Firm News April 8, 2025
Troutman Pepper Locke Advises Via Science in Securing $28 Million Series B Investment From Global Enterprises
BOSTON – Troutman Pepper Locke advised Via Science, Inc. (VIA), a leader in decentralized, enterprise-scale data and identity protection, in raising its Series B financing round of $28 million from global enterprises. This investment will accelerate VIA’s high-security, easy-to-implement data and identity protection platform for governments and enterprises. For more information, see the press release.
VIA restricted this highly oversubscribed round to the most experienced and commercially relevant new investors, including Bosch Ventures as the lead, BMW i Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, and Sentinel Global. The new investors joined Westly Group and select existing investors to make up the minority investment.
The Troutman Pepper Locke team advising VIA was led by Dan Sieck and included Jake McDonough, Jack Taylor, Joe Cataldo, Dan Anziska, Charlene Goldfield, Sophia Harmelin, and Patrick Archambault.
The firm is very active in the emerging company and venture capital communities, offering the unique Troutman SEED™ program. This development program combines the resources of an experienced, multidisciplinary team into an affordable package for startups, early-stage, and fast-growing companies, providing them with comprehensive legal counsel, mentoring, relationship-building opportunities, and more.
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