Eric Doherty

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

Cooley advised Cake Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage venture capital firm, on its $17 million first fund.

Cooley advised Bonfire Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in seed-stage business-to-business (B2B) software companies, on the closing of its third core seed fund at $168 million and its second opportunity fund at $63 million. Partner Eric Doherty led the Cooley team advising Bonfire Ventures.

Cooley advised Amplify Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to technical founders, on the formation of two new funds – Amplify Partners V and Amplify Select V – with a combined $700 million in capital. Lawyers John Dado, John Clendenin and Elizabeth Reese led the Cooley team advising Amplify Partners.

Cooley advised Collaborative Fund on the formation Collab + Sesame – a $10 million child development-focused venture fund launched in collaboration with Sesame Ventures, the VC arm of Sesame Workshop, the creators of Sesame Street.

Collab + Sesame will focus investing in child development areas including education technology; health & nutrition; and social, cultural and family development.

Eric Doherty advised Collaborative Fund on the fund formation and Matt Bartus will advise on the Collab + Sesame's investments.