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    Costanoa Ventures

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2012

    Costanoa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012, leading investments from formation through Series A. The firm focuses on AI-enabled SaaS, AI & data infrastructure, cybersecurity, fintech, and national security companies, providing hands-on support through its BuilderOps team.

    Deal activity increased 43% year-over-year (20 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $30.9M (across 191 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    112

    Fund Size

    $275M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    20

    Team

    DG

    David G. Cheng

    General Partner

    JC

    John Cowgill

    General Partner

    GS

    Greg Sands

    Founder and Managing Director

    AC

    Amy Cheetham

    Partner

    JS

    Joe Sullivan

    Venture Partner

    MS

    Mark Selcow

    Venture Partner

    MM

    Michelle McHargue

    Partner

    NK

    Nancy Katz

    Partner

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    203 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Onos Health logoOnos HealthSeries A$17MAug 2026
    Muon Space logoMuon SpaceSeries C$250MAug 2026
    Smack Technologies logoSmack TechnologiesSeries B$61MAug 2026
    Empirical logoEmpiricalSeries A$25MJul 2026
    Self Inspection logoSelf InspectionUnknown$10MJul 2026
    Natter logoNatterSeries A—Apr 2026
    Shepherd logoShepherdSeries B$42MMar 2026
    Shepherd logoShepherdSeries B$42MMar 2026
    Manifold Security logoManifold SecuritySeed$8MMar 2026
    Smack Technologies logoSmack TechnologiesUnknown—Mar 2026
    Smack Technologies logoSmack TechnologiesSeed—Mar 2026
    Tenna Systems logoTenna SystemsSeed$13.5MFeb 2026
    Ivo logoIvoSeries B$55MJan 2026
    Marble Health logoMarble HealthSeries A$15.5MJan 2026
    SSelf InspectionUnknown$10MJan 2026
    Shepherd logoShepherdSeries B$42MJan 2026
    Smack Technologies logoSmack TechnologiesSeries A$32MJan 2026
    Empirical logoEmpiricalSeries A$25MJan 2026
    Aquabyte logoAquabyteSeed$3.5MDec 2025
    Spectral Compute logoSpectral ComputeSeed$6MNov 2025
    Marble Health logoMarble HealthSeries A$15.5MOct 2025
    Basis Theory logoBasis TheorySeries B$33MOct 2025
    Earthmover logoEarthmoverSeed$7.2MSep 2025
    TrueMeter logoTrueMeterSeed$4MSep 2025
    Pathwork logoPathworkSeed$3.5MSep 2025
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    Last updated: 27 September 2026