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Costanoa Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Costanoa Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads Seed and Series A rounds. It supports founders with operational help in hiring, sales and go-to-market, and marketing and product.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
In its own wordsapplied aiai infrastructurecybersecuritynational securityfintechenterprise software
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Or find every investor that fitsCostanoa Ventures lists 91 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 29 funding rounds, 15 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 44% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (33%), Cybersecurity (17%) and Fintech (13%). 89% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Salesforce Ventures and Western Technology Investment.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Costanoa Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Costanoa Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 28 companies; its own site lists 91. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 44% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 19% |
| Growth | 4% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 1 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 2 | 0 |
| '25 | 11 | 6 |
| '26 | 15 | 9 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 94th | 91 companies |
| Recent activity | 97th | 15 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 44% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 92th | 21% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 58th | 33% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 17% | 4% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 9% | 15% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 3% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
| Legal & Compliance | 3% | 2% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 7 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 6 |
| Western Technology Investment | 5 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 4 |
| Fika Ventures | 4 |
| Modern Technical Fund | 4 |
| Point72 Ventures | 4 |
| Blackbird | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8695%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company55%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Costanoa Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Costanoa Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 10 Nov 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 24 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 27 May 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Costanoa Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Costanoa Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
91 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akasa builds AI for the hardest work in the revenue cycle, specifically for health systems to get full credit for the care they deliver. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Alation sells a software platform for data cataloging, data governance, and managing the accuracy of data and AI agents. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | May 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| AppOmni provides security solutions for SaaS and AI applications for enterprises | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Aquabyte provides technology for data-driven decision-making in fish farming, offering products such as cameras and software for monitoring fish welfare, behavior, and growth. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides software to help investment advisors organize their work and manage client relationships. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Assured provides AI-powered claims processing solutions for the insurance industry | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Auterion develops and provides an operating system and platform for autonomous systems, including drones and other vehicles. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Sept 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| Basis Theory routes, tokenizes, and optimizes payments to drive key metrics for teams. | Fintech | Oct 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| Beacon AI develops and provides pilot assistance autonomy systems for professional aviation. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bedrock builds persistent ocean intelligence solutions that help solve the world’s most pressing challenges in defense, undersea infrastructure, offshore energy, and ocean research. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bigeye provides a data observability and AI trust platform for responsible enterprise AI | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BillGO makes payments simple for small businesses by processing same-day bill payments with ease, speed and security. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| BrightGo brings operations, payroll, and accounting into one modern ERP for janitorial management | Enterprise SoftwareReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Bugcrowd provides a platform for cybersecurity services, including vulnerability disclosure, penetration testing, and bug bounty programs. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Cape provides private cell phone service with a focus on security and minimal data collection | ConsumerCybersecurity | Apr 2024Round | Page + round | |
| Coiled provides a lightweight compute platform for Python users, particularly data engineers and scientists | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Comun.app provides financial services including money sending and receiving, debit cards, and banking without fees. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Aug 2024Series A | Page + round | |
| Crescendo Health helps participants in clinical studies assemble the story of their health and contribute it to medical research, while protecting their privacy. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cyberhaven develops and provides a data security platform that protects data across various environments, including AI, cloud, and endpoints. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Dec 2021Series B | Page + round | |
| Definite provides a platform for centralizing data, creating data apps, and using AI agents for analytics | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Aug 2025Seed | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- costanoa.vc
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 14 Dec 2021
- Companies checked
- 91
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