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Vanilla

$100+ billion closed – without the paper cuts.

The future of fund formation, served up simply.

Fund formation has only grown more complex – managing it shouldn’t be. Too many fund managers are still piecing together scattered tools, manual handoffs and disconnected legal review just to get a fund off the ground. Vanilla changes that. Built by Cooley, the vertically integrated platform brings fund managers, investors, and in-house and the fund’s Cooley counsel into one system that stays with you from the very first fund through scale.

Vanilla has powered more than $100 billion in fund formations by replacing scattered, ad hoc workflows with a single, vertically integrated system designed to help managers earn confidence from LPs and unlock new capital as funds scale and stakes rise.

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Trusted across private funds

  • $100+ billion

    closed through Vanilla

  • 1,200+

    fund formations

  • 50,000+

    registered investors

What's new?

Introducing Vanilla Transfers

With the launch of Vanilla Transfers, Vanilla now streamlines the process end to end, cutting transfer times to as little as one business day and allowing investors to close online for a $495 flat fee, with self-service download of executed documents.

 

Vanilla by Cooley empowers you as a fund manager, your legal team at Cooley and your investors to navigate the fund subscription process with ease.

John Clendenin, Cooley Fund Formation Chair

Disclaimer

In connection with Vanilla Transfers, Cooley's legal review workflow is performed solely as counsel to the relevant fund; Cooley does not represent or have an attorney-client relationship with investors in connection with Vanilla Transfers and any legal review or advice is provided for the sole benefit of the fund, not the investor. Investors may want to consider seeking their own separate counsel.