Craig Jacoby

Partner

I'm a guide and advisor to startups and their investors on legal and business challenges across many industries.

Craig represents high-growth companies and their investors. He has helped to form, finance and advise hundreds of emerging businesses in areas such as internet and digital media, consumer products, clean technologies, software, medical devices and business services. He has led hundreds of startup financings, with an aggregate value in the billions of dollars, and has led teams advising companies on more than a hundred mergers and acquisitions.

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Experience

Cribl Secures $150 Million in Series D Funding
Alma Closes $50 Million Series C Financing
Alma Closes $28 Million Series B
Patreon Valuation Climbs to $1.2 Billion With Series E Round
Legal 500 Ranks Cooley in Tier 1 for VC and Emerging Companies
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Practices & Industries

His expertise in matters pertinent to startups and growth companies were essential to our rapid growth. The ability to provide timely, insightful advice at any moment along with their deep expertise in M&A were crucial to our success. – Anonymous client review on Chambers USA – Startups & Emerging Companies

Education

Stanford Law School
JD, With distinction, Order of the Coif, 1996
Johns Hopkins University
MA, International Studies
1996
University of Pennsylvania
BA, English, Economics
magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Fulbright Scholar, 1990