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    Cox Enterprises

    Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesFounded 1898

    Cox Enterprises is a family-owned global conglomerate headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across automotive, communications, and media. Through its venture arm, Socium Ventures, it invests in durable, compounding growth-stage companies across enterprise and vertical software, healthcare, fintech, B2B marketplaces, public sector software, and sustainability.

    Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $54.8M (across 32 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    33

    Fund Size

    $300M

    Top Stage

    Series C

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Amy Royster Bridger

    Amy Royster Bridger

    Senior Vice President, Environmental Advocacy & Marketing

    Andrew Davis

    Andrew Davis

    Senior Vice President, Investments

    Anne Lofye

    Anne Lofye

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Services & Sustainability

    Barry Ohlson

    Barry Ohlson

    Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Government Affairs

    Carolyn Pleiss

    Carolyn Pleiss

    Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

    Charles Odom

    Charles Odom

    Executive Vice President, Finance

    Craig Hodges

    Craig Hodges

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs

    Deborah Lucy

    Deborah Lucy

    Senior Vice President, Corporate Governance & Transactions, and Assistant Corporate Secretary

    Erin McCandless

    Erin McCandless

    Senior Vice President and General Counsel

    Grace Lieblein

    Grace Lieblein

    Vice President of Global Quality, General Motors (Ret.)

    Jennifer Hightower

    Jennifer Hightower

    Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

    Jessica Shrum

    Jessica Shrum

    Senior Vice President, Strategy

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    34 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    True Footage logoTrue FootageSeries C$40MApr 2026
    Hermeus logoHermeusSeries CApr 2026
    Curbwaste logoCurbwasteSeries B$28MOct 2025
    Sema4.ai logoSema4.aiSeries AJun 2025
    Gecko Robotics logoGecko RoboticsSeries D$125MJan 2025
    Bending Spoons logoBending SpoonsGrowth$155MFeb 2024
    Nova Credit logoNova CreditSeries C$45MOct 2023
    Nova Credit logoNova CreditSeries C$45MOct 2023
    Saltbox logoSaltboxSeries B$35MNov 2022
    Carbyne logoCarbyneSeries C$56MSep 2022
    MMotivo HealthSeries A$14MAug 2022
    PadSplit logoPadSplitSeries B$20.5MNov 2021
    Clearcover logoClearcoverSeries D$200MApr 2021
    RentCheck logoRentCheckSeed$3.6MJan 2021
    Bright Farms logoBright FarmsSeries E$100MOct 2020
    Growers Edge logoGrowers EdgeSeries B$40MJul 2020
    Iora Health logoIora HealthSeries F$126MFeb 2020
    IIoraSeries F$126MFeb 2020
    Ouster logoOusterSeries C$60MMar 2019
    FFarmCrowdySeed$1MJan 2019
    MoQuality logoMoQualitySeed$2.5MOct 2018
    PowerSpike logoPowerSpikeSeed$500KAug 2018
    Ouster logoOusterSeries A$27MDec 2017
    Ouster logoOusterSeries B$42MJan 2017
    SScoutmobSeries B$3.3MJan 2014
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026