John Sellers

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I represent emerging companies and their investors at all stages, from new startup to world class public companies. I’m passionate about being part of disruptive new technologies.

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Cresta Closes $125 Million Series D

November 19, 2024

Cooley advised Cresta, an end-to-end generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform for contact centers, on the closing of its $125 million Series D.

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Partner, San Francisco
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Partner, Palo Alto
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Special Counsel, Washington, DC
William Corcoran
Of Counsel, Boston
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Associate, London
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Associate, Washington, DC
Meera Patel
Associate, San Francisco
Addison Pierce
Associate, Chicago
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Isabella Ysebrands
Associate, San Francisco
Michael Suyat
Senior Paralegal, San Francisco
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston

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Archon Biosciences Announces $20 Million Seed Financing

October 30, 2024

Cooley advised Archon Biosciences, a biotechnology company pioneering computationally designed antibody cages (AbCs) to unlock powerful therapeutic targets beyond the reach of existing modalities, on its $20 million seed financing led by Madrona Ventures.

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Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle
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Partner, New York
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Associate, Seattle
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Associate, Seattle
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Paralegal Specialist, Seattle
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Carol Laherty
Partner, Seattle
Millie Heuer
Associate, Seattle

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Decagon Raises $65 Million Series B

October 23, 2024

Cooley advised Decagon, an innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) customer support agents, on its $65 million Series B financing round, bringing its total amount raised to $100 million.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Yichen Liu
Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
Zi Ye
Associate, Palo Alto
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Socket Secures $40 Million Series B

October 23, 2024

Cooley advised Socket, a cybersecurity platform that protects companies from software supply chain attacks, on its $40 million Series B financing, bringing its total funding to $65 million.

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Kevin Rooney
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Lima
Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston

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Logik.io Raises $25 Million Series B

October 8, 2024

Cooley advised Logik.io, the company that reimagines configure, price and quote (CPQ) and consumerizes enterprise selling experiences, on its $25 million Series B funding to accelerate CPQ innovation and further expand company growth.

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Sepideh Mousakhani
Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
Zi Ye
Associate, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
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Associate, Washington, DC

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Northern California Super Lawyer: Business Law


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involving sales of company clients to Google, Apple, IBM, Intel, Qualcomm, Boston Scientific, Stryker and Spectranetics