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Costanoa Ventures

Palo Alto, CA · Invests in US; UK; Europe; MENA; North America; Asia; LATAM; Africa · Website

Pre-SeedSeedSeries AB2B SaaSAI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsCybersecurityFintechHealthcare & BiotechDeveloper Tools & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSecurity & CybersecurityFintech & PaymentsHealthcare & Digital HealthRobotics & AutomationAerospace & Defense

Thesis

Building transformational companies requires more than capital—it demands deep operational expertise, consistent partnership, and genuine commitment to founders' success. Costanoa backs visionaries solving big, hard problems across data infrastructure, applied AI, cybersecurity, fintech, and national security. The firm centers on the 'missing middle' of early-stage investing: providing unusually intensive, hands-on support to founder teams during their most critical growth phases.

Likely not a fit for

No consumer apps, no pure gaming/gambling, no lifestyle businesses seeking minimal capital, founders uninterested in board collaboration or operational support.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~1 week
Warm intro
Not required
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$2.3B
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

9 contacts on file

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Jim Wilson

PartnerPartner · Primary contact

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Amy Cheetham

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Greg Sands

General PartnerFounder & Managing Partner

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John Cowgill

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Mark Selcow

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Martina Lauchengco

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Michelle McHargue

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Nancy Katz

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Tony Liu

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Portfolio

AlationEnterprise Software

Alation provides an Agentic Data Intelligence Platform that helps organizations scale and accelerate the delivery of AI and data initiatives, focusing on building trusted AI and applications with trusted data.

MidshipEnterprise Software

Midship's AI autonomously performs SOX testing & beyond, automating the full SOX testing lifecycle, collecting evidence, performing control testing, and generating audit-ready workpapers.

IvoLegal Regtech

Ivo helps organizations reduce the time, effort, and cost of negotiating contracts. Our Generative-AI native software reviews and redlines agreements for consistency against playbooks and historically negotiated agreements.

Marble HealthHealthcare Digital

Marble Health offers personalized therapy for students through virtual appointments with licensed therapists. They focus on providing quick access to mental health care for teens and families, accepting most insurances including Medicaid.

StackHawkSecurity Cyber

StackHawk is a complete runtime application and API security testing platform that helps organizations find and fix vulnerabilities in their applications and APIs.

TensecFintech Payments

Tensec provides real-time, smart cross-border payments and financial solutions for international trade companies, trade compliance consultants, global investment firms, and FX brokers. Their platform consolidates FX, cross-border payments, and transaction banking services into one solution.

CapeSecurity Cyber

Cape is America's privacy-first mobile network, bringing connection without compromise to everyone.

SGNLSecurity Cyber

SGNL is a Continuous Identity Platform that integrates with existing identity and security solutions to provide real-time access management and eliminate standing privileges for both human and AI agents.

LivelyFintech Payments

Lively offers flexible employee benefits and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for brokers and businesses, focusing on long-term health savings and pre-tax health reimbursements.

Vannevar LabsSecurity Cyber

Vannevar Labs builds AI systems for defense, focusing on battlefield information dominance, homeland security, and intelligent statecraft to ensure national security and strategic deterrence.

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Costanoa Ventures Research Document Investment Thesis Costanoa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded on the belief that building transformational companies requires more than capital—it demands deep operational expertise, consistent partnership, and genuine commitment to founders' success. The firm backs visionaries solving big, hard problems across data infrastructure, applied A

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