Joshua D. Geffon

Office

Santa Monica

Practices

Industries

Education & Admissions

J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
Recipient of the Drown Fellowship

B.A., magna cum laude
University of California, Los Angeles

Admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia

Languages

Fluent in Hebrew

Josh advises entrepreneurs, executives, and in-house legal teams on bringing their innovative ideas to market. He partners with his clients every step of the way, using his decades of experience and knowledge of the ecosystem to take them from nascent stage emerging growth to multibillion-dollar public corporations. Josh acts as a strategic partner on which clients can rely to identify and provide thoughtful, efficient, and comprehensive solutions.

Josh closely monitors the latest trends, gaining insight into how new technologies, therapeutics, services, and products will affect the marketplace. He leverages this knowledge to help his clients stay one step ahead of their competition. Life sciences, AI, space, deep technology, consumer products companies, and their investors appreciate that Josh understands their business and speaks their language. They rely on him for venture capital and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, and technology arrangements. He often advises boards of directors and senior management on matters such as corporate governance and intellectual property transactions and negotiates strategic transactions on behalf of corporations. At the heart of his practice, Josh helps innovators in all facets of their business.

I often say I’m a quarterback for my clients. I’m who they call to facilitate, strategize, and advise on a matter or series of strategic transactions. My clients rely on me as a teammate throughout their entire lifecycles.”

Joshua D. Geffon

Josh keeps his finger on the pulse by training the next generation of corporate lawyers through his involvement in the American Bar Association (ABA) and as a guest lecturer at multiple law schools including UCLA Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Loyola Law School of Los Angeles. He is Chairman Emeritus of the ABA’s Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee and an active member of the ABA’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and International Law Section.

Hebbia in over $150M worth of venture capital financings, including its $130M Series B
Umbra Labs in over $100M worth of venture capital financings, including its Series A and Series B financings
Mahzi Therapeutics in its $45M Series A financing
Seek Thermal in over $45M worth of venture capital financings
Plume Health in its $24M Series B financing
Jeeva in its $16M Series A financing
One Footprint in its $13M Series A financing
Matter Intelligence in its $12M Series Seed financing
Blavity in multiple rounds of venture capital financing
Plexo Capital in several investments into venture capital funds
Multiple investments representing MaC Venture Capital, Bonfire Ventures, IGSB, and NEA:
- MaC Venture Capital in multiple investments, including Hexium, Everywhere Apparel, Purestream Trading Technologies, Mayvenn, Mahmee, and mSurvey
- Bonfire Ventures in multiple investments, including 1Fort, Reactiv, Optimize Health, Skael, Integry, and Tourial
- Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB) in multiple investments, including AppFolio and Facebook
- NEA in multiple investments, including CrowdBotics

*includes work from a previous firm

Hebbia in over $150M worth of venture capital financings, including its $130M Series B
Umbra Labs in over $100M worth of venture capital financings, including its Series A and Series B financings
Mahzi Therapeutics in its $45M Series A financing
Seek Thermal in over $45M worth of venture capital financings
Plume Health in its $24M Series B financing
Jeeva in its $16M Series A financing
One Footprint in its $13M Series A financing
Matter Intelligence in its $12M Series Seed financing
Blavity in multiple rounds of venture capital financing
Plexo Capital in several investments into venture capital funds
Multiple investments representing MaC Venture Capital, Bonfire Ventures, IGSB, and NEA:
- MaC Venture Capital in multiple investments, including Hexium, Everywhere Apparel, Purestream Trading Technologies, Mayvenn, Mahmee, and mSurvey
- Bonfire Ventures in multiple investments, including 1Fort, Reactiv, Optimize Health, Skael, Integry, and Tourial
- Investment Group of Santa Barbara (IGSB) in multiple investments, including AppFolio and Facebook
- NEA in multiple investments, including CrowdBotics

*includes work from a previous firm

Anchovi Labs (a Caltech spin-out) in its sale to Dropbox
Blavity in its acquisition of RNB House Party
Santen Pharmaceuticals Co. in its strategic investments and collaborations with several life science businesses, including jCyte Inc., Regenerative Patch Technologies, and Glaukos Corporation
SecureDocs in its sale to Onit
RightScale in its sale to Flexera
Tegus, Inc. in its acquisition of a software company and multiple rounds of venture financing
Vascular Medcure in its sale to Medtronic

*includes work from a previous firm

Anchovi Labs (a Caltech spin-out) in its sale to Dropbox
Blavity in its acquisition of RNB House Party
Santen Pharmaceuticals Co. in its strategic investments and collaborations with several life science businesses, including jCyte Inc., Regenerative Patch Technologies, and Glaukos Corporation
SecureDocs in its sale to Onit
RightScale in its sale to Flexera
Tegus, Inc. in its acquisition of a software company and multiple rounds of venture financing
Vascular Medcure in its sale to Medtronic

*includes work from a previous firm

“Cutting Edge Issues on Private Equity and VC Legal Opinions,” American Bar Association, Business Law Section Meeting, April 2021 (speaker)
“Intellectual Property Strategy for Startups,” Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, November 2020 (speaker)
“Mergers & Acquisitions: Process and Negotiations,” UCLA Anderson School of Management, April 2020 (speaker)
“M&A in Silicon Beach,” UCLA School of Law, Lowell Milken Institute, November 2019 (speaker)
“Everything You Need to Know (From a Legal Perspective) to Create a High Growth Business,” UCLA School of Engineering, May 2019 (speaker)
“Lowell Milken Institute Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs,” UCLA School of Law, June 2018 (Judge)
“The Legal Framework Required to Create a High Growth Business,” UCLA School of Engineering, May 2018 (speaker)
“Annual Survey of Judicial Developments Pertaining to Private Equity and Venture Capital, ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting,” American Bar Association, Business Law Section Meeting, April 2018 (speaker)
“Consulting Drives Innovation,” USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation, January 2018 (moderator)
“Five Important Ethical Issues Impacting In-House Counsel,” Corporate Counsel Roundtable, January 2017 (speaker)

“Cutting Edge Issues on Private Equity and VC Legal Opinions,” American Bar Association, Business Law Section Meeting, April 2021 (speaker)
“Intellectual Property Strategy for Startups,” Cal Poly Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, November 2020 (speaker)
“Mergers & Acquisitions: Process and Negotiations,” UCLA Anderson School of Management, April 2020 (speaker)
“M&A in Silicon Beach,” UCLA School of Law, Lowell Milken Institute, November 2019 (speaker)
“Everything You Need to Know (From a Legal Perspective) to Create a High Growth Business,” UCLA School of Engineering, May 2019 (speaker)
“Lowell Milken Institute Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs,” UCLA School of Law, June 2018 (Judge)
“The Legal Framework Required to Create a High Growth Business,” UCLA School of Engineering, May 2018 (speaker)
“Annual Survey of Judicial Developments Pertaining to Private Equity and Venture Capital, ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting,” American Bar Association, Business Law Section Meeting, April 2018 (speaker)
“Consulting Drives Innovation,” USC Marshall Center for Global Innovation, January 2018 (moderator)
“Five Important Ethical Issues Impacting In-House Counsel,” Corporate Counsel Roundtable, January 2017 (speaker)