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Cota Capital

About

As seasoned technology founders, operators, and investors, building and scaling great companies is in our DNA.

We understand first hand that the journey of building enduring companies of scale requires tremendous resilience, key relationships, operational support, and trusted advice.

Engagement

Company building is not a spectator sport. We take pride that we are known as active, impactful partners. We have assembled a dedicated team of investment and operating professionals to advise and work alongside our companies. Think of us as both coach and teammate.

Expertise

The road a company takes in its development is never predictable or easy to navigate. Each phase of growth is characterized by different needs and opportunities. With our extensive operating backgrounds, we help companies anticipate blind spots and find solutions to get past roadblocks.

Access

To succeed, businesses require access to key relationships at every stage along the way. We offer a vast and high caliber network of relationships that we have cultivated over time. We leverage these industry advisors, domain experts, technology leaders, and other partners to unlock opportunities and open doors for our companies. We know it takes a village.

Insight

Through our multi-stage investing and deep research into both the private and public markets, we are able to offer valuable insights that we can put to work for the benefit of our portfolio companies. We are always questioning our assumptions, seeking out new data, and refining our approach.

Enrichment

Our entrepreneurs are motivated, brilliant leaders with growth-oriented mindsets. We support their growth and development by hosting regular community events, networking, and learning opportunities to advance their knowledge and skillsets.

Knowledge Capital

Cota Knowledge Capital is a combination of deep strategic, operational, organizational, and financial expertise, impactful and data-driven market insights and intelligence, supplemented by a vast industry network that helps Cota’s portfolio teams create value and build timeless companies. Cota Knowledge Capital encompasses Cota Advisory, Cota University, and Cota Research.

  • Cota Advisory partners with our portfolio companies along their journeys, offering deep working sessions on the strategy, operational plan, financial plan, and investment plan.
  • Cota University offers portfolio teams a curriculum focused on foundational skills critical to building successful companies.
  • Cota Research plays a key role in both our investment selection process and the success of our portfolio companies, offering competitive intelligence and thematic development.

Values

  • Integrity: We adhere to the highest ethical standards across all of our actions and decisions, and we focus on delivering on our commitments to each other, to our investors, and to our companies.
  • Resilience: We appreciate the long and difficult journey of building and growing companies. The entrepreneur’s journey is not an easy one and a high level of resilience is needed to face the many challenges along the way. We question the status quo, embrace innovation and change, focus on solving problems, and do what is right rather than what is easy.
  • Service: We embrace opportunities that deliver a positive impact to our people, our companies, our communities, and our investors.
  • Empathy: We operate with empathy and focus on being reliable, responsive, and helpful in all that we do. We share our expertise and resources, and provide support and encouragement across our interactions.
  • Diversity: We embrace the diversity across our team, our companies, and our communities. We focus on operating with an inclusive mindset that embraces diverse points of view and operates with professional respect.
  • Fiduciary: We serve as fiduciaries and adhere to the highest ethical principles. We set a high standard of excellence and integrity and hold ourselves accountable for our actions and decisions. We apply intellectual and operational rigor to what we do and strive to create repeatable successes and repeatable risk management.

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