Mr. Thatcher’s representative experience includes the following clients and matters:
Fintech Transactions
- Index Ventures on its $10 million investment into Codat
- Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank, on its £113 million Series F funding round led by Y Combinator, with participation from General Catalyst, Accel, Passion Capital, Thrive Capital and Goodwater, having advised the U.K. challenger bank on all prior funding rounds since inception*
- Onfido, an AI-powered global identity verification provider, on its $50 million funding round led by SBI Investment, Salesforce Ventures, M12 (formerly Microsoft Ventures) and FinVC*
- Prime Ventures, on its lead investment into SME lender Iwoca as part of a £21 million Series C funding round*
- MarketFinance, an online invoice financing platform, on its £26 million funding round led by Barclays and Santander InnoVentures, with participation from existing investor Northzone*
- Trussle, an online mortgage broker, on its Series A funding round led by Orange Growth Capital, with participation from LocalGlobe, Zoopla and Seedcamp*
Life Sciences and Healthcare Transactions
- Novo Holdings, on its lead Series C investment into Exscientia, a world-leading AI-driven drug discovery and development company, as part of a $60 million funding round
- BGF Ventures on its investment into Closed Loop Medicine
- Medicxi, on its €40 million investment into Orexia and Inexia*
- Evonetix, a Cambridge-based gene synthesis company, on its £9 million funding round led by Morningside Ventures and Draper Esprit*
- Temasek on its $90 million investment into BenevolentAI, an AI-powered drug development company*
- Medicxi on its investment into Morphogen-IX, a Cambridge-based biotechnology spin-out, as part of a £18.4 million funding round alongside Cambridge Enterprise and CIC*
Other Technology Transactions
- HM Treasury, legal task force advising HM Treasury on the Future Fund, which provides financing to UK start-ups and scale-ups in the form of a convertible loan invested directly by the UK Government
- CIC on its investment into AudioTelligence, a Cambridge-based DeepTech company, as part of a £6.5 million funding round
- Citymapper, an urban mobility platform, on its Series B fundraising
- Farfetch.com, the online luxury fashion platform, on its $397 million Series G funding round led by Chinese investor JD.com*
- Tokamak Energy, an Oxford-based fusion energy company, on its £35 million funding round*
- Gousto, a leading online meal-kit manufacturer, on its £30 million funding round led by private equity investor Perwyn*
- Second Home, a creative workspace PropTech company, on its £20 million funding round*
- BGF Ventures on its investment into Garrison Technology, a U.K. cybersecurity business, as part of a £27 million funding round*
- GV (formerly Google Ventures) on its lead investment into Scandit, a Swiss-based barcode scanning platform for mobile enterprise apps, as part of a $30 million funding round*
- Olio, a food sharing platform, on its £5 million funding round led by Octopus Ventures, with participation from existing investor Accel and others*
- Beringea, Felix Capital and Downing Ventures on their investment into Papier, as part of an $11 million funding round*
M&A/Exit Transactions
- The sale of Magic Pony, an artificial intelligence-powered start-up, to Twitter for over £100 million*
- The sale of Grapeshot, a Cambridge-based Adtech company, to Oracle Corporation*
- The sale of Sonalytic, an audio detection start-up, to Spotify*
- The sale of Unruly, a video ad platform, to News Corporation for over £100 million*
*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.
