Bryan Berman

Special Counsel
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Working with technology companies of all sizes, gives me the opportunity to handle a wide array of legal and business issues.

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Volleyball, fly fishing, spending time with family

Experience

Cooley Advises DFJ Growth on Lead Investment in Hidden Levels’ $65M Series C Financing

February 3, 2025

Cooley advised DFJ Growth on its lead investment in the $65 million Series C financing of Hidden Levels. A venture capital firm focused on high-growth tech companies, DFJ Growth provides funding and support to companies in the expansion stage, helping them scale and reach their full potential. Lawyers Sale Kwon and Alanna Anderson led the Cooley team advising DFJ Growth.

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Sale Kwon
Partner, Palo Alto
Alanna Anderson
Associate, Palo Alto
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Wes Jones
Associate, Palo Alto
Jared S. Abes
Associate, Palo Alto
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC

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Takara Bio Announces Acquisition of Curio Bioscience

January 15, 2025

Cooley advised Takara Bio, a global biotechnology and life sciences company headquartered in Shiga, Japan, on its acquisition of Curio Bioscience, a pioneering company in the field of spatial genomics.

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Laura M. Medina
Partner, Colorado
Charity Williams
Partner, San Diego
Dr. Bill Christiansen
Partner, Seattle
Meredith Klionsky
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
John Forrest
Associate, Boston
Jeff Gutkin
Partner, San Francisco
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
David Walsh
Senior Counsel, Reston
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stefan Cohen
Associate, Washington, DC
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado

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Brigit Announces up to $460 Million Sale to Upbound Group

December 12, 2024

Cooley advised Brigit, a financial health technology company, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by Upbound Group (Nasdaq: UPBD), a technology- and data-driven leader in accessible and inclusive financial products that address the evolving needs and aspirations of underserved consumers, for total consideration of up to $460 million.

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Stephane Levy
Partner, New York
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Nathan Baum
Special Counsel, New York
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Sean Ruff
Partner, Washington, DC
Obrea Poindexter
Partner, Washington, DC
Nyron J. Persaud
Partner, New York
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Sarah Buchik
Associate, New York
Cara Buchicchio
Associate, New York
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Rhea George
Associate, New York
Ryan Guo
Associate, New York
Gary Warren Hunt III
Associate, Washington, DC
Norris Kadet
Associate, New York
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
Dana N. Levin
Associate, New York
Joseph Lockinger
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Well Mackey Jr
Associate, New York
Arthi Naini
Associate, New York
Scott D. Rudin
Associate, New York
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Calvin Lee
Associate, New York
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Frame AI Announces Sale to HubSpot

December 6, 2024

Cooley advised Frame AI, an artificial intelligence-powered platform, on its sale to HubSpot, the leading customer platform for scaling businesses.

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Kevin Cooper
Partner, New York
Andrew Gunther
Associate, New York
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Kaitland Kennelly
Partner, New York
Kristen Mathews
Partner, New York
Gerard O'Shea
Partner, New York
Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie
Partner, New York
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Kristopher Kleiner
Special Counsel, Colorado
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Alexander Fullman
Associate, New York
Ryan Guo
Associate, New York
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Jason Nam
Associate, New York
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Confluent Acquires WarpStream

September 9, 2024

Cooley advised Confluent, a data-streaming platform pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure that sets data in motion, on its acquisition of WarpStream, an Apache Kafka-compatible data-streaming platform.

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Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Jenny Ge
Associate, Santa Monica
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Lei Shen
Partner, Chicago
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Jon Avina
Partner, Palo Alto
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
Francis Wheeler
Senior Counsel, Colorado
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Tiffany Allen
Associate, Palo Alto
Nikki Chang DiFederico
Associate, Palo Alto
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Josh Himmelstern
Associate, San Diego
Anne Luquette
Associate, San Francisco
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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