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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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Peter H. Werner
Partner in Charge – San Francisco, San Francisco
Eric M. Walder
Associate, San Francisco
Talya Kornitzer
Associate, San Francisco
Kelly McCormick
Associate, San Francisco
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco
Guadalupe Sampedro
Partner, London
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
William Corcoran
Of Counsel, Boston
Daniel Millard
Associate, London
Sarah Oliai
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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Battery Ventures-Backed PageUp To Be Acquired by EQT Partners

October 31, 2024

Cooley advised Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm, and PageUp Group, a human resources and talent software company that had been majority owned by Battery, on the sale of PageUp to EQT Group.

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Alfred Browne
Partner, Boston
Heather Harrington
Special Counsel, Boston
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Natasha Kaye
Partner, London
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Thomas Connors
Partner, Boston
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
William Corcoran
Of Counsel, Boston
Christine Graham
Special Counsel, London
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Ryan Montgomery
Special Counsel, Boston
Karun Ahuja
Associate, Chicago
Neelam Atwal
Associate, London
Jasmine A. Banks
Associate, Washington, DC
Tessa W Bell
Associate, Colorado
Liza Cotter
Associate, Boston
Patrick O. Johnson
Associate, Boston
Nick Kenyon
Associate, Boston
Danbi Kim
Associate, Boston
Xueqing Li
Associate, San Francisco
Katrina Morris
Associate, Boston
Yi Jia Ng
Associate, Singapore
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Erica Pedersen
Associate, Boston
Sri Ravipati
Associate, Boston
Mara Rosario
Associate, Boston
Lukas Roth
Associate
Sydney Sachs
Associate, Boston
Matthew S. Scarano
Associate, San Diego
Mo Swart
Associate, London
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Agis Zografos
Associate, London
Megan Boss
Senior Paralegal , Boston
Hayden Smith
Lead Quanitative Analyst, Boston

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Founders Fund Co-Leads Anduril’s $1.5 Billion Series F

August 7, 2024

Cooley advised Founders Fund, a venture capital firm investing in smart people solving difficult problems, as a co-lead investor in Anduril Industries’ $1.5 billion Series F funding round, which increased Anduril’s valuation to $14 billion.

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Peter H. Werner
Partner in Charge – San Francisco, San Francisco
Jamin Agosti
Associate, San Francisco
Sam Miller
Associate, San Francisco
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Brendan Hughes
Partner, Washington, DC
Rebecca Givner-Forbes
Special Counsel , Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Anitha Anne
Associate, San Francisco
David D. Kim
Associate, San Francisco
Anisha Mohin
Associate, New York
Amis Pan
Associate, Palo Alto
Greg Reith
Associate, Washington, DC
Veronica Cortes
Paralegal Specialist, New York
Michael Suyat
Senior Paralegal, San Francisco
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco

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Lacework to Be Acquired by Fortinet

June 10, 2024

Cooley advised Lacework, a data-driven cloud security company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security.

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Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Tanoury
Partner, Palo Alto
Gaël Y. Hagan
Associate, Colorado
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
David Navetta
Partner, Colorado
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
David Burns
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Amanda Griggs
Associate, New York
Helen Luu
Associate, Palo Alto
Allison Peth
Associate, Palo Alto
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Christopher Suhler
Associate, Colorado
Genevieve Lim Urban
Associate, Seattle
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Jeramie Perez
Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto
Kamya Arora
Associate, Palo Alto

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Delphix to Be Acquired by Perforce

February 14, 2024

Cooley advised Delphix, a vendor of test data management software, on its acquisition by Perforce, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring productivity, visibility and scale along the development life cycle.

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David Segre
Partner, Palo Alto
Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto
Vicky Kandabarow
Associate, Washington, DC
Noel Ripberger-Scheick
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Blake Martell
Partner, San Francisco
Joshua Mates
Partner, San Francisco
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Special Counsel, Brussels
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ajay Athavale
Associate, San Francisco
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Queenie Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Jenny Ge
Associate, Santa Monica
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Associate, Palo Alto
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
Celine Koh
Associate, Palo Alto
Kristin R. Marshall
Associate, Washington, DC
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Tania Soris
Associate, New York
John Alec Stouras
Associate, Palo Alto
Mickeala Tu
Associate, Palo Alto
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Diego
Kim Merritt
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Sarah Buchik
Associate, New York

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