CAINE T. MOSS
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PARTNER
135 Commonwealth Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
650.752.3318
Caine Moss is a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department and a member of the Technology Companies Group. He joined Goodwin Procter in 2010.
WORK FOR CLIENTS
Mr. Moss has significant experience working with software, telecommunications, Internet, and financial services companies through all stages of their growth. In addition, he has broad transactional expertise, particularly in the areas of venture capital, public and private mergers and acquisitions, and representation of issuers and underwriters in public equity offerings.
Mr. Moss’ current representative company clients include AppDynamics, Aurora Networks, CyOptics, EdgeSpring, Endorse Corp., InsightsOne, Kiwi, KIXEYE, Klout, Loose Cubes, Motif Investing, Boom Financial, Outright, RocketLawyer, Savings.com, The 41st Parameter, Thomvest Seed Capital, Trunk Club, Victrio, WePay and Zebra Technologies.
Mr. Moss’ current representative venture capital clients include: Battery Ventures, BV Capital, Canaan Partners, GGV, Granite Ventures, Investor Growth Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Ventures, NEA, Sequoia Capital, Shasta Ventures and Thomvest Seed Capital.
MEDIA
Mr. Moss is the author of several articles, including “The Basics of Founder Liquidity in Venture Financings,” VentureBeat, October 2011; “How to Select Your Company’s Lawyer,” VentureBeat, July 2010; “Seed is the new Series A for VCs,” VentureBeat, August 2009; “VCs Are Turning the Screws with Financing Terms,” VentureBeat, April 2009; “Private Equity & Venture Capital Investing: Legal, Financial and Strategic Techniques for Successful Investing,” for the Practising Law Institute; and “Control: The Critical Issue in Negotiating Financing Terms,” in The Entrepreneurs Report: Private Company Financing Trends, Fall 2008. In addition, he is a frequent speaker on topics related to securities laws and corporate governance.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Moss was a corporate and securities partner in the Silicon Valley office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Moss is admitted to practice in California.
RECOGNITION
In 2011, the Daily Journal named Mr. Moss one of the “Top 20 Under 40” lawyers in California.
EDUCATION
- J.D., 1996
Harvard Law School
- B.A., 1993
Stanford University