Wendy Brenner

Cooley advised DataStax, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data solution provider, on its acquisition by IBM (NYSE: IBM), a provider of global hybrid cloud and AI solutions and consulting expertise.

Cooley advised Matter Labs on its $50 million Series B funding round. Partners Nancy Wojtas and Alexander Lee led the Cooley team advising Matter Labs, a developer of a scaling decentralized blockchain application intended to remove interaction obstacles between untrusted parties.

Cooley advised customer engagement platform Braze on its $572 million initial public offering of 8,800,000 shares of Class A common stock, which now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol BRZE. Lawyers Nicole Brookshire, Jodie Bourdet, Peter Byrne and Owen Williams led the team advising Braze.

Cooley advised Freshworks, a leading software company empowering businesses to delight their customers and employees, on its $1.1286 billion initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock. Lawyers Jon Avina, Dave Segre, Calise Cheng and Sepideh Mousakhani led the Cooley team advising Freshworks.

Cooley advised Byju’s, a personalized learning platform, on its definitive agreement to acquire K-12 creative coding platform Tynker, further accelerating Byju’s US market expansion. Lawyers Rishab Kumar, Steve Tonsfeldt and Erik Edwards led the Cooley team advising Byju’s.