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EliseAI Secures $250 Million Series E

August 20, 2025

Cooley advised EliseAI, an artificial intelligence company automating complex healthcare and housing systems, on the close of its $250 million Series E financing.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
Phoebe Huang
Associate, Seattle
Amanda Gonzalez Burton
Associate, New York
Sara Siddiqi
Associate, New York
Kristine Kevorkova
Associate, Santa Monica
Jasmine Hsu
Associate, Palo Alto
Keshara Senanayake
Associate, New York
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
Anisha Mohin
Associate, New York
Jayne M. Munger
Associate, New York
Jessica Li
Associate, Palo Alto
Timothy Shapiro
Partner, Palo Alto
Michael Gladstone
Associate, New York
Joy Chow
Associate, New York
Alexis Finkelberg Bortniker
Partner, San Diego
Amanda A. Main
Partner, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Julie Wicklund
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Ryan Bowers
Associate, Washington, DC
Joshua Elefant
Associate, Palo Alto
Jimmy Gilligan
Associate, Boston
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Jon Turk
Senior Paralegal, Washington, DC
Chris Rhem
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Brandon Lefebvre
Quantitative Analyst, Boston
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York

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MapLight Therapeutics Closes Oversubscribed $372.5 Million Series D

July 28, 2025

Cooley advised MapLight Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted, novel therapies for patients with central nervous system disorders, on its oversubscribed $372.5 million Series D financing.

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Christian Plaza
Partner, Reston
Matthew Schwee
Partner, Reston
David Brinton
Associate, Washington, DC
Heather McShea
Associate, Washington, DC
Mark Ballantyne
Partner, Reston
Michael Egan
Partner, Washington, DC
Jim Fulton
Partner, New York
Brendan Hughes
Co-Partner in Charge – Washington, DC, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Dr. Michael Tuscan
Partner, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Elise Robinson
Associate, Reston
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Santa Monica
Sarah Swain
Associate, Washington, DC
Dr. Jason Valentine
Associate, Washington, DC
Drue Anne Koons
Paralegal Specialist, San Diego
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Varda Space Industries Closes $187 Million Series C

July 10, 2025

Cooley advised Varda Space Industries, a space research company seeking to use microgravity to improve drug development, on its $187 million Series C financing.

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Peter H. Werner
Partner in Charge – San Francisco, San Francisco
Kevin Gibson
Associate, San Francisco
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco
Julianne Orr
Associate, San Francisco
Ryan Sim
Associate, San Francisco
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Grant Schweikert
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Umer Chaudhry
Associate, Washington, DC
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Movable Ink to Be Acquired by STG

June 26, 2025

Cooley advised Movable Ink, an artificial intelligence-powered personalized content platform, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by STG. The transaction is expected to close in July 2025.

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Adam Dinow
Partner, New York
Bill Sorabella
Partner, New York
Bill Roegge
Partner, New York
Nathan Baum
Special Counsel, New York
Robert Warshaw
Associate, New York
Kyle Hess
Associate, New York
Ethan Ebert-Zavos
Associate, New York
Patrick Flanagan
Partner, New York
Len Jacoby
Partner, New York
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Kristen Mathews
Partner, New York
Jeremy Morrison
Partner, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Nyron J. Persaud
Partner, New York
Scott Talbot
Senior Counsel, Reston
Julia R. Brinton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
David Hopkins
Special Counsel, Colorado
Andrew Linch
Special Counsel, London
Michael Bruno
Associate, New York
Amanda Gonzalez Burton
Associate, New York
Tony P. Guan
Associate, Santa Monica
Nathaniel Hearn Jr.
Associate, Chicago
Bomin Kim
Associate, New York
Richard Koch
Associate, Washington, DC
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York
Alexandra Leavy
Associate, New York
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
Colleen R. Wellington-Caban
Associate, Washington, DC
Andy Zachrich
Associate, San Francisco
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Jill Simon
Senior Paralegal, New York
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York

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Rubrik Announces Acquisition of Predibase

June 25, 2025

Cooley advised Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK), a leading cybersecurity company, on its agreement to acquire Predibase to accelerate agentic artificial intelligence adoption from pilot to production at scale. 

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Kevin Cooper
Partner, New York
Caitlin Cunningham
Special Counsel, Colorado
Jon Avina
Partner, Palo Alto
Milson Yu
Partner, Palo Alto
TJ Graham
Partner, Palo Alto
Eileen Marshall
Partner, Washington, DC
Kristen Mathews
Partner, New York
Alessandra Murata
Partner, Palo Alto
Ryan Vann
Partner, Chicago
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Dani Nazemian
Special Counsel, San Diego
Raychelle L. Eddings
Associate, Chicago
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Associate, Palo Alto
Cameron Gyorffy
Associate, Santa Monica
Elaine Huang
Associate, Palo Alto
Jessica Li
Associate, Palo Alto
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York
Patrick Sharma
Associate, Santa Monica
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
David H. Zhou
Associate, Palo Alto
Kevin Gurley
Quantitative Analyst, New York

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