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    Cota Capital

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2015

    Cota Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that builds and invests in technology companies addressing 'Net New' challenges in the enterprise. The firm combines knowledge capital with financial expertise to drive innovative enterprise solutions across cloud-native, AI, security, health tech, and fintech.

    Deal activity increased 40% year-over-year (7 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $33.3M (across 75 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    68

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    BY

    Bobby Yazdani

    Founder & Managing Partner

    BM

    Ben Malka

    Venture Partner

    DK

    Daniel Karp

    Partner

    KJ

    Kevin Jacques

    Venture Partner

    MK

    Murat Kilicoglu

    Partner

    PW

    Pete Williams

    Partner & Chief Operating Officer

    SB

    Suresh Batchu

    Venture Partner

    VV

    Val Vaden

    Venture Partner

    AC

    Allison Chapman

    Director of Administration

    VV

    Vikram Venkat

    Principal

    AF

    Arif Farooqui

    Vice President, Finance

    SS

    Sara Shabani

    Senior Associate

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    86 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Esper logoEsperUnknownMar 2026
    Velaura logoVelauraSeries A$110MJan 2026
    Kilo Code logoKilo CodeSeed$8MDec 2025
    Movandi logoMovandiSeries B$40MOct 2025
    Upscale logoUpscaleSeed$100MSep 2025
    Tote logoToteSeries B$22.6MAug 2025
    Cast AI logoCast AISeries C$108MApr 2025
    Amplifier Security logoAmplifier SecuritySeed$5.6MApr 2025
    OpenInfer logoOpenInferSeed$8MFeb 2025
    Velaura logoVelauraSeries CJan 2025
    Across AI logoAcross AISeedDec 2024
    Farther logoFartherSeries C$72MOct 2024
    Rhombus logoRhombusSeries C$45MJul 2024
    Amplifier Security logoAmplifier SecurityPre-Seed$3.3MApr 2024
    Rhombus logoRhombusSeries B$26MFeb 2024
    Velaura logoVelauraSeries BJan 2024
    Neural Propulsion Systems logoNeural Propulsion SystemsSeries BJan 2024
    CellFE logoCellFESeries A$22MSep 2023
    Jirav logoJiravSeries B$20MJul 2023
    Auradine logoAuradineSeries A$81MMay 2023
    Savant Labs logoSavant LabsSeed$11MMar 2023
    Velaura logoVelauraSeries AJan 2023
    Glow Insurance logoGlow InsuranceSeries A$22.5MNov 2022
    FFlowForgeSeries A$7.2MNov 2022
    Mobot logoMobotSeries A$12.5MAug 2022
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    Top Co-Investors

    Wave Capital5 shared
    Eldridge3 shared
    Y Combinator3 shared
    8VC3 shared
    Asahi Kasei3 shared
    Fountain Healthcare Partners3 shared
    Emergent Medical Partners3 shared

    Last updated: 7 September 2026