Agatha Kluk
- New York
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Emerging company leaders trust Agatha to provide comprehensive counsel and real-world experience as they grow their businesses.
Agatha Kluk partners with emerging and high-growth companies seeking to successfully grow their businesses. She provides strategic counsel at every stage of the company life cycle, from ideation and seed funding to initial public offering or acquisition. Having scaled her own firm, Agatha assists clients with the full range of emerging company needs, including startup formation, equity and debt financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Agatha is particularly skilled at helping founders build nimble and fast-expanding consumer, e-commerce, and digital direct-to-consumer businesses.
Beyond corporate transactional work, Agatha has functioned as a general advisor to founders and boards when navigating sensitive issues such as product recalls and board and executive stakeholder challenges. Venture and angel investors turn to Agatha for guidance on investment transactions in the consumer and retail, e-commerce, fintech, and cleantech sectors.
Agatha has collaborated with a wide range of leading businesses, including Monograph, Pietra, Better.com, Ami Colé, and the Outset, among others.
Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Agatha built and grew a boutique law firm, Kluk Farber Law, from a solo practice to a team of more than 20. Her firm was acquired by Perkins Coie in 2022.
She is a frequent writer and speaker on issues relating to diversity, entrepreneurship, and the law.
Education & Credentials
Education
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 2010
- New York University, B.A., Journalism, 2006
Bar and Court Admissions
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New York
Related Employment
- Kluk Farber Law, New York, NY, Founding Partner, 2017-2022
- Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, Associate, 2010-2017
Professional Recognition
Recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, 2019-2024
Professional Experience
Emerging Companies
- Represented Monograph, a software as a service (SaaS) project management tool for architects, in its Series Seed, Series A, and $20MM Series B financings, with participation by Tiger, Index Ventures, and Homebrew.
- Represented Pietra, a digital supply chain tool for the creator economy, in multiple rounds of equity financing, with the most recent round led by M13 with participation by Founders Fund and a16z.
- Represented Bravely, a digital company coaching solution, in its Series Seed, $15MM Series A, and $20MM Series B financing.
- Represented Maude, a sexual wellness brand, in multiple rounds of equity financing, including most recently its $10MM Series A led by True Beauty Ventures.
- Represented The Outset, a beauty branded founded by Scarlett Johannson, in multiple rounds of equity financing.
- Represented Redesign Health, a healthcare-focused incubator and venture fund, in numerous early-stage investments and company incubations.
- Represented Ami Colé in multiple rounds of equity financing, with participation by Greycroft and Imaginary.
- Represented Soft Services, a skincare brand, in multiple rounds of equity financing.
- Represented SWAT Equity, a consumer-focused venture fund, in many early-stage venture financings in consumer and consumer packaged goods (CPG) businesses, including SuperGoop, Thirstie, Repurpose, Something Navy, PetPlate, Hatch, Naadam, and Knix.
- Represented Forerunner Industries, a flood-mapping cleantech company, in multiple rounds of equity financing including most recently its Series A, led by Union Square Ventures.
- Represented Simple Health, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) online birth control company, in its Series Seed, Series A, and Series B financing.
- Represented Lex, an LGBTQ+ dating app, in multiple rounds of equity financing, with the most recent round led by Female Founders Fund.
- Represented Roon, an online portal for patients and caretakers navigating complex heath issues, in its $7.5MM Series Seed financing, led by FirstMark with participation by Sequoia.
- Represented Treasury Fund, a fintech-focused venture fund, in many early-stage venture financings.
- Represented Ghia, a nonalcoholic beverage brand, in multiple rounds of equity financing.
- Represented The Wing, a former membership club, in its Series A, Series B, and Series C financings, with participation by NEA and Sequoia.
- Represented STUDS, a digital DTC and brick and mortar ear piercing studio, in its Series Seed, Series A, and $20MM Series B financing, led by Thrive Capital.
- Represented Yay Lunch, a school lunch supplier, in multiple rounds of equity financing.
- Represented Clare Paint, a DTC online paint supplier, in multiple rounds of equity financing.
- Represented Serenity, a digital asset risk management platform, in multiple rounds of equity financing.
- Represented Bedrock Energy, a cleantech company using geothermal energy to power the heating and cooling of businesses, in its Series Seed financing.
- Represented Racquet Magazine in its Series Seed and Series A financing.
- Represented Kinfield in its Series Seed financing.
- Represented Culinistas in multiple rounds of equity financing.
- Represented Amberstone Ventures in many early-stage venture financings in CPG businesses.
- Represented Super Smalls in multiple rounds of equity financing.
- Represented Curie in multiple rounds of financing.
*Certain matters above were handled prior to joining Perkins Coie, LLP
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Represented SuperData Research in its acquisition by Nielsen.
- Represented Poppin in its acquisition by Kimball International.
- Represented Carmera in its acquisition by Toyota.
- Represented 11 Honore in its acquisition by Dia & Co.
- Represented Simple Health in its acquisition of Emme.
- Represented SuperOrdinary in its acquisition of multiple targets, including Fan Fix and Joanna Vargas Studio.
- Represented Nordic Semiconductor in its acquisition of Mobile Semiconductor.
- Represented Mavely in its acquisition by NuSkin.
- Represented Phenomenal in its acquisition of Reductress.
- Represented Hilma in its acquisition by an undisclosed buyer.
- Represented Expectful in its acquisition by Babylist.
*Certain matters above were handled prior to joining Perkins Coie, LLP
