Trenton C. Dykes

Selected Public and Private Financings

• Edifecs growth equity investment from TA Associates and Francisco Partners
• Starbucks Corporation US$550 million public debt offering
• Northstar Neuroscience US$120 million initial public offering of common stock
• Imperium Renewables US$120 million Series B financing
• Trupanion US$82 million initial public offering of common stock and US$69 million follow-on public offering
• Cappasity Technologies US$56 million offering of simple agreements for future tokens (SAFT)
• Avalanche Energy Designs US $5.1 million Series Seed financing and US$40 million Series A financing 
• Arivale US$36 million Series A financing
• PokitDok US$4.3 million Series A financing and US$34 million Series B financing
• The Cumulus Coffee Company US$19.1 Series Seed financing
• Hiya US$18 million Series A financing and Series B financing
• Legwork US$17 million Series A financing
• Tomboy Exchange US$17 million Series B financing
• Pinkberry US$17 million Series B financing
• Trupanion US$15.25 million Series C financing
• Generic Medical Devices US$14 million Series A financing
• Super.ai US$11.8 million Series A financing
• DocuSmart (dba Lexion) US$4.2 million Series Seed financing, US$11 million Series A financing and US$20 million Series B financing
• Integris Software US$3 million Series Seed financing and US$10 million Series A financing
• Botanical Laboratories US$10.5 million debt financing
• AccelByte US$10 million Series A financing and US$60 million Series B financing
• icebrg US$10 million Series A financing
• Micronics US$6 million Series C financing
• Cloud Paper US$3 million Series Seed financing
• Trusted Key Solutions US$3 million Series Seed financing 

 Selected Mergers and Acquisitions

• Sale of Ekata to Mastercard
• RealNetworks take-private transaction
• Acquisition of 47 Degrees by Xebia Group B.V.
• Acquisition of Oncrawl by BrightEdge Technologies
• Sale of Cornerstone Advisors to Pathstone
• Sale of Otis Wealth to Public
• Sale of Legwork to Planet DDS
• Sale of Magalix to Weavework
• Sale of S2 Systems to Cloudflare
• Sale of Dolly to Updater
• Sale of Pacific Data Partners to LiveRamp
• Sale of AnsweriQ to Freshworks
• Sale of PopCap Games to Electronic Arts
• Sale of Integris Software to OneTrust
• Sale of Trusted Key Solutions to Workday
• Sale of icebrg to Gigamon
• Sale of LeaveLogic to Unum Group
• Sale of CitizenHawk to CT Corporation, a Wolters Kluwer business
• Sale of Clipboard to salesforce.com
• Sale of Noetix to Silverback Enterprise Group
• Sale of Botanical Laboratories to Schwabe North America
• Sale of Micronics to Sony
• Sale of Pinkberry to Kahala Brands
• Acquisition of ZipZapPlay by PopCap Games
• Sale of Northstar Neuroscience assets to St. Jude Medical
• Acquisition of Jaros Technologies by Noetix
• Sale of Kinetix Living to Regence BlueShield
• Sale of Pacific Edge Software to Serena Software
• Sale of NetMotion Wireless to Padcom
• Sale of Topline Solutions to NaviMedix
• Sale of Scout Analytics to ServiceSource International

Trent represents or has represented such companies as:

• AccelByte
• Adaptiva
• Alitheon
• Allen Institute for AI
• Amazon.com
• American Giant
• Array Health Solutions
• Arivale
• Avalanche Energy Designs
• BluOasis
• Botanical Laboratories
• Clipboard
• Cloud Paper
• DocuSmart (dba Lexion)
• Dolls Kill
• Eclypsium
• Edifecs
• Ekata
• Generic Medical Devices
• Healionics
• Hiya
• icebrg
• Imperium Renewables
• Integris Software
• Kernel Labs
• Legwork
• Malleable
• MedBridge
• Micronics
• Mystery (dba Glue)
• Neah Power Systems
• Noetix
• Northstar Neuroscience
• Orbite
• Pacific Edge Software
• Pinkberry
• Pluto VR
• Pokitdok
• PopCap Games
• Pressed Juicery
• Reserved.ai (dba Archera.ai)
• Scout Analytics
• Specter Ops
• Starbucks
• Strike Graph
• Super.ai
• Tignis
• The Cumulus Coffee Company
• TomboyX
• Trupanion
• Versium Analytics
• Whitepages
• Xebia Group B.V.

Trent represents or has represented such venture capital firms and investment banks as:

• Anthos Capital
• Barclays
• Ignition Partners
• Madrona Venture Group
• Maveron
• PenderFund Capital
• Polaris Ventures
• RBC Capital Markets
• SCP
• Sigma Partners
• Stifel

Chambers USA

• Band 2, Washington Corporate/M&A (2021-2024)
• Band 3, Washington Corporate/M&A (2016-2018)
• Up and Coming, Washington Corporate/M&A (2013-2015) 

The Legal 500 United States

• Recommended, Venture Capital & Emerging Companies (2015, 2017, 2020-2023)
• Recommended, Fintech (2020-2022)

Additional Awards

• Recognized, "Absolutely Best at Client Service," All-Stars 2024 Award, BTI Consulting Group
• Washington Super Lawyer magazine has named Trent a Super Lawyer every year since 2014, and named a Super Lawyer Rising Star from 2009 to 2013

• Contributing author in Steven Dresner's book "Crowdfunding: A Guide to Raising Capital on the Internet," Bloomberg Financial Series, 2014
• "Demo Days, Pitch Events and the New Reg D," The Venture Alley, September 23, 2013
• "In re Trados: What Happens When Common Gets Nothing?," The Venture Alley, August 16, 2013
• "Understanding Section 280G and Golden Parachute Payments," The Venture Alley, September 5, 2012
• "Choice of Entity: Five Items to Consider When Choosing Your Startup Entity Structure," The Venture Alley, July 6, 2012
• "Establishing Fair Market Value for Purposes of Section 409A and Stock Option Grants," The Venture Alley, March 9, 2012
• "Delaware Franchise Tax Due March 1: Two Methods of Calculation, Two Vastly Different Results," The Venture Alley, February 1, 2012

• "Avoid the Blame and (Some of) the Chaos: Anticipate and Address Common Deal Killers," Association of Corporate Counsel Washington State chapter seminar, Seattle, November 7, 2012
• "VC Due Diligence Basics: How to Conduct Investor-Side Due Diligence," Entrepreneurial Law Clinic, University of Washington School of Law, October 17, 2012
• "Back to the Money Game: M&A as an Exit Strategy," Gamer Technology Law Conference, Law Seminars International, October 5, 2012
• "Legal Issues for Startups: 10 Things You Need to Know," Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition, University of Washington Foster Business School, February 9, 2012