John D. Owens, III

Experience: Venture Capital/Minority Investment: Lead shareholder of the team representing Pronghorn Investment Management, a leading investment firm and accelerator, in over 40 investments in early, growth and late stage spirits industry companies.; Lead shareholder of the team representing an investment firm in its growth stage investment in the Snow League, the first professional winter sports league entirely dedicated to snowboarding and freeskiing.; Lead shareholder of the team representing an institutional investor as the lead investor in a $40 million Series A financing round in a Web3 infrastructure technology venture.; Lead shareholder of the team representing a Palm Beach County, Florida based venture capital firm in its early stage investments in spirits industry companies.; Lead shareholder representing the family offices of prominent sports and music entertainment figures in their investments in early, growth and late stage companies.; Lead shareholder representing a Washington, D.C.-based venture capital fund in connection with its early stage and emerging technology company venture capital financings.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a Puerto Rico based institutional investor, as the lead investor, in an AI cloud computing company specializing in GPU accelerated infrastructure for AI workloads.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a Miami, FL based venture capital fund in connection with its early stage and emerging technology company venture capital financings .; Lead shareholder of a team representing a Fort Lauderdale, FL based venture capital fund in connection with its early stage and emerging technology company venture capital financings.; Lead shareholder representing a European parcel delivery and freight forwarding company in its minority investments in U.S. based logistics businesses.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a Washington, D.C.-based AI-driven platform for climate finance, providing counsel in its seed, Series A and Series B venture capital financings led by a major Silicon Valley venture capital fund.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a Northern Virginia-based proprietary geospatial data platform, providing counsel in its seed, Series A and Series B venture capital financing transactions let by a major Silicon Valley venture capital fund.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a Miami, Florida-based cybersecurity compliance technology company, providing counsel in its $3 million seed offering led by a major Silicon Valley venture capital fund.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a decentralized global art exchange platform, providing counsel in its $3.3 million seed offering led by a New York/Miami based venture capital fund.; Lead shareholder of a team representing certain Miami and New York based real estate developers, providing counsel in fundraising activities.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a London and Nigeria based music entertainment company, providing counsel in its seed and Series A financings led by a major Silicon Valley venture capital fund.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a Washington, D.C.-based cybersecurity company, providing counsel in its late stage securities offerings.; Lead shareholder of a team representing a bourbon whiskey company in its initial fundraising and product launch activities.; Capital Markets Transactions: Representation of an investment fund in its $150 Million equity line financing of an NYSE listed SPAC.; Representation of an investment fund in its $100 Million equity line financing of a NASDAQ listed software-accelerated electronics manufacturer.; Representation of an investment fund in its $100 Million equity line financing of a NASDAQ listed clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapeutics to treat oncology and inflammatory diseases.; Representation of an investment fund in its $75 Million equity line financing of a NASDAQ listed biopharma company that develops treatments for malaria and different cancer types.; Representation of an investment fund in its $10 Million equity line financing of a NASDAQ listed technology company specializing in the democratizing, creation and monetization of audio content.; Representation of an investment fund in its $10 Million equity line financing of a company that develops, manufactures, and markets a patented hemostatic gauze for the health care and wound care sectors.; Representation of an investment fund in its $10 Million equity line financing of a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a focus on novel immunotherapies.; Representation of a New York based broker-dealer.; Representation of a Charlotte, NC based broker-dealer.; Represented investment firms in crypto treasury transactions.; Representation of New York, New Jersey, Florida, Puerto Rico, California, and Illinois-based hedge funds and family offices in various PIPE investments, and equity line financings conducted by public companies.; Representation of a New Jersey-based hedge fund in multiple investments in PIPE investments in middle market and growth stage public companies.; Representation of a New York-based hedge fund in multiple investments in PIPE investments in middle market and growth stage public companies.; Representation of a Chicago-based private equity fund in multiple equity line of credit and PIPE investments in middle market public companies.; Representation of a Kansas City-based hedge fund in investments in multiple equity line and PIPE investments in middle market and growth stage public companies.; Technology: Representation of a New York-based global capital markets FinTech platform.; Representation of a Virginia-based proprietary geospatial data platform company.; Representation of a Washington, D.C.-based AI-driven platform for climate finance.; Representation of a Miami, Florida-based cybersecurity compliance technology company.; Representation of a Miami, Florida-based decentralized global art exchange platform.; Representation of a South Florida-based leading enterprise-level, SEO-first, full-service digital marketing agency.; Representation of an independently, and Black-owned and managed digital news media company located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.; Representation of a Miami, Florida-based tech talent sourcing company.; Representation of the developer/operator of advanced climate resiliency centers.; Representation of a New York-based FinTech startup focused on developing cryptocurrency/digital trading technologies.; Mergers and Acquisitions: Representation of a Northern Virginia based cyber-security company in an Israel based cyber-security company.; Representation of a European parcel delivery and freight forwarding company in acquisitions of U.S. based logistics businesses.; Representation of a privately held renewable energy company in its $210 million sale to a NYSE traded waste solutions company.; Representation of a publicly traded homeland security company in its $20.4 million acquisition of an environmental services company.; Representation of a U.S. distributor of telecommunications products in its $1.26 billion sale to an investor based in Japan.; Representation of an engineering/technical assistance company in its acquisition by a publicly traded company.; Representation of a motive battery company in a reverse takeover transaction with a publicly traded company.; Representation of an international shipping company in a reverse takeover transaction with a publicly traded company.; Representation of a Florida-based provider of health care IT solutions in its sale to a competitor.; Entertainment: Representation of one of the world's leading Afrobeats record labels.; Representation of a well-known comedian in launch of podcast on Sirius XM and in acting projects.; Representation of a talent in negotiations with reality television and movie projects.; Representation of a well-known international music festival in joint venture festival projects.; Representation of a privately held entertainment company in an investment, takeover, and operation of popular Miami night club.; The above representations were handled by Mr. Owens prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, P.A.;