Bobby Gojuangco graduated from SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas. While in law school, Bobby served as Vice President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and Vice President of the Corporate Law Association. Bobby graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California with a B.A. in Cognitive Science.
Prior to law school, Bobby was the Assistant Coach for the University of Southern California Men’s Golf Team. Bobby remains an active member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the Dallas Asian American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Young Benefactors Board of the First Tee – Greater Dallas.
At Vela Wood, Bobby advises early-stage companies on formation, capital raises, corporate governance and exits, as well as GPs, accelerators and angel investors on fund/SPV formation and investment representation. His practice also focuses on taxation matters related to equity compensation, qualified small business stock, entity conversions, restructurings, and investments.
Since 2023, Bobby has advised over 28 different companies raising venture capital rounds, totaling over $80,000,000. He has negotiated and advised investors through 31 financing rounds, totaling over $75,000,000 in investment ranging from pre-seed convertible note/Safe rounds through Series D financings.
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- Represented Texas-based VC fund in $25M investment in Series D financing of a California-based AI chip startup at a $2.8B valuation.
- Represented California-based family office in $10M investment in Series B financing of a U.S. multimedia company.
- Represented Connecticut-based VC fund in $5M lead investment in Series Seed Plus financing of an AI logistics company.
- Represented Connecticut-based VC fund in $5M lead investment in Series A financing of a London-based renewable energy startup.
- Represented Nevada-based gaming company in $5.5M Series A financing.
- Represented Texas-based fintech security company in $6M Series A financing.
- Represented Texas-based sports analytics and micro-betting platform in $6 Series Seed-7 financing.
- Represented Colorado-based SaaS venue and ticket company in $6M Series AA financing.
Fun Facts:
- Has maintained the highest Chick-Fil-A rewards status available since 2015
- Has two black belts but was still too afraid of the ball to stay in the batter’s box
- Owner of a brief pre-military career
Education:
- University of Southern California, B.A., Cognitive Science
- SMU Dedman School of Law, J.D.
- SMU Dedman School of Law, LL.M. in Taxation