Cota Capital
San Francisco, CA · Invests in US · Website
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Cota Capital invests in 'net new' technologies — visionary ideas that either were never before possible or solve problems that didn't exist before. Knowledge is the true capital. The firm backs early-stage enterprise technology companies where deep operational expertise, competitive intelligence, and network access can provide compounding advantage beyond the check.
Likely not a fit for
No pure consumer plays, gaming, or non-enterprise technology. Avoids incremental improvements to established categories without clear moat.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $1.1B
- Decision process
- Investment Committee
Partners & team
13 contacts on file
Portfolio
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MX helps financial institutions, fintechs, and businesses understand and do more with financial data, improving business and consumer outcomes by providing reliable data connectivity and actionable insights.
Addepar is an investment portfolio management platform that empowers investment professionals with data, insights, and technology to make informed investment decisions.
Rollbar is an error logging and tracking service that provides code-first observability for software teams, helping them monitor, understand, and solve errors in real-time.
CloudNatix provides efficient AI infrastructure as a service, enabling businesses to optimize their AI workloads across multiple cloud platforms with a focus on cost reduction and scalability.
Seraphic Security provides enterprise browser security solutions that protect users and data across any browser, focusing on real-time protection and data governance.
Simbian is the autonomous, self-improving SecOps platform built to stop AI attacks. Our offensive and defensive AI agents work together from alert triage and remediation to threat hunting and pentesting.
Kilo is an open-source AI coding agent that integrates with popular development environments like VS Code and JetBrains, enabling developers to build, ship, and iterate faster with AI-powered tools for coding, debugging, and deployment.
Savant Labs is a cloud-native, no-code analytics automation platform designed to empower analysts to unlock the true potential of data-driven insights. It automates data workflows, transforming raw data into governed, repeatable outputs with a complete audit trail.
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Recent activity
- Mar 2026
Esper
Growth · Participated
- Dec 2025
Kilo Code
Seed · Participated
- Oct 2025
Movandi
Growth · Participated
- Aug 2025
Tote.ai
Growth · Lead
- Jan 2025
Savant Labs
Series A · Participated
Cota Capital in the news
citybiz.co
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Axios
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The SaaS News
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3 months ago
Wealth Management
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Venturelab Swiss
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Semiconductor Engineering
Startup Funding: Q4 2025
7 months ago
Failory
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8 months ago
CNBC
Former GitLab CEO raises money for Kilo to compete in crowded AI coding market
9 months ago
Axios
D3 Bio's $108m, Blackstone's electricity bet, and Nick Clegg's move
9 months ago
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 10/20/25
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AlleyWatch
The 16 Largest US Funding Rounds of April 2025
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FinTech Futures
Wealth management firm Farther quadruples valuation with $72m Series C
Mar 2025
GlobeNewswire
Seraphic Security Announces $29 Million Series A Led by
Jan 2025
GlobeNewswire
Seraphic Security Announces $29 Million Series A Led by
Jan 2025
University of California, Berkeley
Professor Launches Company Centered Around “Agentic AI”
Jan 2025
AJC.com
Atlanta insurance technology startup raises $10 million
Nov 2023
citybiz
Wealth Management Startup Farther Closes on $31 Million Series B
Oct 2023
AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 10/2/23
Oct 2023
Business Wire
Tarsadia Strengthens Venture, Growth & Private Investing Practice with New Sector Heads
Sep 2023
TechCrunch
Jirav, a startup developing financial planning software for businesses, raises $20M
Jul 2023
TechCrunch
Solo GP secures $140M for fifth seed, third opportunity funds
Oct 2022
TechCrunch
Mobot secures capital to grow its fleet of robots that bug-test mobile apps
Aug 2022
GeekWire
Uplevel, a Seattle startup that measures engineer productivity, raises $20M
Jul 2022
AFR
Why Sohn winner’s unique tech strategy ignores a $14trn market
Nov 2021
PR Newswire
3D Printing Startup Fortify Secures $20M in Series B Funding Led by Cota Capital
Mar 2021
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