Mark Medearis

Cooley advised Celona on its oversubscribed $60 million Series C funding round. The financing round was led by DigitalBridge Ventures, and included participation from all of Celona’s existing investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, NTTVC, Qualcomm Ventures and Cervin Ventures. Partner Mark Medearis led the Cooley team advising Celona, a developer of AI-powered business-critical solutions designed to meet the connectivity needs of AI and edge-compute powered apps in the enterprise.

Cooley advised Sense on its $50 million Series D funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Mark Medearis led the Cooley team advising Sense, a developer of an AI-powered talent engagement platform.

Cooley advised BrightFarms on its $100 million Series E financing. Partner Mark Medearis led the Cooley team advising BrightFarms, which is a leading next-generation indoor farming company supplying U.S. grocery retailers with packaged salad greens.

Cooley advised underwriters on AssetMark’s $316.3 million initial public offering of 14,375,000 shares of common stock, including full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs acted as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. Credit Suisse and Huatai Securities also acted as joint book-running managers and BMO Capital Markets, Raymond James & Associates and William Blair & Company acted as co-managers. Assetmark’s securities now trade on the NYSE under the symbol “AMK.” Partners Eric Jensen, John McKenna, Mark Medearis and Josh Seidenfeld led the Cooley team.

Palo Alto, Calif. – Cooley advised MobileIron on its $100 million IPO. MobileIron offers software solutions that enable enterprises to secure and manage mobile applications, content and devices while providing their employees with device choice, privacy and a native user experience. MobileIron's stock now trades on the Nasdaq Global Stock Market under the symbol "MOBL."

Thus far in 2014, Cooley has advised on 58 completed public offerings, including 29 completed IPOs.