bpv Huegel advised Microsoft and Point72 on their funding in Blackshark.ai

bpv Huegel advised Microsoft Venture Fund M12 and Point72 Ventures on their $20M funding in Blackshark.ai, the creator of first semantic 3D digital twin of the entire Earth.

11 November 2021. A bpv Huegel team led by Elke Napokoj has advised Microsoft Venture Fund M12 and Point 72 Ventures on their $20M funding in Blackshark.ai. Microsoft Venture Fund M12 led the Series A funding round. Google Earth co-founder Brian McClendon, former Airbus Defense and Space CEO Dirk Hoke and CEO of Applied Intuition Qasar Younis join as advisors to the board of Blackshark.ai.

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Advisor to Microsoft M12 and Point72 Ventures

bpv Huegel: Elke Napokoj (lead), Michaela Pelinka (M&A), Sonja Dürager (IP/IT), Walter Niedermüller (Labour Law), Daniel Grimmer (Corporate/M&A, FDI).

Advisor to Microsoft M12
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP: Jörg Ritter

Advisor to Blackshark.ai
KPMG Law: Wendelin Ettmayer and Pablo Essenther (both lead); Stefan Niederstrasser (FDI related topics).

 

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