Zachariah A. Robert

Cooley advised ChrysCapital, a top India-focused private equity firm, on the close of its oversubscribed $700 million continuation fund and general partner-led secondary transaction to purchase and sell its stake in the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) with two of the world’s leading secondary fund investors. The landmark transaction is the largest of its kind in India and ranks among the largest in the Asia-Pacific region.

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 Yieldstreet, a leading private market investing platform, on its acquisition of Cadre, an online real estate-focused investment platform that serves institutional and high net worth investors.

Cooley advised PeakSpan Capital, an investment firm focused on growth-stage business-to-business software companies, on the closing of its oversubscribed third growth fund (Fund III) at $567 million. Partners John Clendenin and Zach Robert led the Cooley team advising PeakSpan.

Cooley advised 186 Ventures, a venture capital firm that provides pre-seed and seed-stage funding to impactful founders, on the closing of its oversubscribed $37 million inaugural fund. Nicole Peppe and Zach Robert led the Cooley team advising 186 Ventures.