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Cota Capital

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Cota Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$10.0M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$10.0M
Portfolio
26 companies on record
Partners
9 listed
AUM
$1.1B
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Last verified: 2026-05-24

Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $10.0M

AUM

$1.1B

Portfolio

26+ companies

Team

9 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in enterprise technology and applied AI, including infrastructure and cloud platforms.

How Cota Capital invests

Cota Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML.

Cota Capital typically writes checks of $1.0M–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.1B in assets under management.

Cota Capital has backed 26 companies in our records, including Airtable, Zapier, Snyk.

Partners & Team

WK

Wes Kashiwagi

Digital Marketing Director

PW

Pete Williams

Chief Operating Officer

GM

Greg Myers

Operating Partner

AF

Arif Farooqui

Vice President of Finance

AC

Allison Chapman

Director of Administration

HD

Harp Dhaliwal

Operating Partner

BP

Babak Poushanchi

Founder

BY

Bobby Yazdani

Founder & Managing Partner

Enterprise
Cloud
AI
VV

Val Vaden

Venture Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
Developer Tools
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (26)

Other

AI

Airtable

B2B SaaS
ZA

Zapier

Automation SaaS
SN

Snyk

Developer Security
CR

CrowdStrike

BE

Berkeley Lights

RA

Ramen

CA

CAST AI

UN

Untethered

SP

Space-based earth observation satellites

EN

Energy storage management systems

How to pitch Cota Capital
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Developer Tools, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $10.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Wes Kashiwagi, Digital Marketing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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