Ella Donegan is an associate in Goodwin’s Technology and Life Sciences groups in London. Ella advises clients on a range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on transactions in the technology sector. Her experience includes advising investors, companies (ranging from start-ups to large multi-nationals), and management teams on a broad variety of projects including venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, and general corporate transactions. Prior to becoming a solicitor, Ella worked as a medical doctor in the National Health Service.
Experience
- Cognitive Credit on its $10 million Series B round led by ETFS Capital, with participation from existing investor, XTX Ventures. Cognitive Credit is a UK-based software development company which provides the world's leading credit investors with specialist data and analytics to form smarter, faster credit views
- A cohort of investors in a £10 million financing round for NanoSyrinx, a discovery stage synthetic biology company
- ETF Partners on its investment in the $75 million Series C financing of Riverlane, the global leader in quantum error correction technology
- Vertice, a London-based tech-enabled SaaS purchasing company, on its $25 million Series B fundraise co-led by 83North and BVP
- Accel as the lead investor in the US$90 million Series C fundraising round for artificial intelligence-based video generation platform Synthesia
- Supercritical, a carbon removal marketplace, on its $13 million Series A financing
- Plain, a London based start-up developing an API-first tool to help companies provide streamlines support for customer service teams, on its $6 million seed fundraising
- Better Dairy Limited, on completing a £1.6 million seed funding round led by Happiness Capital
- Octopus Ventures, on completing a £3 million investment into Whirli Limited as part of a total £4 million seed funding round
- Octopus Ventures and BGF, on completing their £9.1 million investment into Orbital Express Launch Limited as part of a total £13.65 million series B funding round
- Cleo on its $44 Million Series B funding round led by EQT Ventures
- Smedvig Capital on completing a $10 million Series A investment in restaurant intelligence platform Yumpingo
- Skew, a cryptocurrency real-time data analytics company, on a £4 million Series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures
- Skew, a crypto analytics platform, on a $2 million seed financing led by FirstMinute Capital*
- Smedvig Capital on leading a $7.4 million series A investment in the adtech startup Spirable*
- Atomico on leading a £10 million series A investment in the childcare platform Koru Kids*
- Flatfair, the “deposit-free” renting platform, on its $11 million series A financing led by Index Ventures*
* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.
Professional Activities
Ella is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales and is registered with the General Medical Council.
Professional Experience
Prior to embarking on a career in law, Ella studied Medicine in London and worked as a doctor in the National Health Service.
Credentials
Education
Legal Practice Course2014
Kaplan Law School
Graduate Diploma in Law2013
BPP Law School
Bachelor of Medicine2009
University College London
Admissions
Bars
- England and Wales