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Gardens Announces $31.3 Million Series A

July 11, 2024

Cooley advised video game studio Gardens Interactive on its $31.3 million Series A funding.

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Nick Hobson
Partner in Charge, Santa Monica, Santa Monica
Sean O'Neill
Partner, Santa Monica
James H. Reizman
Associate, Santa Monica
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC

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GrayMatter Robotics Announces $45 Million Series B

June 20, 2024

Cooley advised GrayMatter Robotics, an artificial intelligence-powered robotics leader empowering humans with intelligent automation, on its $45 million Series B financing.

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Dave Young
Partner, Santa Monica
Sean O'Neill
Partner, Santa Monica
James H. Reizman
Associate, Santa Monica
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kevin King
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto

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Therabody Closes $165 Million Growth Equity Round

October 27, 2022

Cooley advised Therabody, a global pioneer in wellness technology, on its $165 million growth equity round led by private equity firm North Castle Partners.

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Sean O'Neill
Partner, Santa Monica
Michelle Liskanich
Associate, Santa Monica
Nick Hobson
Partner in Charge, Santa Monica, Santa Monica
Sean Murphy
Partner, Singapore

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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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Cooley Advises SoftEye in Sale to TDK

June 19, 2025

Cooley advised SoftEye, a San Diego-based company developing specialized chips, cameras, software and algorithms for use in smart glasses, on its sale to TDK Corporation, a Tokyo-based global leader in advanced electronic solutions designed for a smarter, more connected world.

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Sean O'Neill
Partner, Santa Monica
Garth Angelo Osterman
Partner, San Francisco
Maureen Nagle
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Cameron Gyorffy
Associate, Santa Monica
Michelle Liskanich
Associate, Santa Monica
Tucker Cochenour
Associate, Palo Alto
Tracy Rubin
Partner, Palo Alto
Stephanie Gentile
Partner, New York
Ross Eberly
Partner, Santa Monica
Ryan Montgomery
Partner, Boston
C. Thomas Hopkins
Partner, Santa Monica
Mark Windfeld-Hansen
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Andrew Epstein
Special Counsel, Seattle
Dillon Martinson
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Breanna Qin
Associate, Palo Alto
Cristina DeBiase
Associate, Boston
Norma Chayo Dichi
Associate, Washington, DC
Hardy Zhou
Associate, New York
Eileen Leman
Associate, Los Angeles
Patricia Myers
Paralegal Specialist, Colorado
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Annie Froehlich
Partner, Washington, DC
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC

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