Kevin Sharara

Cooley advised Sprout Social, a social media management software company, on its $140 million acquisition of Tagger Media, a top influencer marketing platform, and a concurrent $100 million secured debt facility, which will be partially used to fund the acquisition.

Cooley is advising Veritone, an artificial intelligence company, on its acquisition of Broadbean for $52 million.

Cooley advised the shareholders of ICS Learn, an online professional education platform owned by private equity firm Primary Capital Partners, on the platform’s sale to vocational e-learning provider Skill & You, a portfolio company of private equity firm IK Partners. Private equity partner Stephen Rosen led the Cooley team advising the shareholders of ICS Learn.

Cooley advised Chegg, a student-first connected learning platform, on its definitive agreement to acquire language learning platform Busuu for 385 million euros ($436 million). Partner Ben Shribman led the Cooley team advising Chegg.

Cooley advised Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and Institutional Venture Partners on co-leading Hopin’s $400 million Series C funding round, which also included participation from returning investors Coatue, DFJ Growth, Northzone, Salesforce Ventures and Tiger Global. Hopin, a leading virtual events provider, will use the capital to accelerate growth, including by scaling its operations, team and platform to meet the demands of its expanding customer base and support its multi-product business. Cooley partner Ryan Naftulin led the team advising the trio of lead investors.

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