Tech Law SF Group Inc.

What Tech Law SF Group Inc. does

Tech Law SF Group Inc. is a boutique law firm founded in 2015 in San Francisco that provides outside general counsel services to venture-funded technology and digital media companies. The firm's practice spans four core areas: technology transactions (commercial contracts, licensing, SaaS agreements, M&A support), privacy and cybersecurity (including GDPR via the founder's CIPP/EU certification), employment law, and fractional general counsel engagements. Its disclosed client base includes Airtable, Illumio, AttackIQ, Panther, Bugsnag, Balto, Aquabyte, Hone, Manticore Games, OpenGov, Ginger, Entelo, Culminate, Silver Spring Networks, and Sqreen — a portfolio skewed toward early- and growth-stage SaaS, cybersecurity, AI, and digital media companies.

The firm operates as a lean professional services practice with 1-10 employees and two named attorneys: founder and principal Patricia Wyrod, who holds a CIPP/EU certification and brings 15+ years of in-house experience at Silicon Valley technology companies, and Of Counsel Brittany Mortimer. Beyond its San Francisco headquarters, the firm operates a second office in Ann Arbor, Michigan, anchored by the founder's affiliation as Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. The firm has received independent third-party recognition, including Super Lawyers (2024) and Best Lawyers (2024), and has invested in external positioning via a website relaunch in April 2024 and published thought leadership on AI regulation and data privacy.

The business model is a conventional law-firm model: clients are billed on an hourly or project basis for transactional and counseling work, supplemented by recurring fractional general counsel retainers that convert senior in-house expertise into a subscription-like revenue stream. Revenue is generated entirely from professional services fees; the firm holds no external funding, operates no software product, and does not monetize technology assets. Customer acquisition is driven by founder reputation, the University of Michigan network, VC and founder referrals, and independent legal directory recognition rather than paid marketing.

Name

Tech Law SF Group Inc.

Legal name

Tech Law SF Group Inc.

Website

https://techlawsf.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tech Law SF Group Inc. is a San Francisco-based boutique law firm founded in 2015 that provides technology transactions, privacy, employment, and fractional general counsel services to venture-funded technology and digital media companies, with offices in San Francisco and Ann Arbor.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services for Technology Companies

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAI

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Technology law services
• Privacy and cybersecurity law
• Venture capital legal counsel
• Tech transactions law
• Fractional general counsel

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Professional Services: Provides legal services to venture-funded technology companies including tech transactions, privacy and cybersecurity, employment law, and fractional general counsel services. Revenue generated through professional services fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tech Law SF Group is a boutique law firm that provides specialized legal services exclusively to venture-funded technology and digital media companies. Its core offerings cover four integrated practice areas: Tech Transactions (cloud/software licensing, M&A, channel sales, hardware manufacturing), Privacy & Cybersecurity (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, DPA negotiations), Employment (HR policies, hiring, wage/hour compliance), and fractional General Counsel services for companies not ready to hire in-house counsel.

Product overview

Tech Law SF Group Inc. is a California law corporation providing legal services to venture-funded technology companies. The firm operates as a single unified legal practice with four integrated service areas: Tech Transactions (M&A, licensing, partnerships, hardware manufacturing), Privacy & Cybersecurity (data protection compliance, DPA negotiations), Employment (HR law, employment agreements, wage/hour compliance), and General Counsel Services (fractional outside counsel). The practice areas work together to provide comprehensive legal support for tech companies at all growth stages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tech Transactions Legal representation for venture-financed software and hardware companies at all stages of development through exits (acquisition or IPO). Covers cloud computing agreements, software licensing, channel sales, strategic alliances, in-bound technology licenses, and hardware manufacturing contracts.
• Privacy and Cybersecurity Legal counsel helping clients manage risks associated with collection, use, and disclosure of electronically stored information, including employee data and data collected by software. Covers GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA compliance, cybersecurity tool license agreements, and Data Processing Agreements (DPAs).
• Employment Law Legal advice and representation for employers on hiring, compensation, termination, discrimination, wage and hour issues, independent contractors, HR policies, handbooks, employment agreements, and trade secret protection.
• General Counsel Services Fractional outside General Counsel service handling day-to-day legal matters for clients not ready to hire an in-house attorney. Tailored to each client's needs with on-demand or scheduled on-site availability.

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Latham & Watkins: Global law firm with a market-leading technology transactions, M&A, and venture finance practice. Competes for the most sophisticated venture-backed tech mandates and frequently represents Tech Law SF's clients at the IPO or large M&A stage.
• Goodwin Procter: Major law firm with a strong technology and life sciences practice serving venture-backed companies. Competes for similar clients and engagements as Tech Law SF across M&A, financings, and privacy/cybersecurity matters.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: The preeminent tech and life sciences law firm, with extensive venture capital and IPO practices. Comparable client base (venture-funded tech) to Tech Law SF but at vastly greater scale and broader practice coverage.
• Cooley LLP: One of the largest tech-focused law firms globally, with deep venture capital, M&A, and emerging companies practices. Competes for the same venture-backed technology clients as Tech Law SF but offers a full-service, multi-office platform that Tech Law SF cannot match.
• Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe: Technology and innovation-focused global law firm with strong emerging companies and venture finance practices. Comparable in serving venture-backed tech clients but offers much broader international platform and practice breadth.

Direct peers

• Gunderson Dettmer: Premier boutique law firm exclusively serving venture-backed technology and life sciences companies. Like Tech Law SF, Gunderson focuses on tech transactions, M&A, and venture financings, but operates with several hundred attorneys across multiple offices, making it both a direct competitor and the firm Tech Law SF's clients typically outgrow toward.
• Fenwick & West: West Coast-based law firm with a deep specialization in technology and life sciences, serving venture-backed companies from startup through IPO. Comparable to Tech Law SF in target client (VC-backed tech), Silicon Valley positioning, and practice mix (transactions, privacy, IP), but with substantially greater scale.
• Stubbs Alderton & Markiles: Southern California boutique law firm serving technology, life sciences, and growth companies from startup through exit. Closest analog to Tech Law SF in business model: small boutique, venture-backed tech focus, founder-led, with overlapping practice areas in transactions, privacy, and employment.

Emerging players

• Fisher Broyles: Distributed-law-firm model that lowers overhead and offers competitive pricing to tech companies. Shares the boutique, tech-friendly orientation of Tech Law SF and competes for the same fractional/outside-counsel budgets, though via a fundamentally different delivery model.
• NextGen Counsel: Fractional and outsourced general counsel service provider for venture-backed and growth-stage technology companies. Directly competes with Tech Law SF's fractional GC offering, though typically at lower price points and with a less specialized tech-transactions bench.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/think-create-group

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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