S David Goldenberg

Mr. Goldenberg's practice includes a comprehensive array of corporate representation, including corporate formation, financing and venture capital transactions, technology transactions, M&A and intellectual property matters. Before attending Stanford Law School, he received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University with honors (where he was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa) and also started a small company himself. Learn more at

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            David Goldenberg is a Founding Partner of VLP.  Prior to VLP, David was a co-founder and partner of Lion Tech Law, a boutique law firm based in San Francisco, California.  Prior to Lion Tech Law, Mr. Goldenberg served as general counsel for Mediabolic, Inc., the leading embedded entertainment software company in Silicon Valley, for nearly three years. He oversaw all legal aspects for the company, including sales and business development transactions (including negotiation of over 75 separate licensing transactions with companies such as Intel, Motorola, Sony, Cisco/Linksys, Fujitsu, Phillips, HP, Broadcom and Marvell), financing issues (including two rounds of venture capital financing), stock option matters, employee matters, and the eventual sale of the company to Macrovision, Inc.  Prior to Mediabolic, David practiced law at the San Francisco headquarters of Morrison & Foerster, one of the country’s premier law firms, for nearly seven years. At MoFo, he completed a variety of transactions, including venture capital financings, IPOs, SEC compliance, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, executive compensation and other general corporate matters. He completed at least thirty venture capital financings of all types during his tenure (preferred stock, common stock, convertible debt, secured loan, up-round, down-round, bridge, warrants, and other types of financing), and multiple mergers at all size levels, from $6M to $1.9B, as well as licensing, strategic partner, and IPO transactions. He also advised publicly traded companies in mergers and acquisitions, financing, corporate governance, stock option, executive compensation, and stock exchange listing (and delisting) matters.

            David graduated from Stanford Law School in 1996, where he was Chair (Managing Editor) of the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance. Prior to that, he received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University with honors (where he was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa). David is a member of the State Bar of California.