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Dualitas Therapeutics Launches With $65 Million Series A

September 16, 2025

Cooley advised Dualitas, a biotechnology company pioneering next-generation bispecific antibody therapies for immunology and inflammation, on its $65 million Series A financing, to advance a portfolio of next-generation bispecific antibodies, including lead programs DTX-103 in allergic disease and DTX-102 for autoimmune disease, and to accelerate the development of Dualitas’ proprietary DualScreen BsAb discovery engine.

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Sara Semnani
Partner, Santa Monica
Noel Ripberger-Scheick
Associate, Palo Alto
Sam Thompson
Associate, Santa Monica
Michael Aridi Barake
Associate, Santa Monica
Cameron Hajialiakbar
Associate, Santa Monica
Christy Fairlie
Paralegal Specialist, Reston
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Natasha Leskovsek
Of Counsel, Washington, DC
Kelley Harrington
Associate, Chicago
Shelby Saunders
Associate, New York

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Baseten Secures $150 Million Series D

September 5, 2025

Cooley advised Baseten, a company powering inference for the world’s fastest-growing artificial intelligence products, on its $150 million Series D financing, valuing the company at $2.15 billion.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
Daniel Y. Lee
Associate, Palo Alto
Alice Wu
Associate, Palo Alto
Sam Thompson
Associate, Santa Monica
Celine Koh
Associate, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Kimberly Nguyen
Special Counsel, Reston
Mari Dugas
Associate, Washington, DC
Melody Van Horn
Senior Paralegal, Palo Alto
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

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Talkiatry Secures $130 Million Series C

June 18, 2024

Cooley advised Talkiatry, a top provider of high-quality, in-network psychiatric care, on its $130 million equity and debt financing round.

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Dave Young
Partner, Santa Monica
Phil Mitchell
Partner, New York
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Christian Plaza
Partner, Reston
Maricel Mojares-Moore
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Cameron Hajialiakbar
Associate, Santa Monica
Sam Thompson
Associate, Santa Monica
Leina Verrier
Associate, Santa Monica
Stevie Yu
Associate, New York

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PDH Academy Inks Series of M&A Deals

December 22, 2021

Cooley advised PDH Academy, an Eden Capital portfolio company that provides regulatory training and certification to professionals and companies in real estate, healthcare and specialized trade, on a series of strategic acquisitions. Partner Ray LaSoya led the teams advising PDH Academy on the transactions, which includes acquisitions of:

  • OpthoQuestions, a comprehensive question bank and testing engine that empowers its users to prepare efficiently and to succeed on their exams

  • SunCam, continuing education provider for worldwide engineers of all disciplines

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Lewis Loy
Associate, Santa Monica
Greg Reith
Associate, Washington, DC
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Sam Thompson
Associate, Santa Monica
Liza Hadley
Associate, Boston
Thomas Connors
Partner, Boston
Bram G. Couvreur
Partner, Santa Monica

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LegalZoom – $705.7 million IPO and Concurrent Private Placement

July 20, 2021

Cooley advised LegalZoom.com, Inc. on its initial public offering of 21,989,150 shares of common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $28.00 per share, and the concurrent sale of 3,214,285 additional shares of common stock in a private placement at the public offering price of $28.00 per share – for aggregate gross proceeds totaling $705.7 million. LegalZoom.com, whose securities now trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “LZ,” is a leading online platform for legal and compliance solutions in the United States. Partners Tom Hopkins, Jodie Bourdet and Jonie Ing Kondracki led the Cooley team advising LegalZoom.

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C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Santa Monica
Jonie Ing Kondracki
Partner, San Francisco
Sean O'Neill
Partner, Santa Monica
Sarah Choi
Associate, Santa Monica
Sam Thompson
Associate, Santa Monica
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Barbara Mirza
Partner, Santa Monica
Austin Holt
Partner, Santa Monica
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Ellie Seber
Partner, Santa Monica
Michael Tollini
Partner, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Amy Lauren Saldamando
Manager of Capitalization Table Administration, Santa Monica

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