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Tenaya Capital

VC
Woodside, CAWebsite

Tenaya Capital is a Seed venture capital firm based in Woodside, CA investing in EdTech, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 32 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$1.5B

Portfolio

32+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Investing in transformative tools for education and SaaS platforms with scalable potential.

How Tenaya Capital invests

Tenaya Capital is a vc firm based in Woodside, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on EdTech, SaaS.

Tenaya Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.5B in assets under management.

Tenaya Capital has backed 32 companies in our records, including Coursera, Udacity, AgilOne.

Meet the Team

DM

Dave Markland

Chief Financial Officer

SG

Stewart Gollmer

Managing Director

BP

Brian Paul

Managing Director

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Brian Melton

Partner

EdTech
B2B SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

EdTech
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (32)

Other

CO

Coursera

EdTech
UD

Udacity

EdTech
AG

AgilOne

AS

Aspen Aerogels

Aerogels·NYSE: ASPN
BI

BigCommerce

E-commerce·NASDAQ: BIGC
BR

Brighter

CL

CloudPassage

DE

Denodo

DO

DocuSign

EV

Eventbrite

NYSE: EB
How to pitch Tenaya Capital
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in EdTech, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dave Markland, Chief Financial Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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