Ben Rosales is a partner in Goodwin’s Business Law Department and a member of the firm’s Technology group. Ben specializes in all areas of corporate and securities laws, with a primary focus on emerging growth companies. He joined Goodwin in 2019.
Ben’s practice focuses on advising emerging growth companies at every stage of their corporate lifecycle, including pre-incorporation planning, general corporate representation and counseling, venture capital financings and mergers and acquisitions. He also represents venture capital funds, growth equity funds and strategic investors in financing transactions from seed through growth stage. His work with company- and investor-side clients crosses a broad swath of industries and verticals, including artificial intelligence, biotech, blockchain and digital currency, cleantech and climate tech, cybersecurity, digital health and healthcare, fintech, hardware and SaaS.
Ben also maintains an active pro bono practice, including advising small businesses, asylum claimants and DACA recipients, and has been recognized for his volunteer work as a recipient of the Wiley M. Manuel Certificate for pro bono legal service.
Representative Matters
Company-Side Financings
- Eightfold AI in its:
- $220 million Series E financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 ($2.1 billion valuation)
- $125 million Series D financing led by General Catalyst ($1 billion valuation)
- Menlo Security in its $100 million Series E financing led by Vista Equity Partners ($800 million valuation)
- EvenUp in its:
- $135 million Series D financing led by Bain Capital Ventures (over $1 billion valuation)
- $35 million Series C financing led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
- $50.5 million Series B financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners ($325 million valuation)
- Series A financing led by SignalFire
- Flex Logix Technologies in its $55 million Series D financing led by Mithril Capital
- Suki AI in its $70 million Series D financing led by Hedosophia
- BoostUp.ai in its $28.5 million Series B financing led by NGP Capital
- Connectly in its:
- $20 million Series B financing led by Alibaba
- $7.85 million Series A financing led by Volpe Capital
- Hightouch in its:
- $38 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures ($615 million valuation)
- $40 million Series B financing led by Iconiq Growth ($450 million valuation)
- MagicCube in its $5 million Series B financing led by Bold Capital Partners
- Mercury in its $120 million Series B financing led by Coatue Management ($1.62 billion valuation)
- Penny AI in its $27 million Series B financing led by PSG
- Anthro Energy in its:
- $20 million Series A financing led by Collaborative Fund
- $7.23 million Series Seed financing led by Union Square Ventures and Energy Revolution Ventures
- Decent in its $10 million Series A financing led by QED Investors
- EveryoneSocial in its $7.6 million Series A financing led by Next Frontier Capital
- Height in its $14 million Series A financing led by Redpoint Ventures
- Luminous Computing in its $105 million Series A financing led by Gigafund
- Macrometa in its:
- Strategic investment led by Akamai Technologies
- $20 million Series A financing led by Pelion Ventures
- $7 million Series Seed financing led by DNX Ventures
- Mindset Health in its $12 million Series A financing led by King River Capital
- Nana Technologies in its:
- $17.5 million Series A financing led by Avenir Growth Capital
- $6 million Series Seed financing led by Spero Ventures
- Rapid Robotics in its $12 million Series A financing led by NEA
- ReleaseHub in its $20 million Series A financing led by CRV
- Tenderd in its:
- $30 million Series A financing led by A.P. Moller Holding
- Financing led by Wa’ed Ventures
- The Routing Company in its $15 million Series A financing led by Galvanize Climate Solutions
- Videon Central in its $9 million Series A financing led by Alter Venture Partners
- Wynd Technologies in its $10 million Series A financing led by DBL Partners and Greensoil PropTech Ventures
- Aepnus Technology in its $8 million Series Seed financing led by Clean Energy Ventures
- Hidden Door in its:
- $7 million Series Seed financing led by Makers Fund
- $2 million pre-seed financing led by Northzone
- oak9 in its $5.9 million Series Seed financing led by Menlo Ventures
- Pace in its $5 million Series Seed financing led by Work-Bench Ventures
- Quilt in its $3.5 million Series Seed financing led by Mayfield Fund
- Sensible in its $6.5 million Series Seed financing led by Craft Ventures
- Sturish in its $3.2 million Series Seed financing led by Neo
- Turntable LIVE in its $7 million Series Seed financing led by Founders Fund and f7 Ventures
- Ridepanda in its:
- $7.5 million financing led by Blackhorn Ventures and Yamaha Motor Ventures
- $3.75 million financing led by Porsche Ventures, Yamaha Motor Ventures and Proeza Ventures
Investor-Side Financings
- Acrew Capital in the $12.3 million Series A financing of System
- Andreessen Horowitz in various investments, including the following:
- $26 million Series A financing of Jeeves
- $20 million Series A financing of Matik
- $23 million Series A financing of OpenSea
- $14 million Series A financing of Truffle Security
- $3 million Series Seed financing of Scene Infrastructure Company
- Anthos Capital in the $30 million Series B financing of Episode Six
- ArcTern Ventures in various investments, including the $53 million Series B financing of Cyclic Materials
- Battery Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners in the $150 million Series C financing of FlyHomes
- Bond Capital in various investments, including the following:
- $148 million Series C financing of Asaas
- $75 million Series B financing of CRMBonus
- $50 million Series C extension financing of Meati
- Congruent Ventures in the $10.25 million Series A and SAFE financing of The Demex Group
- Craft Ventures in various investments, including the following:
- $25 million Series A financing of Orum
- $5.1 million Series Seed financing of StreetFair
- General Catalyst in the €450 million Series C financing of Helsing (€4.95 billion valuation)
- Green Bay Ventures in various investments, including the following:
- $60 million Series C financing of 100 Thieves ($460 million valuation)
- $60 million Series C financing ($355 million valuation) and $50 million Series B financing of RapidAPI
- $62 million Series C financing of Sisu Data
- Index Ventures in various investments, including the $24 million Series A financing of ReadySet Technologies
- Kleiner Perkins in various investments, including the following:
- $70 million Series B financing of Ambience Healthcare
- $65 million Series B financing of Codeium ($500 million valuation)
- $31 million Series A financing of PermitFlow
- $6.5 million Series Seed financing of Browserbase
- Lightspeed Venture Partners in various investments, including the $48 million Series A financing of Andalusia Labs (over $1 billion valuation)
- Lowercarbon Capital in various investments, including the following:
- $200 million Series D financing of Solugen (over $2 billion valuation)
- $145 million Series C financing and $150 million Series B financing of Lilac Solutions
- $107 million Series B financing of Heart Aerospace
- $54 million Series B financing of Running Tide
- $50 million Series A financing of Antora Energy
- $40 million Series A financing of Avalanche Energy
- $12 million Series A financing of Floodbase
- $50 million Series A financing of Kula Bio
- $11 million Series A financing of River
- $12.8 million Series A financing of SolarSquare
- $40 million Series A financing of Sublime Systems
- $14 million Series A financing of Unspun
- $12 million Series A financing of Zanskar
- $7.5 million Series Seed financing of Airloom Energy
- $5.5 million Series Seed financing of Cloover
- $4.6 million Series Seed financing of Crux Climate
- $6.8 million Series Seed financing of Eli Technologies
- $12 million Series Seed financing of Matter Intelligence
- $12 million Series Seed financing of Plonts
- $9 million Series Seed financing of Quilt
- $12 million Series Seed financing of Tender Food
- $8.5 million Series Seed financing of Tomorrow Farms
- $8 million Series Seed financing of Vaulted Deep
- $9.5 million Series Seed financing of Zeno
- Purchase of 1,000 tonnes of high-quality verified carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from Watershed
- Prelude Ventures in various investments, including the following:
- $30 million Series A financing of Graphyte
- $40.7 million Series A financing of Redoxblox
- Switch Ventures in various investments
- Thomvest Ventures in various investments, including the $33 million financing of Avalanche Technology
- Two Bear Capital in various investments, including the following:
- $26 million Series A financing of CIQ
- $15 million Series A financing of TileDB
- $1.7 million Series Seed financing of Truwl
- Uncork Capital in various investments, including the following:
- $10.5 million Series A financing of Inscribe AI
- $4 million Series Seed financing of Upscribe
- Wireframe Ventures in the $5.4 million Pre-Seed financing of Cocoon
- BlueJeans Network in its sale to Verizon
- Herophilus in the sale of its Orchard, Orchestra, and OrCA drug discovery platform to Genentech
- Lowercarbon Capital in its acquisition of Climate Draft
- myVR in its sale to Guesty
- Nana Technologies in its sale to Domestic & General
- Onica in its sale to Rackspace
- Turntable LIVE in its acquisition of JQBX
- Upwave in the sale of its Instant Insights business to PureSpectrum
- VenueNext in its sale to Shift4 Payments
- West-Atlantic Partners in its acquisition of PrecisionMed
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Ben was an associate in the San Diego office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP focusing on corporate and securities law. During law school, Ben was a law clerk in the Orange County District Attorney’s office and an associate for the Legal Information Institute’s Supreme Court Bulletin. He also won Best Seller’s Counsel at Cornell’s 2016 Transactional Lawyering Competition.
Credentials
Education
JD2017
Cornell Law School
MA2014
Columbia University
AB2012
Princeton University
Admissions
Bars
- California