About NewWave Law
OUR HEARTBEAT IS FOR FOUNDERS TO BE Fully Funded
SO YOU CAN BECOME THE NEW WAVE OF CHANGE-MAKERS AND BECOME THE FUNDERS WHO SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF FOUNDERS
meet mary
My name is Mary Hodges & I’m the Founding Attorney of NewWave Law, a boutique law firm focused on preparing founders of tech startups for angel & venture capital investment – & crashing into fully funded shores like a tidal wave.
What, like it’s hard?
My team & I do things a little – ok, a lot – differently around here. We value integrity even more than we value empowering you to casually smash your funding goals – & that’s truly saying something.
I’ve worked with startups for nearly eight years & it’s become my personal mission to get A LOT more founders FULLY funded.
Early-stage investment is crucial to a company’s success – but you know that already.
You’re in the game. You’ve got a vision that won’t quit. You’re ready to put your ALL in front of dream investors.
I see you. It takes an entrepreneur to know an entrepreneur.
One of my major competitive advantages as a startup lawyer for women entrepreneurs is that I am an entrepreneur.
I ditched the corporate setting a long time ago to start my own firm, carve my own path, & work with founders brave enough to do the same.
I understand what keeps you up at night in a way most lawyers never will. So when I say I care about your journey as a founder & that building a genuine relationship with you is important to me, I mean it.
We’re in this together.
And sister, I’ve got you. It’s YOUR time to make waves.
THE FOUNDER FOCUSED BACKSTORY OF NEWWAVE LAW
The firm opened in 2014 ready to punch a hole through the sky in an effort to make sure small business owners would succeed for real.
Previously, Mary graduated Magna Cum Laude with a joint Law degree + MBA in Sports Administration from St. Thomas University, earned her Masters of Law in Tax from Washington University, & worked for 4 years with a small law firm focused on corporate work for business & securities law.
There was a buzzing tech startup scene in St. Louis at the time & that’s exactly how she found her way into working with startups & loving every minute of it.
After 7 years of working with tech startups, it wasn’t exactly a secret that many incredible founders were missing out on investment opportunities.
So Mary made a commitment to herself & tech founders everywhere to reach for a deeper meaning in her work – and be the one to champion these powerhouse world changers.
There’s just something about the energy that women bring into anything we do – which is why the firm has a special place in its heart for women-founded startups.
We rebranded to NewWave Law in 2021 & are licensed in both Missouri & California to crash into your funding goals like a tsunami of fierce, founder-focused POWER.
A NOTE TO FOUNDERS
WE BELIEVE IN YOU. At NewWave Law, we’re reaching your funding goals together.
Your choice to invest in the nonnegotiable of setting up the right legal structures & to lean on the guidance of our startup-focused firm shows you’re serious about your company.
But we all knew that already.
And we can tell you from first-hand experience that your investors will come to know this real quick too. Talk about appealing.
As a woman, you already face obstacles in getting funding. Together, we’ll make DAMN sure your legal structure is not one of them.
A misstep in setting up your company or knowing exactly how to issue & manage equity could cost you an investment deal – & we’re not about that life.
You’re too brilliant. Your vision is too important.
So we’ve got you. WE BELIEVE IN YOU. And we are so inspired by you.
Everything we do revolves around making sure you’re positioned to make some !?$&^%# WAVES.
Founders are dreamers & doers.
YOU’RE AMBITIOUS & “CRAZY” ENOUGH TO BELIEVE YOU’LL CHANGE THE WORLD.
We instinctively look towards the future – just like you.
And in this future, we make waves TOGETHER to get you funded. Ours is a world where ALL founders are empowered, gaining wealth, and wielding social & economic power for a much greater good.
Our world is where FOUNDERS are MAKING WAVES.