John Sellers

Partner
jsellers@cooley.com
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I represent emerging companies and their investors at all stages, from new startup to world class public companies. I’m passionate about being part of disruptive new technologies.

About John

John focuses on representing emerging and public growth companies and the venture capital firms that invest in them. John counsels companies throughout their life cycle on a full range of matters, including company formations, VC financings, initial public and follow-on public offerings, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnership and licensing transactions, Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance, and day-to-day corporate counseling.

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Experience

Logik.io Raises $25 Million Series B

Logik.io Raises $25 Million Series B

October 8, 2024

Cooley advised Logik.io, the company that reimagines configure, price and quote (CPQ) and consumerizes enterprise selling experiences, on its $25 million Series B funding to accelerate CPQ innovation and further expand company growth.

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Cooley Advises on Candid Therapeutics’ $370 Million Capital Raise, Three-Way Merger

Cooley Advises on Candid Therapeutics’ $370 Million Capital Raise, Three-Way Merger

September 9, 2024

Cooley advised Candid Therapeutics, a biotechnology company dedicated to developing potentially transformative drugs to address autoimmune diseases, on its $370 million debut capital raise and three-way merger with Vignette Bio and TRC 2004.

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ArsenalBio Closes Oversubscribed $325 Million Series C

ArsenalBio Closes Oversubscribed $325 Million Series C

September 4, 2024

Cooley advised Arsenal Biosciences (ArsenalBio), a clinical-stage programmable cell therapy company focused on engineering advanced chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies for solid tumors, on the close of its oversubscribed $325 million Series C financing round.

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Grafana Labs Completes $270 Million Primary and Secondary Transaction

Grafana Labs Completes $270 Million Primary and Secondary Transaction

August 21, 2024

Cooley advised Grafana Labs, the company behind ubiquitous, open and composable operational dashboards, on the successful completion of its approximately $270 million primary and secondary transaction.

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2024 08 13 Encord Announces 30 Million Series B

2024 08 13 Encord Announces 30 Million Series B

August 13, 2024

Cooley advised Encord, a data development platform for multimodal artificial intelligence, on its $30 million Series B financing.

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Admissions and credentials

California

Rankings and accolades

Northern California Super Lawyer: Business Law


M&A Transactions

involving sales of company clients to Google, Apple, IBM, Intel, Qualcomm, Boston Scientific, Stryker and Spectranetics