Squire Patton Boggs has advised technology startup ScriptRock on its US$8.7 million Series A Financing with August Capital, Square Peg Ventures and Valar Ventures.  The funds will be used to build up the company’s sales, marketing and engineering teams.

Founded in Australia, and now based in Palo Alto, California, ScriptRock specializes in DevOps and configuration monitoring, helping enterprises rapidly deliver software across internal or externally managed services.  It serves more than 400 enterprises worldwide, including Cisco, Trek, Amadeus and ADP.

The Squire Patton Boggs team advising ScriptRock was led by Corporate and Technology Partner Richard Horton (Palo Alto; Sydney) and corporate attorneys David Saltzman (Palo Alto), Laura Kacenjar (San Francisco) and Miharu Furihata (San Francisco).

Mr. Horton commented: “We have represented ScriptRock since its formation in early 2012, and have supported the company along its journey in its seed financing with leading Australian accelerator Startmate and subsequent convertible note transactions with high profile Australian and Silicon Valley investors.”

With a Silicon Valley team on the ground in Australia, Squire Patton Boggs has extensive experience helping Australian venture funds and technology companies do business in the United States. The firm also works with large US and offshore technology multinationals doing business in Australia.  The team has a particular expertise in technology sector venture capital and strategic financings, M&A transactions  and strategic intellectual property advice.