White & Case advises Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst on Hypersonica’s €100 million Series B financing

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the lead investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst on Hypersonica's €100 million Series B financing round with participation from existing investors Plural and 201 Ventures.

Hypersonica is a British-German defense technology company developing advanced long-range and hypersonic missile systems. The financing will support the accelerated development of these capabilities and the expansion of the company's engineering and manufacturing capacity in the United Kingdom and Germany. Hypersonica's technology is intended to contribute to the development of European deep-strike and deterrence capabilities.

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm that supports companies across the enterprise, consumer and healthcare sectors. The firm has backed hundreds of founders and helped build more than 500 companies worldwide.

General Catalyst is a global investment and transformation company with venture capital at its core. It has supported more than 900 businesses and invests from seed through growth stage and beyond.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partner Norman Röchert (Berlin) and included partners Thilo Wienke (Duesseldorf), Erasmus Hoffmann (Berlin) and Mathias Bogusch (Frankfurt) and associates Anna Hankings-Evans, Jasmin Bechtold, Marvin Goebberd (all Berlin), Justus Redeker, Daniel Stuebbe (both Frankfurt), Lisa Baer and  Johannes Wiehe (both Duesseldorf), and senior transaction lawyer Felix Paul (Berlin).

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