing and data strategy veteran Marty Kurpiel as Vice President of Account Services.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --An industry-leading full-service independent direct marketing agencyis excited to announce the addition of direct marketing and data strategy veteran Marty Kurpiel as Vice President of Account Services.
  • Marty will lead the account team, serve as direct marketing and data subject matter expert, and work across agency teams to strategically develop and enhance the range of services provided by Gunderson Direct.
  • With a strong focus on client service, Marty brings over 30 years of technology and operations leadership in the areas of direct and digital marketing.
  • Our goal is to be the number one account service team in the direct mail industry."