On a short list of leading startup and emerging growth attorneys in Silicon Slopes, Blake Tengberg delivers tailored legal solutions and leverages his in-depth knowledge of corporate law to bootstrapped and venture-backed clients seeking to navigate the complexities of the business landscape.

Blake Tengberg is a highly skilled Senior Counsel in Buchalter’s Salt Lake City office, specializing in corporate law. With a strong focus on startup and emerging growth companies, Mr. Tengberg brings deep expertise in the dynamic technology space. He guides companies through every stage of their business journey, from initial corporate formation to financing transactions involving preferred stock, SAFEs and convertible notes, to facilitating mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Mr. Tengberg also takes pride in representing numerous angel and venture capital investors, offering invaluable counsel in their investments within the startup ecosystem.

Since 2019, Mr. Tengberg has also been an active securities law expert, advising clients in private and public securities offerings, crowdfunding, SEC reporting, and exempt offerings under Regulation D and Regulation A.

Bar Admissions

• Utah

Representative Matters*

Mergers & Acquisitions

Represented buyers and sellers in the acquisition and disposition of businesses by stock purchase, merger, asset purchase, and license, including:

• ETC Group, including its software subsidiary companies BuildingFit and GrowFit Analytics, in its sale to Bernhard, the largest privately-owned Energy-as-a-Service company in the United States.
• Lincoln Insurance Group in its sale to a Top 50 Insurance Brokerage company.
• American Secure Title Insurance Agency, in its all-stock sale to US Title Insurance Agency.
• Battle Road Digital in a license of its proprietary metaverse, multi-player real-time strategy game software product to one of the world’s largest software companies.
• First Chair Partners in its acquisition of Sea to Ski Property Management Company.
• Dimension Marketing & Sales in its sale to Red Spark.
• FBII in its acquisition of Frodsham Better Lawns & Trees.
• Abora Capital in its acquisition of numerous insurance agencies nationwide.
• CWB3 Corp. in the sale of its assets to Backcountry.com.

Venture Capital & Growth Equity

Represented numerous business and venture capital groups in making or receiving investments, including:

• Lionel Ventures in its initial fund formation, fund management matters, and over half a dozen early- to late-stage investments in technology businesses.
• Udo Investment Group in a late-stage investment in Udo, LLC.
• Oliver Software in a preferred equity growth investment by Startup Ignitions.
• Flex Energy in a debt and equity investment by VJAM Holdings.
• Tamarack Ventures in Parlor Doughnuts, a prominent and rapidly-expanding F&B business.
• Toothy Cow Productions in a private preferred equity investment by Angel Studios.
• ZapMoto in an early stage equity investment by Sepio Capital Private Growth Fund.
• DentalRay in a strategic debt and equity investment by Coldwater Capital.
• Masset in a SAFE offering round.

Regulation Crowdfunding and/or Regulation A+ Offerings

• The Riot & the Dance (2021)
• Freelancers (2021)
• Let’s Get Epic (2021)
• The Shift (2021 and 2022)
• David (2022), resulting in the largest audience-funded entertainment project in history
• Testament Pictures (2022)
• The Wingfeather Saga (2022 and 2023)
• His Only Son (2023), which was the first prints and advertising (P&A) crowdfund for a theatrical release in history
• Jacob Film (2023)

Startups & Emerging Growth Companies

Over his 10+ year career, Blake has represented startups and emerging growth companies in all stages, from formation to liquidity, including:

• Abora Capital (investment firm)
• Alpine Supply (Government and B2B manufacturer and supplier)
• Awake Events (entertainment)
• Banner Pest Services (consumer services)
• Battle Road Digital (development studio)
• Cosimo, Inc. (artificial intelligence)
• CR Solar (alternative energy)
• DentalRay (healthcare SAAS)
• Dirty Dough (consumer product)
• Electric Run (entertainment)
• Everything Experience (entertainment)
• Flex Energy (alternative energy)
• Freelancers (entertainment)
• Globio (fintech)
• His Only Son (entertainment)
• Indy the Label (consumer product)
• Jacob Film (entertainment)
• Jessup (consumer services)
• Let’s Get Epic (entertainment)
• Lionel Ventures (venture capital fund)
• Lonely Ghost (consumer product)
• Loocsy (consumer product)
• Masset (SAAS)
• Midway Painting Company (consumer services)
• Morgan Marketing & Associates (brokerage)
• MTN & Main (real estate)
• Noetika (entertainment)
• Nyhavn (health & wellness)
• Oliver Software (veterinary SAAS)
• Ollie Sports (sports technology)
• Pawp (veterinary SAAS)
• Performance Reliability & Optimization (management services)
• PestLocal (consumer services)
• Pioneer (facilities services)
• Pump Action Games (development studio)
• Riot & the Dance (entertainment)
• Rise Festival (entertainment)
• Run13 (entertainment)
• Salmon HVAC (consumer services)
• Salt Surf (consumer product)
• Sapphire Fountains (consumer services)
• Slingshot USA (entertainment)
• SolQ (alternative energy)
• STEM Shoppe (consumer services)
• Tamarack Ventures (food industry)
• The Shift (entertainment)
• Tiny Art Show (consumer services)
• Toothy Cow Productions (entertainment)
• Utilisync (SAAS)
• Vol. 1 Records (record label)
• Witzle (consumer services)
• Yardley Cattle (agriculture)
• Young Presidents Organization (YPO) – Park City Chapter

*Certain of these matters were handled prior to joining Buchalter