Practices

India

Our India practice is fully integrated with Cooley’s standout global emerging companies and venture capital practice, which offers over five decades of unparalleled experience with deep roots in San Francisco and Silicon Valley’s innovation centres that have now extended across the United States and internationally.

We represent some of Asia’s most innovative and dynamic tech and life sciences companies, advising on their financings, M&A and joint ventures, IPOs, de-SPACs and other strategic transactions at all stages of their growth. Cooley is the #1 venture capital law firm for companies and investors in Singapore, India and Southeast Asia, advising companies from early-stage fundraises to public-listings.

We are committed to developing a rich and innovative venture capital ecosystem for India and Southeast Asia. We launched Cooley GO Asia site in 2020, which is the leading resource for entrepreneurs and investors across India and Southeast Asia markets. Cooley GO's Asia content includes region-specific material, as well as document generators for a variety of standard forms that may be used by early-stage companies, including employment and investment documents.

Representative Matters

  • Byju’s in its $500 million acquisition of Epic Creations
  • SoftBank Vision Fund 2 in co-leading the investment in the $3.6 billion financing of Flipkart Group
  • SoftBank in its investment in the $100 million Series E financing and $100M Series D unicorn financing of MindTickle
  • Owl Ventures in its investment in the Series B financing of Leap, an overseas education-focused guidance and financing platform
  • Moglix in its $105 million Series E financing
  • Snap in its investment in the $502 million Series E financing of ShareChat, an India-based social media and networking platform
  • Groww in its $83 million Series D unicorn financing
  • Meesho in its $300 million Series E financing
  • Owl Ventures in its investment in the Series C financing of SplashLearn, which is operated by US-based Studypad
  • Coatue Kona in its investment in the $108 million Series D financing of BharatPe, an India-based fintech company
  • Mobile Premier League in its $90 million Series C financing and $95 million Series D financing
  • PhonePe in its partial spinoff from Flipkart and concurrent $700 million investment
  • Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) in its investment in the $100 million Series D financing of Razorpay, an India-based fintech company
  • Owl Ventures in its investment in the $500 million Series F financing of Byju’s, an India-based edtech unicorn
  • YC in leading the investment in the $30 million Series C financing of Groww, an Indian-based data science-based mutual fund investing platform
  • Owl Ventures in Byju’s’ acquisition of Whitehat Jr. at $300 million
  • Coatue Kona in its investment in the $100 million Series D financing of Vedantu, an Indian online tutoring platform
  • GGV in its investment in the $500 million Series D financing of Udaan