Colleen Badgley

Cooley advised VNGR Beverage (doing business as poppi), a fast-growing prebiotic soda brand, on its acquisition by PepsiCo (Nasdaq: PEP) for $1.95 billion, including an additional potential earnout consideration subject to the achievement of certain performance milestones within a specified period after closing.

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.

Cooley advised Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology, as the lead investor in Slingshot AI’s approximately $30 million seed financing.

Cooley advised Outpace Bio, a cell therapy company using unrivaled artificial intelligence-powered protein design to program immune cells for improved function inside patients battling solid tumors, on its $144 million oversubscribed Series B financing.

Cooley advised ARCH Venture Partners, which co-led a $1 billion Series A funding round in Xaira Therapeutics. Partners Colleen Badgley, Danielle Naftulin and Dave Peinsipp led the Cooley team advising ARCH, a venture capital firm catalyzing discoveries that prevent, detect and cure disease.