Emily Hren

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. 

Cooley advised Headline, a leading tech-enabled global venture capital firm, on the closing of its North America-focused early-stage fund, Headline US VII, with $408 million in new capital. Lawyers John Dado, Jimmy Matteucci, Paul Roberts, Cunmei Zhang and Emily Hren led the Cooley team advising Headline.