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Macroscope Closes $30 Million Series A

September 17, 2025

Cooley advised Macroscope, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered understanding engine that helps developers and product leaders better understand and fix their codebase, on its $30 million Series A financing. Partner Matthew Bartus led the Cooley team advising Macroscope.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Eric M. Walder
Associate, San Francisco
Erin Wright
Associate, San Francisco
Karem M. Jarada
Associate, San Francisco

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Reliance Industries Announces Strategic Partnership With Meta

August 29, 2025

Cooley advised Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries on its joint venture with Meta that will build and scale enterprise artificial intelligence solutions for enterprises in India and select international markets.

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Rishab Kumar
Partner, Palo Alto
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Jenny Ge
Associate, Santa Monica
Queenie Chen
Associate, Palo Alto
Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Sale Kwon
Partner, Palo Alto
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Stella Sarma
Partner, Brussels
Leo Spicer-Phelps
Partner, London
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Chelsea André
Associate, Colorado
Athina Gaki
Associate, Brussels
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Patrick O. Johnson
Associate, Boston
Liz Paisner
Associate, New York
Kealan Santistevan
Associate, Palo Alto
John T. Stellini
Associate, Palo Alto
Ziwei Xiao
Associate, Palo Alto

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Cerberus Ventures Leads Syntis Bio’s $38 Million Financing

July 1, 2025

Cooley advised Cerberus Ventures, a venture fund established in 2023 to invest in early-stage companies in sectors important to government and innovators, as lead investor in Syntis Bio’s $38 million financing. Partners Matthew Bartus, Marc Recht and Christophe Beauduin led the Cooley team advising Cerberus Ventures.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Marc Recht
Partner, Boston
Christophe Beauduin
Partner, New York
Andrew Leonard
Associate, Washington, DC
Alex Abelson
Associate, New York
Dr. Marcelo Pomeranz
Associate, San Diego
Michael Fernando
Associate, London

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Harvey Announces $300 Million Series E

June 24, 2025

Cooley advised Harvey, a domain-specific artificial intelligence platform for legal and professional services, on its $300 million Series E at a $5 billion valuation.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Tara Capsuto
Partner, San Francisco
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Parker Armsby
Associate, New York
Kayla Blaker
Associate, Colorado
Dennis F. Craig II
Associate, Washington, DC
Millie Heuer
Associate, Seattle
Alice C. Hu
Associate, San Francisco
Carl Min
Associate, San Francisco
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco
Michael Suyat
Senior Paralegal, San Francisco
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Cerberus Announces Landmark Investment in Aquatech

April 3, 2025

Cooley advised Cerberus Capital Management, a global leader in alternative investing with approximately $65 billion in assets across complementary credit, real estate and private equity strategies, on its growth investment in Aquatech, a global leader in water technology and services for industrial and infrastructure markets.

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Garland “Sonny” W. Allison
Partner, Colorado
Amelia Runyan Davis
Partner, Colorado
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Zachary Sonenshine
Associate, New York
Morgan Baker
Associate, Washington, DC
Feroz Khalidi
Associate, Colorado
Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Adam Fleisher
Partner, Washington, DC
David Fletcher
Partner, Washington, DC
Steve Flores
Partner, Chicago
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Todd Gluth
Partner, San Diego
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
John Lavoie
Partner in Charge – Reston, Reston
Carly Mitchell
Partner, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Aaron Pomeroy
Partner, Colorado
Stacey Song
Partner, New York
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Scott Weston
Partner, Boston
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Peter Crain
Special Counsel, Reston
Reid Hooper
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Alanna B Zuchelli
Special Counsel, Reston
Meredith Ashlock
Associate, Colorado
Nicholas Balenger
Associate, Reston
Jasmine A. Banks
Associate, Washington, DC
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Susan Choy
Associate, New York
Sharon Davidov
Associate, New York
Megan Drill
Associate, San Diego
Jeremy M. Exelbert
Associate, New York
Jimmy Gilligan
Associate, Boston
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Virat Gupta
Associate, Washington, DC
Dr. Aeraj ul Haque
Associate, Chicago
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Xueqing Li
Associate, San Francisco
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Leanne Andrepont
Senior Trademark Paralegal
Megan Boss
Senior Paralegal , Boston
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jill Simon
Senior Paralegal, New York
Luke Sande
Patent Agent, Boston

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Rankings and accolades

Chambers USA: Startups & Emerging Companies – Nationwide (2024 – 2025)

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Leading Lawyer for Start-up and Venture Capital – Foreign Firms in Singapore (2023)

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Tier 1 for Start-up and Venture Capital – Foreign Firms in Singapore (2023)

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Chambers USA: Band 1 for Startups & Emerging Companies (2018 – 2020)

Chambers Asia Pacific: Band 1 for Startups & Emerging Companies in Singapore (2021 – 2023)

Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Leading Lawyer for Corporate and M&A in Singapore (2021)

The Legal 500 US: Leading Lawyer in Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2020 – 2025)

The Legal 500 US: M&A/Corporate and Commercial – Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2015)

The Recorder Innovators recognizes Matt Bartus, Craig Jacoby and Peter Werner

Memberships and affiliations

National Venture Capital Association, General Counsel Advisory Board

Matthew Bartus regularly advises emerging companies and investors on financings, M&A and access to capital markets. He is praised by clients for his "deep understanding of the startup world" and for being "exceptional in providing sound advice, especially in the areas of fundraising."

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