Adam Thatcher is a partner in Goodwin’s Technology and Life Sciences groups. Adam advises growth companies and investors on a broad range of corporate matters, through every stage of the corporate life cycle, with a particular focus on venture capital financings and M&A transactions.
Adam has been recognized for his venture capital and corporate work by the following industry publications:
- Next Generation Partner: Venture Capital in London, Legal 500 UK 2024
- Next Generation Partner: Corporate and Commercial in Cambridge, Legal 500 UK 2024
- Rising Star: Venture Capital in London, Legal 500 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
- Rising Star: Corporate and Commercial in Cambridge, Legal 500 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Adam has also been a speaker at various UK technology-focused accelerators and venture capital conferences and has written several articles and blog posts on financings.
Prior to joining Goodwin, Adam was a senior associate at Taylor Wessing LLP.
Representative Matters
- The sale of Endomag to Hologic
- The sale of Pento to HiBob
- The sale of Ophelos to Intrum
- The sale of Tessian to Proofpoint
- The sale of Citymapper to Via
- The sale of OKRA.ai to Envision Pharma Group
- The sale of Codeplay to Intel Corporation
- The sale of Sphonic to Signicat
- The sale of Minesoft to MLM2 and Warburg Pincus
- The sale of Breaking Free Online to Lifeworks Corporation
- Hopin on various buy-side acquisitions
- The sale of Magic Pony to Twitter*
- The sale of Grapeshot to Oracle Corporation*
- The sale of Sonalytic to Spotify*
- The sale of Unruly to News Corporation*
*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.
- Morningside, on its lead investment into Ieso Digital Health as part of a $50 million Series B funding round
- Closed Loop Medicine, on its £13 million Series A funding round, led by Ananda Impact Ventures and BGF
- Novo Holdings on its lead investment into Exscientia as part of a $60 million Series C funding round and its follow-on investment as part of a $225 million Series D funding round
- Endomag on its $20 million Series D funding round led by Draper Esprit
- Morningside on its lead investment into Immune Regulation, as part of a £25 million Series B funding round
- Medicxi on its lead investment into Janpix, as part of a $10 million Series B funding round
- Evonetix on its £9 million funding round led by Morningside Ventures and Draper Esprit*
- Temasek on its $90 million lead investment into BenevolentAI*
*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.
- Omnea, an end-to-end, AI-powered procurement and supplier management platform, on its $20 million Series A financing led by Accel
- UB FIGG on its lead growth investment into UK-based Notpla, a family of regenerative packaging materials made from seaweed and plants
- Anaphite, a Bristol-based deep tech startup aimed at making electronic vehicle batteries cheaper and less energy-intensive, on its £10.4 million funding round
- Convergence, a UK AI startup founded in April 2024 by two machine learning engineers, on its $12 million pre-seed round led by Balderton Capital
- Fractile, a British startup that develops chips for AI applications, on its $15 million seed financing
- Felicis Ventures on its lead Series A investment in Sona
- Ten Eleven Ventures on its lead investment in Device Authority
- Borderless, a workplace migration platform, on its £2.5 million seed financing
- Raspberry Pi, on its $45 million financing from Lansdowne Partners and Ezrah Charitable Trust, and a subsequent investment from Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Novo Holdings on its lead investment into Roslin Tech, as part of a financing round of £11 million
- Ten Eleven Ventures in its lead investment in Immersive Labs as part of a financing round raising $66 million
- Hopin, on its $450 million Series D funding round, led by Arena Holdings and Altimeter Capital, and its $400 million Series C funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz and General Catalyst
- Lead Investor, on its investment into Zepz (formerly WorldRemit Group) as part of a $292 million Series E funding round
- Omnipresent, on its $120 million Series B funding round led by Kinnevik and Tencent
- CIC, Arm and Avery Dennison, on their investment into PragmatIC Semiconductor as part of a $80 million Series C funding round
- Zapp, on its $200 million Series B funding round co-led by Lightspeed, 468 Capital, and BroadLight Capital
- Index Ventures, on its lead investment into Dream Games, as part of a $255 million Series C funding round
- 7Bridges, on its $17 million Series A funding round led by Eight Roads
- Recharge.com, on its $35 million Series B funding round led by SmartFin
- Tessian, on its $65 million Series C funding round led by March Capital
- Vivid Money, on its $114 million Series C funding round led by Greenoaks Capital and its prior Series B funding round
- Cutover, on its $35 million Series B funding round led by Eldridge
- Streetbees, on its $40 million Series B funding round led by Lakestar
- HM Treasury on the creation of the Future Fund, providing more than £1 billion of convertible loan financing to UK start-ups
- Cleo on its $80 million Series C funding round led by Sofina and its $44 million Series B funding round led by EQT Ventures
- Ribbit Capital, on its €15 million lead investment into Vivid Money
- Index Ventures on its $10 million lead investment into Codat
- CIC on its lead investment into AudioTelligence as part of a £6.5 million funding round
- Citymapper on its Series B fundraising and its equity crowdfunding round
- Tokamak Energy on its £35 million funding round*
- MarketFinance on its £26 million funding round led by Barclays and Santander InnoVentures*
- Second Home on its £20 million funding round*
- Monzo, on its £113 million Series F funding round led by Y Combinator, having acted on all prior funding rounds*
- Farfetch.com on its $397 million Series G funding round led by Chinese investor JD.com*
- Onfido on its $50 million funding round led by SBI Investment, Salesforce Ventures, M12 and FinVC*
- Gousto on its £30 million funding round led by Perwyn*
- Olio on its £5 million funding round led by Octopus Ventures*
- GV (formerly Google Ventures) on its lead investment into Scandit as part of a $30 million funding round*
*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.
Credentials
Education
Legal Practice Course2012
Kaplan Law School
LLB2011
Durham University
Admissions
Bars
- England & Wales
Recognition & Awards
- Next Generation Partner: Venture Capital in London, Legal 500 UK 2024
- Next Generation Partner: Corporate and Commercial in Cambridge, Legal 500 UK 2024
- Rising Star: Venture Capital in London, Legal 500 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
- Rising Star: Corporate and Commercial in Cambridge, Legal 500 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
Publications
- Author, “Which Tech Verticals Are Expected To See The Most Growth in Terms of Capital Raised This Year,” TechRound, June 3, 2021
- Author, “The Top 5 Considerations with Investment Crowdfunding,” Crowdfund Insider, August 17, 2020