Riley Graydon

A highly regarded lawyer in the Vancouver emerging technology space, Riley advises investors, entrepreneurs and private companies in all lifecycle stages on a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; venture capital and private equity financings; recapitalizations; joint ventures and strategic alliances.  

He also provides guidance on a wide range of general corporate issues, including incorporation, equity incentives, shareholder agreements and dispute resolution.  

Riley has been on the Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list since 2022 and is a founding member of the Young Canadians in Finance chapter in Vancouver.

• Venn (formerly Vault) in its $21.5-million Series A financing  

• Variational AI in its US$5.5-million Seed extension financing  

• CheckSammy in its US$45 million financing round led by I Squared Capital with participation by Zero Infinity Partners and TriplePoint Capital  
• Durable AI in its $18-million Series A financing round, led by Spark Capital with participation by Torch Capital, South Park Commons, Infinity Ventures, Soma Capital, Dash Fund, and Altman Capital

• ProShop ERP (Adion Systems Inc.) in its $42-million growth investment from Mainsail Partners  

• OneComply in its acquisition by GeoComply Inc.  

• Yaletown Partners, BDC Capital and BMO Capital in connection with Zenhub’s $10 million Series A Financing Round  

• ePact Network in its acquisition by Clubessential  

• Assembly Digital in its acquisition by St. Joseph Communications  

• Wagepoint in its acquisition of Timesheet Mobile  

• Variational AI in its US$3.5 million Seed round  

• Clio in its acquisition of Lawyaw  

• Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. in connection with the reverse takeover by way of plan of arrangement of Bradmer Pharmaceuticals Inc. by Galaxy Digital LP and First Coin Capital Corp. and the concurrent subscription receipt financing of approximately $305 million  

• Washington Companies in connection with its $1.5-billion acquisition of Dominion Diamond Corporation and related debt financings  

• Neovasc in connection with the US$72 million registered direct offering of common shares  

• Kadestone Capital Corp. in connection with the initial public offering and cornerstone investment of common shares for aggregate proceeds of approximately $14 million  

• Timber Investments Ltd. on its acquisition of a 51 percent interest in Columbia Containers Ltd., a container terminal operator in Vancouver, Canada, from Providence Grain Group  

• Indochino Apparel Inc., an innovative men’s apparel company, in connection with a $42-million investment by Dayang Group  

• Apivio Systems Inc. in connection with the hostile take-over bid from Nuri Telecom Company Limited  

• Delta-Q Technologies in connection with its acquisition by ZAPI S.p.A.  

• Founding Member, Young Canadians in Finance in Vancouver 

• Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2022) of the Best Lawyers in Canada, Ones to Watch (Securities Law)