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Halcyon Closes $100 Million Series C

November 25, 2024

Cooley advised Halcyon on its $100 million Series C funding. Partner Derek Colla led the Cooley team advising Halcyon, an organization devoted to defeating ransomware through prevention and resilience by way of a proprietary technology that captures encryption keys, enabling organizations to recover from attacks in minutes without paying ransom.

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Derek Colla
Partner, Miami
Leo Metz
Associate
Sela Dougherty
Associate, New York
Wesley Dietrich
Associate, Washington, DC
Jon Gavenman
Partner, Palo Alto
Christian Plaza
Partner, Reston
Jeffrey J. Tolin
Partner, New York
David Walsh
Partner, Reston
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
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
Jon Gavenman
Partner, Palo Alto
Kealan Santistevan
Associate, Palo Alto
Yichen Liu
Associate, Palo Alto
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Zi Ye
Associate, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC

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Halcyon Closes $44 Million Series A Financing Round

April 20, 2023

Cooley advised adaptive security platform Halcyon on its $44 million Series A funding round, plus its $6 million secured term loan. Partner Derek Colla led the Cooley team advising Halcyon.

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Derek Colla
Partner, Miami
Jon Gavenman
Partner, Palo Alto
Wesley Dietrich
Associate, Washington, DC
Rasha Printz
Associate, Reston

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Chicago-Based G2.com Reaches Unicorn Status With Series D Round

June 30, 2021

Cooley advised G2.com, a software review site, on its $157 million Series D financing round, which brings its valuation to $1.1 billion. Lawyers Jon Gavenman and Sepideh Mousakhani led the Cooley team advising G2.com on the round.

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Jon Gavenman
Partner, Palo Alto
Sepideh Mousakhani
Partner, Palo Alto
Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto
Kealan Santistevan
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Julia R. Brinton
Associate, Washington, DC
Jim Fulton
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Randy Sabett
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Cameron Hajialiakbar
Associate, Santa Monica
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado

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TiVo and Xperi to Combine in $3 Billion All-Stock Merger

January 24, 2020

Cooley advised TiVo on its agreement to combine with Xperi Corporation in an all-stock transaction, representing approximately $3 billion of combined enterprise value. Expected to close in Q2 2020, the merger creates a leading consumer and entertainment technology business and one of the industry’s largest intellectual property licensing platforms. Jon Gavenman, Steve Tonsfeldt and Ian Nussbaum led the Cooley team advising TiVo.

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Jon Gavenman
Partner, Palo Alto
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Mischi a Marca
Partner, San Francisco
Caitlin Breitenbruck
Associate, Seattle
Wendy Brenner
Partner, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Sepideh Mousakhani
Partner, Palo Alto
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Greg Reith
Associate, Washington, DC
Marina Remennik
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kealan Santistevan
Associate, Palo Alto
Sarah Swain
Associate, Washington, DC
Dionne A. Thomas
Associate, San Diego
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto

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