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Cooley Advises SoftBank on Improbable’s $502 Million Funding

May 26, 2017

Cooley advised SoftBank as the lead investor on London-based VR company Improbable’s $502 million Series B funding round. A transatlantic Cooley team worked on this record-breaking transaction.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Ryan Naftulin
Partner, London
Adam Ruttenberg
Partner, Washington, DC
Lauren Creel
Partner, Palo Alto
Harry Calkin
Associate, London
Paula Holland
Partner, London
Chris Coulter
Partner, London
Aaron Archer
Partner, London
Chris Stack
Partner, London
Daniel Sellwood
Associate, London
Harriet Jones
Associate, London

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SoftBank Vision Fund to Invest $450 Million in Compass

December 6, 2017

Cooley advised SoftBank Vision Fund on its agreement to invest $450 million in Compass, making it the largest real estate tech investment in US history. Partner Matthew Bartus led the Cooley team advising the fund.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Michael Levinson
Senior Counsel, San Diego
Howard Morse
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Lauren Creel
Partner, Palo Alto
Emily Iannarelli
Associate, Palo Alto
Allison Pang
Associate, Palo Alto
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Bryan Berman
Special Counsel, Colorado
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC

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Cooley advises Pivot Bio on $100M Series C Round

May 4, 2020

Cooley advised California-based agricultural biotech growth company Pivot Bio on its $100 million Series C funding round, co-led by repeat investors Breakthrough Energy Ventures and a global investment company. Pivot Bio has raised $186 million to date and plans to use the funds to scale-up its microbial nitrogen technology that helps farmers boost crop yield and reduce reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. The funding will also be used to help the company expand internationally. "The strong backing by our Series C investors enables Pivot Bio to redefine the future of fertilizer and provide the world's farmers with a new nitrogen source. Based on remarkable demand, we expect to ramp up from our large current footprint to millions of additional acres in the next growing season." said Karsten Temme, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of Pivot Bio, in a news release.

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Frederick Dorey
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
John Sellers
Partner, Palo Alto
Emily Iannarelli
Associate, Palo Alto
Lauren Creel
Partner, Palo Alto
Chris Holly
Partner, Washington, DC
Judd Lauter
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Karen Gustavson
Associate, Seattle

Triphase Accelerator Corporation in its Partnership and Option-to-acquire Arrangement with Celgene

September 2, 2019

Cooley advised Triphase Accelerator Corporation in its partnership and option-to-acquire arrangement with Celgene to advance a pre-clinical therapeutic developed to treat leukemia and other blood cancers. Under the terms of the agreement, Triphase received an upfront payment of $40 million and, upon exercise of the option, will be eligible to receive up to $940 million in contingent development, regulatory and sales milestones.

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Marya Postner
Partner, Palo Alto
Anita Vasudevan
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Lauren Creel
Partner, Palo Alto
Allison Pang
Associate, Palo Alto

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Lyell Immunopharma – $425 Million IPO

July 20, 2021

Cooley advised Lyell Immunopharma, a T cell reprogramming company dedicated to the mastery of T cells to cure patients with solid tumors, on its $425 million initial public offering of 25,000,000 shares of its common stock. Partners Dave Peinsipp, Charlie Kim, Chad Mills and Lauren Creel led the Cooley team advising Lyell on its public debut, which marks the third largest biotech IPO in history.

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David Peinsipp
Partner, San Francisco
Charlie Kim
Partner, San Diego
Chadwick Mills
Partner, San Francisco
Lauren Creel
Partner, Palo Alto
Allison Peth
Associate, Palo Alto
Kristina Krasnikova
Associate, Palo Alto
Anitha Anne
Associate, San Francisco
Bill Boyle
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto
Marya Postner
Partner, Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Jonathan Rivinus
Partner, Colorado
Francis Wheeler
Partner, Colorado

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