John Crandon
Finance / Corporate / M&A / Licensing / Joint Ventures / Fund Formation
California
CA, DC, NY
"John was great to work with and incredibly knowledgable about our particular industry!"
About
A Stanford law grad, he's also an entrepreneur and raised over $80M in venture finance for early-stage companies in software and biotech.
JD - Stanford Law School (Fulbright Ayacucho Scholar)
Grad Fellow - Harvard Medical School
MSc in Molecular Biology - Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
Dipl in Politics & Econonomics - Oxford
BA BS in Biochem/Econ- Stanford Unviversity
Surgeon General's Award for Service to Public Health
Published in multiple journals including Nature… read more Biotech
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"John was great to work with and incredibly knowledgable about our particular industry!"
"John and his team were great. Professional, helpful and went out of their way to work through my aggressive timeline. Will definitely work with them again!"
Work History
CrandonLaw
Managing Partner / Founder
Jun 2019 - Present
Founder of Boutique Law firm providing corporate, finance, transactional, licensing, M&A, employment, and fund formation to high growth companies and their investors. Deep experience in hardware, software, fintech, pharma, biotech, diagnostics, digital health, AI, SAAS, food, and beverages.
Gibson Dunn
Senior Attorney
Jan 2002 - Jan 2009
Appfluent
Cofounder / VP / Counsel
Jan 1999 - Jan 2003
Main memory database software company.
Acquired by Attunity (ATTU)
The Boston Consulting Group
Strategy Consultant
Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
Grassroots Enterprise
Cofounder / VP / Counsel
Sep 1997 - Sep 1998
Fundraising / social media/ enterprise software company in political space.
Acquired by Edelman.
General Atlantic Partners
Associate
Sep 1991 - Oct 1992
Private Equity Fund