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DEAL NOTE: C&M Represents Cultivated Meat Company Ohayo Valley in Pre-Seed Financing

Firm News | 1 min read | 11.30.21

San Francisco—November 30, 2021: Crowell & Moring represented Ohayo Valley Inc. in a $1.5 million Pre-Seed financing led by Agronomics Limited (LSE:ANIC). Ohayo Valley was founded in 2020 by Dr. Jess Krieger, and the team brings 20 years of experience in the cultivated meat sector.  Ohayo Valley is initially focused on blending plant-based meat and cultivated meat to develop cultivated Wagyu ribeye steaks, with the goal of reducing carbon emissions associated with traditional beef production.  Agronomics is a leading venture capital company focused on opportunities within cellular agriculture.  The transaction was led by partner Jon O'Connell (San Francisco) with support from partner Anne Li (New York), counsel Matt Pelnar (San Francisco), and paralegal Nate Gagnon (San Francisco).

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Washington – July 8, 2026: Steve Raptis, a Chambers-ranked insurance recovery attorney with more than 30 years of experience representing policyholders, has joined Crowell & Moring as a partner in Washington, D.C., further bolstering the firm’s growing insurance recovery practice. Raptis’s arrival enhances the firm’s robust capabilities in representing policyholder clients in complex and high-stakes insurance disputes....