John Sellers

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I represent emerging companies and their investors at all stages, from new startup to world class public companies. I’m passionate about being part of disruptive new technologies.

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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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Partner in Charge – San Francisco, San Francisco
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Associate, San Francisco
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Associate, San Francisco
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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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Archon Biosciences Announces $20 Million Seed Financing

October 30, 2024

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.

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Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle
Alan W. Tamarelli
Partner, New York
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Lucy Bauer
Associate, Seattle
Brian Woodard
Paralegal Specialist, Seattle
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Dr. Carol Laherty
Partner, Seattle
Millie Heuer
Associate, Seattle

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Decagon Raises $65 Million Series B

October 23, 2024

Cooley advised Decagon, an innovator in artificial intelligence (AI) customer support agents, on its $65 million Series B financing round, bringing its total amount raised to $100 million.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Yichen Liu
Associate, Palo Alto
Irene Sun
Associate, Palo Alto
Zi Ye
Associate, Palo Alto
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Socket Secures $40 Million Series B

October 23, 2024

Cooley advised Socket, a cybersecurity platform that protects companies from software supply chain attacks, on its $40 million Series B financing, bringing its total funding to $65 million.

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Kevin Rooney
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Lima
Associate, Palo Alto
Toye Oyewole
Associate, Palo Alto
Yuehui Ji
Associate, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston

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Vanilla Closes $35 Million Series B-1

October 16, 2024

Cooley advised Vanilla, an award-winning estate planning software company, on its $35 million Series B-1 financing. Lawyers Sale Kwon, Kevin Gibson and Rachel Robichaux led the Cooley team advising Vanilla.

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Sale Kwon
Partner, Palo Alto
Kevin Gibson
Associate, San Francisco
Rachel Robichaux
Associate, Palo Alto
Matthew Caplan
Partner, San Francisco
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Parker Armsby
Associate, New York
Danielle Crinnion
Associate, Boston
Richard G.S. Lee
Associate, Washington, DC
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco
Sam Miller
Associate, San Francisco
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco

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Northern California Super Lawyer: Business Law


M&A Transactions

involving sales of company clients to Google, Apple, IBM, Intel, Qualcomm, Boston Scientific, Stryker and Spectranetics