Berlin – While working at SMP, members of the YPOG team advised venture capital firm BlueYard on its latest investment in Berlin-based software company Wonder Technologies. In addition to BlueYard, EQT Ventures invested in the web application for video conferencing as part of this Series A financing round. BlueYard received comprehensive legal advice. The team already advised the investor on a number of financing rounds, including its investments in Pitch, deepstreamHub and Marvel Fusion. In addition, BlueYard is advised on all aspects of fund formation and fund structuring - including digital assets. Ansgar Frank and Stephan Bank took the joint lead on this mandate.
"With their online conference platform, the founders of Wonder Technologies have recognized the needs of their "pandemic-ridden" target group at the right time and created a digital venue for them that enables GDPR-compliant exchange with different discussion partners in the same event space" says Ansgar Frank. "I am therefore particularly pleased that we were once again able to provide BlueYard with legal advice for this investment."
BlueYard
BlueYard is an early-stage investor headquartered in Berlin. The company was founded in 2016 by Ciarán O'Leary and Jason Whitmire. The portfolio's target companies are startups focused on decentralizing markets. The portfolio includes mostly seed- and Series A-stage software companies from Europe and the US.
Wonder Technologies
Wonder Techologies (formerly YoTribe) is a software company based in Berlin. Founded in 2020 by Leonard Witteler, Stephane Roux and Pascal Steck, the company offers a free web application to facilitate a group of users to share via flexible video group spaces.
Advisors Wonder:
Dr. Ansgar Frank (Corporate), Associated Partner
Dr. Stephan Bank (Corporate), Partner
Jonas Huth (Corporate), Associate
About us
YPOG stands for You + Partners of Gamechangers – forward-thinking legal and tax advice. Supporting companies that are focused on emerging technologies, YPOG embraces change as an opportunity to develop cutting-edge solutions. The YPOG team offers comprehensive expertise in the areas of Funds, Tax, Transactions, Corporate, Banking, Regulatory + Finance, IP/IT/Data Protection, Litigation, and Corporate Crime + Compliance + Investigations. YPOG is one of the leading law firms in Germany for venture capital, private equity, fund structuring, and the implementation of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in financial services. Both the firm and its partners are regularly recognized by renowned national and international publications such as JUVE, Best Lawyers, Chambers and Partners, Leaders League, and Legal 500. YPOG is home to more than 150 experienced attorneys, tax advisors and tax specialists as well as a notary, working across offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, and Munich.
Further information: www.ypog.law/en/ and www.linkedin.com/company/ypog
