Danielle Naftulin

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Vivace Therapeutics Raises $35 Million Series D

March 14, 2025

Cooley advised Vivace Therapeutics, a small molecule discovery and development company developing first-in-class cancer therapies targeting the Hippo pathway, on its $35 million Series D financing.

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Danielle Naftulin
Partner, Palo Alto
Cameron Hajialiakbar
Associate, Santa Monica
Jasmine Hsu
Associate, Palo Alto
Scott McCall
Partner, San Diego
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC

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ARCH Venture Partners Co-Leads Xaira Therapeutics $1 Billion Series A Funding

April 24, 2024

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.

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David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle
Danielle Naftulin
Partner, Palo Alto
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Dr. Bill Christiansen
Partner, Seattle
Dr. Tian Yong Zheng
Patent Agent, Seattle
Chen Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Bin Wang
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Zack Gong
Associate, Shanghai
Tom James
Associate, San Francisco
Thomas Welk
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Carly Robinson
Associate, Reston
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Elizabeth M. Morrison
Associate, Boston

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GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd Investments

March 22, 2021

Cooley advised GIC on a number of its investments, working closely with the team on both primary and secondary transactions including, among others, their Series D investment in Razorpay, Series F and Series G investments in Nubank and their Series G investment in Databricks. Partner Danielle Naftulin led the Cooley team advising GIC.

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Danielle Naftulin
Partner, Palo Alto

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Norwest Venture Partners: Knotel’s $60 Million Series B-2 Financing

October 23, 2018

Cooley advised Norwest Venture Partners as lead investor in a $60 million Series B-2 financing of Knotel, a New York City-based provider of custom workplaces.

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Danielle Naftulin
Partner, Palo Alto

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Norwest Venture Partners: Shape Security's $26 Million Series E Financing

September 25, 2018

Cooley advised Norwest Venture Partners as lead investor in a $26 million Series E financing of Shape Security, a fraud-fighting cybersecurity company.

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Danielle Naftulin
Partner, Palo Alto

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Chambers USA: Venture Capital – California (2023, 2024)

Lawdragon: 500 Leading Dealmakers in America (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)

YWCA of Silicon Valley: Tribute to Women in Industry

Northern California Super Lawyers: Rising Star

Danielle has been immensely valuable not only helping my new startup with normal startup issues but providing strategic advice. She knows the ins and outs of issues tech companies face from all angles. I'd recommend her to anyone starting a company or not getting the legal strategy they need.

Patrick O’Leary, Founder and CEO of Boostr