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Cottonwood Technology Fund
Venture capital · Santa Fe, NM, United States · North America
Cottonwood Technology Fund is an early-stage deep tech venture capital fund with offices in the United States and the Netherlands. It provides capital and hands-on business development support to IP-driven hard science companies, from research stage to unicorn status.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsdeep techhard sciencephotonicsadvanced materialssensorsclimatetech
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Or find every investor that fitsCottonwood Technology Fund lists 29 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (36%), AI & Machine Learning (20%) and Healthcare & Biotech (18%). 50% of its companies are based in Netherlands. It invests most often alongside Sun Mountain Capital, Ground State Ventures and DeepTech Capital Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Cottonwood Technology Fund, 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 Cottonwood Technology Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 29. 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 | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 66th | 29 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 84th | 14% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 65th | 36% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 69th | 4 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 36% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 20% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 18% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 5% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| Consumer | 4% | 3% |
| Space & Defense | 4% | 3% |
| Education | 2% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Sun Mountain Capital | 5 |
| Ground State Ventures | 3 |
| DeepTech Capital Partners | 2 |
| Draper Associates | 2 |
| HighTechXL | 2 |
| Scout Ventures | 2 |
| Waves Capital Partners | 2 |
| American DeepTech | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2483%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company517%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Sun Mountain Capital
Compare Cottonwood Technology Fund 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 Cottonwood Technology Fund| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 12 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Round Led | |
| 4 Feb 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for Cottonwood Technology Fund
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Cottonwood Technology Fund's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
29 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied Impact Robotics revolutionizes crude oil tank inspections with advanced robotic technology | Robotics & HardwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| BioFlyte detects and identifies airborne hazards such as bacteria, spores, viruses, bio-toxins, and other substances using aerosol mass spectrometers. | Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures miniature integrated RGB laser chips for laser displays and other applications. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Mar 2026Round | Page + round | |
| Casimir harvests energy from all around us to provide unlimited power for devices without batteries, cords, or charging. | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Circular Genomics develops and provides circular RNA diagnostics and research tools for brain health and neurological diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Exagen provides physicians with advanced testing for accurate and timely diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of autoimmune conditions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Flexiramics designs, develops, and commercializes advanced ceramic materials at industrial scale | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| Horne Technologies is developing a fusion reactor using a hybrid confinement approach | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | |||
| Inphocal develops and provides laser marking and coding technology for industrial manufacturing | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Keiron develops and provides precision stencil-free solder paste printing technology for the SMT industry | Industrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| The company uses semiconductor technology | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| mPower Technology produces solar modules for space applications | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| OPNT provides integrated timing solutions for telecom networks | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| OrangeQS develops test solutions for quantum chips | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| QT Sense develops and uses fluorescent nanodiamonds to detect free radicals and oxidative stress inside live cells for various applications including drug development and disease research. | Healthcare & Biotech | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Respira is developing next-generation cardiopulmonary disease-targeted inhalation products. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- cottonwood.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 4 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 29
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