Speaker 11.05.26
11.05
The AI-Native Playbook: The New Blueprint for Startup Growth and Revenue
6:00PM - 9:30PM EST
Ron Fleming represents entrepreneurs and financiers of leading startups in a diverse group of industries, including software, ecommerce, cloud computing, AI, spacetech, rockets, deeptech, healthtech, fintech, video games, cleantech and sports.
Ron, the leader of Pillsbury’s Emerging Companies team in New York, maintains a broad-based corporate practice that encompasses venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and compliance, and general corporate law. He also focuses on emerging private and public companies and the AI, technology, deeptech, space, software, biotechnology and telecommunications industries.
Representative Experience
- Represented Business Insider since formation, including incorporation, seven rounds of venture capital and its sale to Axel Springer.
- Represented Stoke Space Technologies in its $510 million Series D financing round, $260 million Series C financing round, $100 million Series B financing round and $65 million funding round, which at the time was the largest pure Series A investment ever for a space company.
- Represented the first “unicorn” in New York in its organization and six rounds of venture capital financing with proceeds of over $300 million.
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- Representative VC Financings Experience
- Represented Thyme Care since formation, including incorporation, and in its $97 million Series D financing, $95 million Series C financing, which included investors such as CVS Health Ventures, and $60 million Series B financing.
- Represented Nomad Health since formation, including incorporation, and in its $22 million funding round and $105 million Series D-1 financing.
- Represented Modal Labs since formation, including incorporation, and in its $87 million Series B financing and $16 million Series A financing.
- Represented Vori Health since formation, including incorporation, and in its $50+ million Series A financing.
- Represented Goodfire AI since formation, including incorporation, and in its $50 million Series A financing and $7 million Series Seed financing.
- Represented Tomo Mortgage since formation, including incorporation, and in its $20 million Series B financing, $40 million Series A financing and $70 million Series Seed financing.
- Represented AlleyCorp in hundreds of investments in transformative companies in the space, life sciences and digital health, software, AI, and consumer goods industries, as well as its acquisition of Meetup from WeWork.
- Represented Maersk in its investment in WasteFuel’s $45 million Series B financing, Captura’s $21.5 million Series A financing and Arrive Recommerce’s $16 million Series A financing.
- Represented Golf+ in its $6 million Series Seed financing, which included investors such as Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Mike Trout and Rory McIlroy.
- Represented SecurityScorecard in its $180 million Series E financing.
- Represented Acre Venture Partners in various investments in transformative companies in the foodtech and agtech industries.
- Representative Mergers & Acquisitions Experience
- Represented Amphenol in over a dozen acquisitions, including in its $318 million acquisition of the Advanced Sensors business from General Electric.
- Represented SecurityScorecard in its acquisition of LIFARS.
- Represented Modal Labs in its acquisition of Twirl Data AB’s assets.
- Represented Anvyl in its sale to Sage.
- Represented Meetup in its sale to Bending Spoons.
- Represented Larva Labs in its sale of CryptoPunks and Meebits NFT Collection to Yuga Labs.
- Represented ReDesign Health in its acquisition of Together Senior Health.
- Represented Bright Parenting in its sale to Maven.
- Represented INR Energy in its sale to Cliffs Natural Resources.
- Represented 1stdibs in its sale of Design Manager to Performant Capital.
- Representing an ISP in its sale to a CLEC.
- Representative Securities Offerings Experience
- Represented 1stdibs in its $132 million IPO.
Professional Highlights
- Recognized by Chambers USA, Startups & Emerging Companies (2024–2026)
- Recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. in Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2025–2026)
- Recognized by Best Lawyers (published by BL Rankings LLC), Corporate Law (2005–2023)
Education
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J.D., Columbia Law School, 1991
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Advanced Interdisciplinary Legal Education ProgramB.A., Columbia University, 1991
summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
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New York