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Soma Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$1.0M Checks)

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Soma Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in SaaS, Marketplace, Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.0M checks and has 13 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.0M
Portfolio
13 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Sectors
SaaS, Marketplace, Other, Fintech, Enterprise, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-30

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Check Size

$250K – $1.0M

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Soma backs software-driven startups across crypto, fintech, and marketplace categories, often at early growth stages. The firm is comfortable with globally oriented infrastructure businesses and products built on new rails.

How Soma Capital invests

Soma Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on SaaS, Marketplace, Other, Fintech, Enterprise.

Soma Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$1.0M per investment. Our records include 1 fund raised by the firm.

Soma Capital has backed 13 companies in our records, including Rippling, Deel, Cyera.

Partners & Team

SS

Shashank Samala

Managing Partner

Crypto
Marketplace
Fintech

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Marketplace
Other
Fintech
Enterprise
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Funds

Fund III

$150M2021
investing

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

RI

Rippling

Enterprise Software·N/A

Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and finance operations into a single system.

DE

Deel

N/A·N/A

Deel offers a unified platform that supports payroll, HR, compliance, and workforce management across global teams.

CY

Cyera

Artificial Intelligence (AI)·N/A

Cyera is a data security company that gives businesses deep context on their data, applying proper, continuous controls to assure cyber-resilience and compliance.

RA

Ramp

Credit Cards·N/A

Ramp is a financial technology company that develops software for corporate spend management, finance operations, and business payments.

DE

Decagon

Artificial Intelligence (AI)·N/A

Decagon provides an enterprise conversational AI platform that helps businesses automate and manage customer support across channels such as chat, email, and voice.

ME

Mercor

Artificial Intelligence (AI)·Series C

Mercor presents an AI-powered platform that helps connect domain experts with roles in AI and other tech disciplines.

ET

Etched

Analytics·Series C

Etched develops artificial intelligence hardware and software systems for inference workloads.

CO

Cognition

Artificial Intelligence (AI)·N/A

Cognition develops artificial intelligence systems for software engineering and code automation.

HU

Human

Artificial Intelligence (AI)·Series A

Human.org develops a decentralized trust infrastructure that verifies human identity and regulates interactions with AI systems.

TR

TRACTIAN

Artificial Intelligence (AI)·Series C

TRACTIAN is a machine intelligence company that provides condition monitoring and asset performance management for industrial operations.

How to pitch Soma Capital
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Marketplace, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Shashank Samala, Managing Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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