Who is Vela Wood?
Welcome to Vela | Wood

Vela Wood (VW) is a boutique full service law firm with a local feel and a global impact. We focus our practice in the areas of M&A, Sports & Gaming, Venture Capital, and Corporate Transactions. We pride ourselves in building real relationships with our clients and partnering with them for the long-haul.

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Mergers & Acquisitions
Startups & Venture
Sports Law
Fund Representation
Intellectual Property
Employment
Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Blockchain
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Vela Wood Podcasts

Whether you’re a first-time founder or a serial entrepreneur, we have a podcast for you. We’ll walk you through the legal side of things and share our experiences counseling hundreds of startups.

Podcasts
Venture Glossary

Our Venture Glossary will be your new best friend. It features over 500 terms that are common parlance in the startup world, from Accelerated Vesting to Zombie.

Venture Glossary
Venture Deals in Review

To provide analysis on early-stage venture financing in North Texas, we have reviewed our venture transactions on a year-by-year basis.

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How We’ve Helped Our Clients
Telos Health Solution

Telos provides technology solutions that deliver real-time patient measure updates and intuitive care coordination workflows that enhance community care providers’ ability to make timely value-based care decisions.  Telos came to VW after a year of operations and VW helped Telos […]

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Build With Robots

Build With Robots is a New Mexico-based tech company that designs and builds robotics to perform dangerous, repetitive tasks. Build With Robots’ technology is not designed to replace people’s jobs – their goals are to make workers lives easier and […]

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Apptopia

Boston based Apptopia is a data intelligence platform that enables brands to analyze critical competitive signals and gain insights across mobile apps and connected devices. Apptopia customers include some of the best known brands in the world, including Zoom, Target, […]

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NoiseAware Inc.

NoiseAware offers state of the art noise monitoring solutions for the short-term rental industry. NoiseAware has evolved over the past several years into a global leader in hardware and software solutions for individual and professional property managers alike. Vela Wood […]

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SignEasy

SignEasy is a global leader in the electronic signature space and is trusted by over 35,000 companies worldwide and processes millions of signatures each year. SignEasy has been a Vela Wood client for over 10 years, and during that time […]

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Tennessee Titans

Vela Wood is proud to represent the Tennessee Titans. Vela Wood has supported the Titans in-house legal team and business units with drafting and negotiating various types of commercial agreements, including sponsorship agreements, stadium-related service agreements, and facility rentals, along […]

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Learn from Our Experience
Corporate Governance
All Startups Should Be C Corps, But Not Necessarily In Delaware

In this blog, we discuss why C corps remain the best choice for startups seeking venture capital and explore recent court decisions that have made Delaware a less obvious choice for incorporation, prompting companies to consider alternatives like Texas and Nevada.

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Funding & Capital Raising
Investment Advisor Exclusions

Not everyone who discusses money or investments is considered an investment advisor. This blog breaks down key exemptions for professionals like publishers, family offices, and those offering non-securities advice—and highlights how crossing certain lines can trigger SEC oversight.

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Funding & Capital Raising
Private Funds, Public Rules – What Fund Managers Need to Know

This blog breaks down what qualifies as an “investment company” under federal law and explains how private fund managers—like those running hedge funds or venture capital firms—can avoid burdensome public registration by meeting key legal exemptions.

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