Eric Doherty

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My passion and expertise lies in assisting entrepreneurs and investors in forming venture capital funds, special purpose investment vehicles, accelerators and incubators.

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Women-Founded Adverb Ventures Closes $75 Million Debut Fund

July 11, 2023

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

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Eric Doherty
Partner, San Francisco
Elizabeth Reese
Partner, San Francisco
Emily Hren
Associate, San Francisco

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Cake Ventures Announces First $17 Million Fund

February 13, 2023

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

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Eric Doherty
Partner, San Francisco
Wyatt Christiansen
Associate, San Francisco

Bonfire Ventures Raises $231 Million for Two New Funds

June 16, 2022

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.

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Eric Doherty
Partner, San Francisco
Wyatt Christiansen
Associate, San Francisco
Paul Roberts
Of Counsel, San Francisco

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Amplify Partners Announces Two New Funds Totaling $700 Million

June 15, 2022

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.

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John Dado
Partner, Palo Alto
John Clendenin
Partner, Palo Alto
Elizabeth Reese
Partner, San Francisco
Paul Roberts
Of Counsel, San Francisco
Eric Doherty
Partner, San Francisco
Jimmy Matteucci
Partner, Palo Alto

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Collaborative Fund + Sesame Ventures Launch VC Fund

January 31, 2016

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.

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Eric Doherty
Partner, San Francisco
Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco

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Rankings & accolades

The Legal 500: Investment Fund Formation and Management – Private Equity Funds

Chambers USA: Venture Capital: Fund Formation – Nationwide (2022 – 2023)

Memberships & affiliations

American Bar Association

Eric is an excellent and smart lawyer who has a great temperament, wit, ease and confidence about him.

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