Mark Medearis

Senior Counsel
mmedearis@cooley.com
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Launching a company is like launching a rocket—if you're off by a fraction of a degree on the launch pad, you can end up thousands of miles from your target. And don't forget the course corrections along the way.

About Mark

Mark represents emerging growth and public companies, with an emphasis on private financings, public offerings, strategic partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions. His clients are primarily in the technology industry, including artificial intelligence (AI), security, and software as a service (SaaS); mobile, wireless, and networking; and semiconductors. Mark also regularly represents venture capital firms in investments in emerging growth companies.

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Experience

Baya Systems Raises $36 Million Series B

Baya Systems Raises $36 Million Series B

January 23, 2025

Cooley advised Baya Systems, a leader in system intellectual property technology that empowers the acceleration of intelligent compute, on its $36 million Series B.

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Machinify Announces Acquisition by New Mountain Capital

Machinify Announces Acquisition by New Mountain Capital

January 10, 2025

Cooley advised Machinify, a provider of artificial intelligence-powered software transforming healthcare payments, on its definitive agreement to be acquired by New Mountain Capital.

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Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, San Francisco
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Associate, Seattle
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David Dalton
Associate, Santa Monica
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Partner, Santa Monica
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Partner, Santa Monica
Charles Haley
Partner, Palo Alto
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Partner, Boston
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Partner, Colorado
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Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Alexander Ellebracht
Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, San Diego
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Associate, Seattle
Novak Topalovic
Associate, San Diego
Rubin Waranch
Associate, Colorado
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Associate, San Francisco
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Melanie Yuvienco
Paralegal Specialist, Palo Alto
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Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Digital Health
Artificial Intelligence
Mergers and Acquisitions
Technology Transactions
Healthcare
Life Sciences
Life Sciences and Healthcare Regulatory
Compensation and Benefits
Emerging Companies
Antitrust and Competition
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Tax

Openprise Secures $25 Million in Series B Funding

Openprise Secures $25 Million in Series B Funding

March 5, 2024

Cooley advised Openprise on its $25 million Series B financing led by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Partner Mark Medearis led the Cooley team advising Openprise, a top revenue operations (RevOps) data automation company using artificial intelligence to help RevOps teams transform their data into action, achieve operational agility at scale and simplify technology to drive efficient growth.

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Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto
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Paralegal Specialist, Reston

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Artificial Intelligence
Emerging Companies
Technology
Venture Capital

Celona Closes Oversubscribed $60 Million Series C Financing

Celona Closes Oversubscribed $60 Million Series C Financing

April 11, 2022

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.

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Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
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Associate, Palo Alto

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Emerging Companies
Venture Capital
Technology
Artificial Intelligence

Sense Raises $50 Million Series D Round

Sense Raises $50 Million Series D Round

December 7, 2021

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.

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Admissions and credentials

California

Colorado

Rankings and accolades

  • Venture Capital Law: Best Lawyers in America
  • San Francisco Magazine: Northern California Super Lawyer