Paul Roberts

Cooley advised Crosslink Capital, a premier early-stage venture capital firm with more than $4.2 billion in assets, on the close of its 10th flagship venture capital fund – Crosslink Ventures X, L.P. – aimed at backing early-stage investors.

Cooley represented Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology, on the closing of $7.2 billion for the following new funds: American Dynamism ($600 million), Applications ($1 billion), Games ($600 million), Infrastructure ($1.25 billion) and Growth ($3.75 billion).

Cooley advised Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), one of Silicon Valley’s original venture firms, on the raise of its $1.6 billion 18th fund to partner with transformational technology companies and help supercharge their growth.

Cooley advised Align Ventures, a venture fund investing in technologies driving the future of retail, on its participation in Figure AI’s $675 million Series B financing round, which brought Figure to a $2.6 billion valuation.

Cooley advised Innovation Endeavors, an early-stage venture firm tackling the big challenges humanity could potentially face over the following decades, on the close of its fifth fund at $630 million.