Bio

Michael Platt is partner in charge and head of the business & finance group in Colorado. Mike represents emerging companies throughout their lifecycle, with a particular emphasis on exit transactions, including complex M&A and public offerings. Mike started his career in the Silicon Valley and has become a nationally recognized Venture Capital and M&A lawyer, with clients extending to both coasts. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Best Lawyers in America for Venture Capital Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Corporate Law; Legal 500 for M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies; Chambers USA – Corporate/M&A. He has also been named a Colorado "Super Lawyer" in Mergers and Acquisitions. Mike assisted in the formation of Techstars, the leading startup accelerator, and has acted as a mentor and outside counsel to some of their most successful graduates, including SendGrid, Sphero, Occipital and Next Big Sound. Mike was a contributing author to Do More Faster by David Cohen and Brad Feld and Startup Boards by Brad Feld and Mahendra Ramsinghani.