Cota Capital

Cota Capital

San Francisco, Californiacotacapital.com

Overview

Cota Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies addressing Net New challenges in the enterprise. They leverage their expertise, industry relationships, and investment processes to empower founders to build transformative businesses. The firm focuses on modern software technology and employs a stage-agnostic investment approach, providing flexibility to invest across all stages of a company's lifecycle, from venture through public securities.

Year Founded

2015

AUM

$1.2B

Portfolio Companies

72

Investments

CompanyDateStageLead
Canyon CodeMay 2026Pre SeedLead
FartherMay 2026Series DCo-investor
Kilo CodeDec 2025SeedLead
CAST AIOct 2025Series CCo-investor
MovandiOct 2025VC RoundCo-investor

Key People

Babak Poushanchi

Founder And Partner

Bobby Yazdani

Founder Managing Partner

Aditya Singh

General Partner

Greg Myers

Operating Partner

Harp Dhaliwal

Operating Partner, Customer Success And Services

John Jung

Operating Partner

Michael B. Davis

Operating Partner

Albert Azout

Venture Partner

Val Vaden

Venture Partner

Benjamin Malka

Partner

Holly Roland

Advisory Partner

Kevin Jacques

Partner At Cota Capital

Rich Ellinger

Partner CTO

Pete Williams

Partner COO

Eric Lee

Principal

Murat Kilicoglu

Principal

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Year Founded2015
AUM$1.2B

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