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Coginiti
Atlanta, US · Founded 2020 · 32 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
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Coginiti offers a "Semantic Intelligence" platform that lets data teams develop, govern, and deploy trusted business logic — from SQL-based data workbench to an AI-ready semantic layer — across more than 21 database platforms. It serves enterprise and government/defense data teams, including air-gapped and classified environments, and grounds AI agents in curated business definitions.
Founders & leadership
Coginiti was founded in 2020 by Matthew Mullins.
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Matthew MullinsChief Technology Officer & Co-FounderMatthew Mullins is CTO and co-founder of Coginiti, a platform that provides semantic intelligence and governance for data teams across 21+ database platforms. He has held leadership roles managing engineering and product organizations.
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Rick HallCEO
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Kevin R. DavisAdvisorKevin R. Davis served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at multiple equity-sponsored companies over more than a decade, with expertise in legal department operations, fundraising, M&A, and corporate governance. He has executed two exits and developed experience across corporate development, human resources, risk management, and administrative scaling for startup operations.
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Tzaras ChristonExecutive
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Mike BlythExecutive
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Nancy YoungExecutive
Board
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Douglas M. GrimstedDirector shall mean Manager
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Daniel J. KuhnDirector shall mean Manager
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Ted WesterheideDirector shall mean Manager
Investors · 8
Circadian Ventureslisted by Circadian VenturesAtlanta · $500K – $1.5M
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Lytical Ventureslisted by Lytical VenturesNew York · $100K – $5M
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$17.8M disclosed across 4 rounds · 2014–2022
- $4MraisedApr 2022 · 3 sourcesSource ↗
▶$12MraisedDec 2015 · 2 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$12MraisedDec 2015 · 2 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Daniel KuhnExecutive Officer, Director
- Bryan KellyDirector
- Paul SchautDirector
- Douglas GrimstedExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $12M
- Amount sold
- $12M
- Minimum investment
- $1
- First sale
- Dec 2015
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2015
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$275KraisedJun 2015 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$275KraisedJun 2015 · 1 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Daniel J KuhnExecutive Officer, Director
- Mike BlythExecutive Officer
- Nancy YoungExecutive Officer
- Tzaras ChristonExecutive Officer
- Douglas M GrimstedExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $275K
- Amount sold
- $275K
- First sale
- May 2015
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$1.5MraisedJan 2015 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$1.5MraisedJan 2015 · 1 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Douglas M. GrimstedExecutive Officer, Director
- Daniel J. KuhnExecutive Officer, Director
- Kevin R. DavisExecutive Officer
- Tzaras ChristonExecutive Officer
- Mike BlythExecutive Officer
- Ted WesterheideDirector
- Nancy YoungExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $1.5M
- First sale
- Dec 2014
- Incorporated
- Limited Liability Company, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Coginiti do?
- Coginiti offers a "Semantic Intelligence" platform that lets data teams develop, govern, and deploy trusted business logic — from SQL-based data workbench to an AI-ready semantic layer — across more than 21 database platforms. It serves enterprise and government/defense data teams, including air-gapped and classified environments, and grounds AI agents in curated business definitions.
- Who founded Coginiti?
- Coginiti was founded by Matthew Mullins in 2020.
- Who are Coginiti's investors?
- Coginiti's investors include Beresford Ventures, Circadian Ventures, CreativeCo, Lytical Ventures, OUTBOUND CAPITAL, Runway Growth Capital, Service Provider Capital, Tech Square Ventures.
- How much funding has Coginiti raised?
- Coginiti has disclosed $17.8M raised across 4 rounds.
- Where is Coginiti headquartered?
- Coginiti is headquartered in Atlanta, US.