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Scott Lin represents companies and their investors at all stages of the business life cycle. In particular, he represents high growth companies and venture capital funds in a wide range of transactions, including entity formation, venture capital and growth equity financing, mergers and acquisitions and public offerings.     

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Vanilla Closes $35 Million Series B-1

Vanilla Closes $35 Million Series B-1

October 16, 2024

Cooley advised Vanilla, an award-winning estate planning software company, on its $35 million Series B-1 financing. Lawyers Sale Kwon, Kevin Gibson and Rachel Robichaux led the Cooley team advising Vanilla.

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Sale Kwon
Partner, Palo Alto
Kevin Gibson
Associate, San Francisco
Rachel Robichaux
Associate, Palo Alto
Matthew Caplan
Partner, San Francisco
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Parker Armsby
Associate, New York
Danielle Crinnion
Associate, Boston
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco
Jake Ironfield
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, New York
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco

Related Practices & Industries

Emerging Companies
CFIUS
Commercial Litigation
Antitrust and Competition
Technology Transactions
Technology
Software

Parse Biosciences Closes $50 Million Series C

Parse Biosciences Closes $50 Million Series C

December 14, 2023

Cooley advised Parse Biosciences on its $50 million Series C financing. Partner Sonya Erickson led the Cooley team advising Parse Biosciences, which develops single-cell sequencing products used by more than 1,000 labs worldwide.

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Sonya Erickson
Partner and Business Department Chair, Seattle
Lucy Bauer
Associate, Seattle
Willy Cowles
Associate, Seattle
Yuri Weigel
Special Counsel, Seattle
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco
Colleen Badgley
Partner, Seattle

Related Practices & Industries

Emerging Companies
Venture Capital
Biotechnology
Life Sciences

Genome Medical Closes $60 Million Series C Financing and Acquires GeneMatters

Genome Medical Closes $60 Million Series C Financing and Acquires GeneMatters

September 3, 2021

Cooley advised Genome Medical on its $60 million Series C funding round, as well as on its acquisition of GeneMatters. Cooley attorneys Josh Seidenfeld, Steve Tonsfeldt and Gaël Hagan led the Cooley team advising Genome Medical, a genomic care delivery company that’s personalizing healthcare for all through on-demand access to genetic insights and genomic medicine.

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Josh Seidenfeld
Partner, Palo Alto
Steve Tonsfeldt
Partner, Palo Alto
Gaël Y. Hagan
Special Counsel , Colorado
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Blake Martell
Of counsel, San Francisco
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco

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Emerging Companies
Venture Capital
Mergers and Acquisitions
Life Sciences
Digital Health

Cornerstone OnDemand Agrees to Sell to Clearlake Capital Group for $5.2 Billion

Cornerstone OnDemand Agrees to Sell to Clearlake Capital Group for $5.2 Billion

August 6, 2021

Cooley advised Cornerstone OnDemand, a publicly traded global leader in talent management software, on its agreement to sell to private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group. Lawyers Jamie Leigh, Ben Beerle, Rachel Proffitt and Matt Silverman led the Cooley team advising Cornerstone on the transaction, which has an enterprise value of approximately $5.2 billion.

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Jamie Leigh
Partner, San Francisco
Ben Beerle
Partner, San Francisco
Rachel Proffitt
Partner and Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco
Natalie D. Vernon
Associate, Colorado
Jacob B. Hanna
Associate, San Francisco
Julia Gage
Associate, San Francisco
Scott Lin
Associate, San Francisco

Related Practices & Industries

Mergers and Acquisitions
Software
Technology

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