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Soma Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm founded by Aneel Ranadive, focused on investing in software-driven companies across all sectors and geographies. The firm has invested at the seed stage in 40+ startups valued at over $1B, including Deel, Ramp, Rippling, and Cognition.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (13 deals in the last 12 months vs 21 prior). Their most common stage is seed (65% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.9M (across 281 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
283
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
13
Team
Aneel Ranadive
Managing Director
Douglas Carney
Soma Investor
Irene Koo
Community & Investor
Alan Garcia
Head of Engineering and Data
Christine Alftin
Head of Platform - GTM
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
313 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Augustus | Series B | $180M | Jul 2026 |
 Cognition | Unknown | $1B | May 2026 |
 Enzo Health | Series A | $20M | May 2026 |
 Illuminant Surgical | Seed | $8.4M | Apr 2026 |
 Nitra | Series B | $50M | Mar 2026 |
 Baba | Seed | $6.5M | Feb 2026 |
 Novig | Series B | $75M | Feb 2026 |
 Starcloud | Series B | $34M | Feb 2026 |
 Alien | Pre-Seed | $7.1M | Jan 2026 |
| BBaba | Seed | $6.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Monogram AI | Seed | $40M | Jan 2026 |
| Starcloud | Series A | $170M | Jan 2026 |
 Modus | Seed | $10M | Jan 2026 |
 Made Card | Seed | $8M | Nov 2025 |
 RIFT | Seed | — | Nov 2025 |
 Ramp | Growth | — | Nov 2025 |
 Mercor | Series C | $350M | Oct 2025 |
 Icarus Robotics | Seed | $6.1M | Sep 2025 |
 Oway | Seed | $4M | Aug 2025 |
| VVigil | Seed | — | Aug 2025 |
 Runwise | Series B | $55M | Jun 2025 |
| CCoworker.ai | Pre-Seed | $13M | May 2025 |
 Vooma.ai | Series A | $13M | May 2025 |
| CCoworker.ai | Seed | $13M | May 2025 |
 Stack AI | Series A | $16M | May 2025 |
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Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator170 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures34 shared
General Catalyst27 shared
Global Founders Capital22 shared
Founders Fund19 shared
Pioneer Fund19 shared
Gradient Ventures18 shared
SV Angel17 shared
Goodwater Capital16 shared
Alumni Ventures15 shared
Gaingels14 shared
Rebel Fund12 shared
Initialized Capital11 shared
Tiger Global Management, LLC10 shared
OTV9 shared
1984 Ventures9 shared
Abstract Ventures9 shared
Sequoia Capital9 shared
8VC8 shared
Lux Capital8 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026