Rachel Goddard

 Cooley advised Industry Ventures, a top investment firm focusing on venture capital, on its $900 million seventh hybrid fund investing in emerging seed and early-stage funds through primary and early secondary limited partnership interests and direct investments.

Cooley advised Hyde Park Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on high-growth, mid-continent technology startups, on the close of its $98 million fourth fund.

Cooley advised Bluestein Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in the future of food, on the close of its $45 million in capital commitments for its third foodtech fund.

Cooley advised Arboretum Ventures, a healthcare venture capital firm, on the closing of its $268 million sixth fund.

Cooley advised Chingona Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in founders whose backgrounds uniquely position them to create businesses in growth markets that are often overlooked, on the closing of its new $52 million fund. Lawyers Rachel Goddard, Noah Pittard, Mystery Murphy, Mandy Kondo and Christine Zhao led the Cooley team advising Chingona Ventures.