About Tara

Tara focuses on the representation of emerging growth companies throughout their life cycles – including corporate formation, venture capital financings, corporate spinouts, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions. In addition, she represents private equity firms, venture capital firms and angel investors in investment transactions and portfolio company-related matters. Tara is counsel to companies and their investors in a broad range of industries, such as artificial intelligence, agtech, consumer goods, cleantech, digital health, edtech, enterprise software, fintech, insurtech and spacetech.

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Experience

Reducto Announces $24.5 Million Series A

Reducto Announces $24.5 Million Series A

April 25, 2025

Cooley represented Reducto, a platform for unlocking unstructured data for artificial intelligence pipelines, on its $24.5 million Series A financing.

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Tara Capsuto
Partner, San Francisco
Jeremy Ungerman-Sears
Associate, San Francisco
Julianne Orr
Associate, San Francisco
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Karen Tsai
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Amanda Pacheco
Associate, Palo Alto
Chu Lee
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Michael Suyat
Senior Paralegal, San Francisco
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco

Related Practices & Industries

Emerging Companies
Artificial Intelligence
Compensation and Benefits
CFIUS
Tax

Harvey Announces $300 Million Series D

Harvey Announces $300 Million Series D

February 12, 2025

Cooley advised Harvey, a domain-specific artificial intelligence (AI) platform for legal and professional services, on its $300 million Series D financing at a $3 billion valuation.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Tara Capsuto
Partner, San Francisco
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Jamin Agosti
Associate, San Francisco
Parker Armsby
Associate, New York
Alice C. Hu
Associate, San Francisco
Carl Min
Associate, San Francisco
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco
Katie Kissner
Quantitative Analyst, San Francisco
Brian Mitchell
Transactional Quantitative Analyst, San Diego

Related Practices & Industries

Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Emerging Companies
Antitrust and Competition
CooleyREG
Tax
CFIUS

Harvey Announces $100 Million Series C

Harvey Announces $100 Million Series C

July 23, 2024

Cooley advised Harvey, a legal artificial intelligence platform, on its $100 million Series C financing, which brings Harvey to a $1.5 billion valuation.

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Matthew Bartus
Partner, San Francisco
Rachel Proffitt
Partner and Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco
Caitlin Courtney
Partner, Palo Alto
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Xander Lee
Partner, Santa Monica
Howard Morse
Senior Counsel, Washington, DC
John Paul Oleksiuk
Partner, New York
John Sellers
Senior Counsel, Palo Alto
David Silverman
Partner, New York
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Kristin O'Hanlon
Special Counsel, San Francisco
Rebecca Ross
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Tara Capsuto
Partner, San Francisco
Carl Min
Associate, San Francisco
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Tyler Saavedra-Buckley
Associate, San Francisco

Related Practices & Industries

Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Emerging Companies
Tax
CFIUS
Compensation and Benefits
Technology Transactions
Trademark, Copyright and Advertising
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Antitrust and Competition
Private Equity

General Catalyst and Others Contribute to Stripe’s $6.5 Billion Series I

General Catalyst and Others Contribute to Stripe’s $6.5 Billion Series I

March 23, 2023

A Cooley team advised General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that provides early-stage and growth equity investments, and others on their participation in Stripe’s $6.5 billion Series I financing.

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Peter H. Werner
Partner in Charge – San Francisco, San Francisco
Tara Capsuto
Partner, San Francisco
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Allison Kutner
Associate, New York

Related Practices & Industries

Venture Capital
Emerging Companies
Fund Formation
Antitrust and Competition
Cyber/Data/Privacy
Fintech and Payments

Rothy's Enters Strategic Investment Agreement With Alpargatas

Rothy's Enters Strategic Investment Agreement With Alpargatas

December 29, 2021

Cooley advised sustainable lifestyle brand Rothy’s in connection with its strategic investment from Brazilian footwear brand Alpargatas to fuel global growth and expand vertically integrated operations. The transaction will result in a post-investment valuation of $1 billion. Lawyers Jodie Bourdet, Al Browne, Lindsy Solanki, Farzad Tabaee and Meera Patel led the Cooley team advising Rothy’s.

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Jodie Bourdet
Partner, San Francisco
Alfred Browne
Partner, Boston
Lindsy Solanki
Special Counsel, Palo Alto
Farzad Tabaee
Associate, San Francisco
Meera Patel
Associate, San Francisco
Ron Metzger
Paralegal Specialist, San Francisco
Sharon Connaughton
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Megan Browdie
Partner, Washington, DC
Christopher Kimball
Partner, Washington, DC
Stacey A. Bradford
Special Counsel, Washington, DC
Erica Russell
Associate, San Francisco
Tara Capsuto
Partner, San Francisco
Nicollette R. Kirby
Associate, Washington, DC
Sarah Oliai
Associate, Washington, DC
Addison Pierce
Partner, Chicago

Related Practices & Industries

Fashion, Apparel and Beauty
Retail and Consumer Products
Emerging Companies
Mergers and Acquisitions
Antitrust and Competition
Export Controls and Economic Sanctions
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Admissions and credentials

California

Memberships and affiliations

Head Over Heels Athletic Arts, Member, Board of Directors

American Bar Association, Business Law Section & International Law Section