Peter Werner

Partner, Cooley

Peter is a partner at the law firm Cooley LLP. Peter’s practice primarily focuses on the representation of technology companies and investors. He regularly assists clients with financings and mergers and acquisitions, in addition to entity formation, organization and governance matters, securities transactions, and SEC and stock exchange compliance and reporting. Peter’s representative clients include AngelList, Brand.net, Bringify, CareInnovations, Flotype, ImagineH20, Ingenuity Systems, InsideTrack, Micromidas, Opera Software, Plate, salesforce.com, SeamlessReceipts, ShopSanity, Skyrockit, Syndero, TriNet, Yelp! and Zynga. Investors Peter has recently represented include Anthos Capital, Bain Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst Partners, Nanodimension, NEA, Oxantium Ventures, Serious Change, Sverica International and Sutter Hill Ventures. Peter received a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a John M. Olin Law and Economics Fellow, and a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. Peter serves on the board of directors of the Full Circle Fund, a non-profit engaged philanthropy organization.

Articles by Peter Werner

How to Keep Your Emails Landing in the Inbox with Google’s Updated Spam Policies with Daniel-wise Ojaide

In this Mucker Growth session, Daniel-wise Ojaide from Warmbox.ai delves into the changes to Google and Yahoo’s updated spam policies and how to ensure your emails and outbound campaigns are...

Best Customers, Best Results: Unlocking Retention-Driven B2C Growth with Julius Lai

In this Mucker Growth session, Julius Lai from ArtShare discusses customer retention, which is often overlooked but essential for startups facing growth challenges. The following content will provide practical recaps...

Leveraging a Financial Model for Fundraising Success with Steven Plappert

In this Mucker Growth Session, Steven Plappert, CEO and co-founder of Forecastr, tackles how to use your financial model to the best capacity when fundraising. Your financial model can be...

How to Nail Your Pitch Deck (and Avoid Mistakes Founders Make) with Matt Gore

Have you ever thought of the average attention span per slide when an investor is going through your pitch deck? What kind of pitch deck are investors expecting? Our recent...

How Startups Can Develop a Positioning Strategy To Create a Lasting Brand with Rosabel Tao

In this Mucker Growth session, Rosabel Tao from Fire & Bridge delves into the critical field of startup positioning strategy and its crucial role in shaping enduring brands. Rosabel also...

SaaS Startup Pricing Mistakes (and How to Fix Them) with Kyle Poyar

In this Mucker Growth session, Kyle Poyar from OpenView delves into the critical topic of pricing for SaaS startups, aiming to rectify prevailing mistakes in your pricing strategies. Optimizing SaaS...