Issues lobbied + lobbyists (12)
TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S. 445, The Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2025; H.R. 1091, The Carried Interest Fairness Act; S. 695, The Small Business Investment Act of 2025; H.R. 1199, The Small Business Investment Act of 2025; S. 866, The American Innovation and Jobs Act of 2025; H.R. 1990, The American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2025; H.R. 1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025; Public Law No. 115-97 (The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act); Energy Tax Credits included in Public Law No. 117-169 (The Inflation Reduction Act).
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office
BAN — Banking
Regulation D and exempt offering framework; Emerging growth company and small cap company capital formation issues; Initial public offering and public company reporting issues; Venture Capital fund definition and private fund compliance issues; Blockchain regulatory and policy issues; Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act (H.R. 3633), GENIUS Act of2025 (S.394), and STABLE Act of2025 (H.R.2392); capital formation and JOBS Act modernization; Developing and Empowering our Aspiring Leaders (DEAL) Act; Improving Capital Allocation for Newcomers (ICAN) Act; INVEST Act; Implementation of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act; foreign outbound investment restrictions; FinCEN rule on Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers.
Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of
IMM — Immigration
Creation of a Startup Visa; International Entrepreneur Rule; H-1B Visas.
Government entities lobbied: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office
ENG — Energy/Nuclear
Energy tax credits included in H.R.l, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act; H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act). Energy permitting reform; ARPA-E.
Government entities lobbied: Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; White House Office
HCR — Health Issues
Drug pricing issues; CMS reimbursement including Medicare coverage of innovative technology; streamlining the FDA approval process, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R.5376) Public Law No. 117-169; federal research funding, Advanced Research Project Agency- Health. AI in healthcare.
Government entities lobbied: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office
CPT — Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Intellectual property issues that impact startups.
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; White House Office
SCI — Science/Technology
Basic research funding and technology commercialization issues; Artificial Intelligence policy issues, including implementation of the U.S. AI Action Plan; CREATE AI Act H.R.2385; investment in critical technology areas.
Government entities lobbied: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)
SMB — Small Business
SBIR/STTR reauthorization; the SBIC accrual debenture license
Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office
LBR — Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Antitrust and competition policy impacting startups; FTC rulemaking on Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification program; FTC-DOJ Merger Guidelines
Government entities lobbied: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); SENATE
TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)
Monitor updated export control regulations.
Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE
DEF — Defense
Issues related to procurement through the Department of Defense; issues related to private capital and procurement as it relates to the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Government entities lobbied: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office
AGR — Agriculture
Blockchain regulatory and policy issues; Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act (H.R. 3633), GENIUS Act of 2025 (S.394), and STABLE Act of 2025 (H.R.2392)
Government entities lobbied: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE