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DataBahn.ai, a leader in AI-powered, security-native data pipeline platforms for modern enterprises, has secured $17 million in Series A funding led by Forgepoint Capital, with participation from S3 Ventures and GTM Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to $19 million. Crowell represented Forgepoint Capital, a leading venture capital firm that partners with transformative cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and infrastructure software companies protecting the digital future, in the transaction. The investment will accelerate DataBahn.ai’s product roadmap for agentic AI—autonomous agents that automate data engineering tasks—and support global expansion as the company cements its position as a trusted foundation for enterprise data pipelines. Already trusted by Fortune 50 and Global 2000 organizations, DataBahn.ai’s technology has helped customers reduce telemetry processing costs by over 50%, automate most data engineering workloads, and eliminate blind spots across SIEM, observability, and AI pipelines.

Crowell & Moring represented Conveyor, a leader in AI-powered customer trust workflows for security reviews and RFPs, in successfully raising $20 million in Series B funding, bringing total funding to $40 million. This round was led by SignalFire, with participation from Oregon Venture Fund and Cervin Ventures. The investment will fuel Conveyor's expansion in AI research, engineering, and go-to-market initiatives, supporting the development of its AI Agents, Sue and Phil.

Washington – June 5, 2025: Crowell & Moring earned 80 rankings for 71 lawyers, as well as 43 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2025 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.

San Francisco – May 30, 2025: The Daily Journal has named Crowell & Moring’s Kristin Madigan as a Top Woman Lawyer in California in 2025. The annual list celebrates “excellence, impact, and leadership across the legal profession” and recognizes the top 100 women lawyers practicing in California. You can view full in-depth profile of Kristin on the Daily Journal’s website (subscription required).

San Francisco – May 29, 2025: Stacey Geis, former deputy assistant administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has joined Crowell & Moring’s Environment, Energy and Natural Resources and White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement groups as senior counsel in its San Francisco office. Geis brings over 25 years of experience, at the federal and state levels, in environmental law and policy, litigation, and criminal and civil enforcement. 

Los Angeles – March 11, 2025: The Daily Journal recognized Crowell & Moring’s victory in Mass v. The Regents of the University of California as one of the “Top Verdicts of 2024.”

Washington – March 7, 2025: The Burton Awards honored Crowell & Moring partner Joanna Rosen Forster, counsel Jacob Canter and Derick D. Dailey, and associate Matt Menezes with Law360’s Distinguished Legal Writing Award for their article discussing a Supreme Court ruling and its impact on social media companies. The award will be presented at a gala reception at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Monday, May 19.

Washington – February 18, 2025: Chambers and Partners has ranked 12 Crowell & Moring practice groups and 17 individual lawyers in the Chambers Global 2025 guide.

San Francisco – January 6, 2025: The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) elected Crowell & Moring’s Jacob Canter to the Barristers Club Board of Directors. The Barristers Club is a community of BASF attorneys in their first 10 years of practice, as well as law students.

San Francisco – November 8, 2024:  Marshall Wace led Inquis Medical’s oversubscribed $40 million Series B round, along with participation from existing investors, including ShangBay Capital, Yu Star, EnPointe Ventures, and Pierre Lamond.

San Francisco – October 24, 2024: Crowell & Moring advised ReFocus AI, an insurtech leader in retention management software, with the successful closing of a strategic funding round led by Avondale Insurtech Ventures, a Chicago-based firm that focuses on insurance startups. ReFocus AI seeks to revolutionize the insurance industry by providing predicative analytics technology to help insurance carriers, brokers, MGAs, and independent agencies improve policyholder retention with efficient, automated solutions. 

The Daily Journal named Crowell & Moring’s Molly A. Jones to its 2024 “Top 40 Under 40” list. The annual list recognizes prominent lawyers in California under the age of 40. 

The Daily Journal has named Crowell & Moring’s Warrington Parker as a Top Artificial Intelligence Lawyer in California in 2024. The annual list recognizes California lawyers who have made significant contributions to artificial intelligence law over the past year.