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DEAL NOTE: Crowell & Moring Advises Payload in $650,000 Seed Round Financing

Firm News | 1 min read | 09.15.21

San Francisco – September 15, 2021: Crowell & Moring client Payload, a new digital media company focused on the business and policy of space, raised a $650,000 seed round, to provide business and policy news and analysis to aerospace and defense industry professionals. Winklevoss Capital, the venture firm owned by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, as well as Andy Weissman and Sam McIngvale, is the primary source of financing source for this seed round.

Payload sees an opportunity to provide marketers with a place to reach high-level space influencers. The company currently issues a sponsored weekly newsletter, with plans to transition to a daily newsletter and other complementary products such as events and podcasts. Crowell & Moring’s deal team was partner Jon O'Connell, counsel Matt Pelnar and paralegal Nathaniel Gagnon. 

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Firm News | 3 min read | 03.04.26

Former Special Counsel to the FBI Director and Federal Prosecutor Rajeev Raghavan Joins Crowell & Moring’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Group

Washington, D.C. – March 4, 2026: Crowell & Moring has expanded its Privacy and Cybersecurity Group with the addition of Rajeev Raghavan, a former Special Counsel to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal prosecutor. With more than 15 years of direct experience handling cybercrime, technology, regulatory, and enforcement challenges, and a foundational background as a computer programmer, Raghavan further strengthens the firm’s ability to help clients respond to evolving cybersecurity threats and navigate a rapidly changing legal and regulatory environment....

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