Emily Hren

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.

Cooley advised Playground Global, an early-stage, deep-tech venture firm investing in transformative technologies and founders building category-defining businesses, on raising $410 million for its venture capital funds, bringing its total assets under management to more than $1.2 billion.

Cooley advised 01 Advisors, a venture capital firm investing primarily in Series B-stage startups that sell business software and fintech services, on its $395 million third fund.

Cooley advised Adverb Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, on its $75 million debut fund.

Cooley advised venture capital firm Upfront Ventures on its fundraise of more than $650 million to be deployed across three unique funds focused on various stages of the startup life cycle – the firm’s seventh early-stage fund, Upfront VII, which closed with $280 million in capital commitments; its third growth-stage fund, Upfront Growth III, with $200 million; and its Continuation Fund, with more than $175 million. Lawyers John Dado and Will Newsom led the Cooley team advising Upfront Ventures.