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Heavybit Raises More Than $180 Million Across Two Funds

July 8, 2025

Cooley advised Heavybit, a top enterprise infrastructure investor, on the close of its fifth flagship pre-seed and seed fund and second opportunity fund.

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Jimmy Matteucci
Partner, Palo Alto
Michael Torbati
Associate, San Francisco
Hongru Sun
Associate, Palo Alto
John Dado
Partner, San Francisco
Stacey Song
Partner, New York
Julie Rogers
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto

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MindWorks Capital Closes Fourth Pan-Asia Venture Capital Fund

October 15, 2024

Cooley advised MindWorks Capital, a Hong Kong-headquartered next-generation venture capital manager, on the closing of its fourth pan-Asia venture capital fund, MindWorks Ventures Fund IV.

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Pang Lee
Partner, Hong Kong
Joyce Wang
Counsel, Hong Kong
Hongru Sun
Associate, Palo Alto
Brian Lau
Associate, Hong Kong
Yingnan Tao
Legal Consultant, Beijing
Yitong Pan
Paralegal, Beijing

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PruVen Capital Closes Oversubscribed $378.5 Million Fund II

September 3, 2024

Cooley advised PruVen Capital, an independent venture capital firm whose investors are exclusively global leaders in financial services and insurance, on the close of its oversubscribed $378.5 million second fund.

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John Clendenin
Partner, Palo Alto
Hongru Sun
Associate, Palo Alto
Stacey Song
Partner, New York
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC

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The House Fund Closes $115 Million Fund III

October 25, 2023

Cooley advised The House Fund, a pre-seed and early-stage venture capital firm focused on University of California, Berkeley, startups, on its $115 million Fund III.

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Katia MacNeill
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Hongru Sun
Associate, Palo Alto

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Upfront Ventures Raises More Than $650 Million Across Three Funds

July 30, 2022

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. 

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John Dado
Partner, San Francisco
William Newsom
Partner, San Francisco
Bernard Hatcher
Senior Counsel, San Francisco
Emily Hren
Associate, San Francisco
Hongru Sun
Associate, Palo Alto
Julie Rogers
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto

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