Adam Thatcher

Adam Thatcher

Partner
Adam Thatcher
Cambridge
+44 (0)1223 738805

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 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.

  • 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