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Costanoa Ventures — 2019 Investments

8 investments dated 2019 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Fossafossa.comin𝕏Sep 2019 · $8.5M

FOSSA provides audit-grade open source license compliance software that scans codebases with full-text analysis to detect licenses, enforce policies, and automatically generate attribution documents.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Kevin Wang(Founder)in

Board seatJohn Cowgill· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBain Capital VenturesCanvas VenturesMetaplanetModern TechnicalNorwest Venture PartnersUncorrelated Ventures+4 more

Elevate Securityelevatesecurity.comin𝕏Feb 2019

Elevate Security identifies high-risk employees within organizations and provides user risk intelligence to security teams.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS

Robert Fly(Co-founder & CEO)inMasha Sedova(Co-founder & President)in

Co-investorsDefy PartnersHacker.Capital LLCWebb Investment NetworkFoundryShasta Ventures

Skeduloskedulo.comin𝕏Mar 2019 · $28M

Skedulo provides scheduling and workforce management software for deskless and mobile field teams, letting businesses build optimized shift schedules and rosters by resource, location, client, or skillset.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Matt Fairhurst(Founder)inJames Davies(Founder)

BoardNIKI SCEVAK(Director)inPAUL MANSFIELD(Director)PRIYA SAIPRASAD(Director)inMARK SELCO(Director)

Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)QIC VenturesSoftBank Vision FundTriangle Peak PartnersCostanoa Venture Capital+1 more

Springboardspringboard.comin𝕏Dec 2019

Springboard runs online, mentor-supported career training programs in fields such as cybersecurity, software engineering, UI/UX design, data analytics, data science, and machine learning, with upcoming certificate programs for allied health roles.

EdTechFuture of WorkSan Francisco, US

Gautam Tambay(Co-founder & CEO)inParul Gupta(Co-founder)inAndrew Moers(President, Consumer Business)inNichole Pitzen(VP People & Places)inKara Sasse(Chief Product Officer)Sudakshmina Mandal(Head of Engineering)in

Co-investors500 GlobalGlobevestorMoneta VenturesRocketship.vcSJF VenturesTitanium Ventures+3 more

Springboardspringboardnig.cominDec 2019 · $9.5M

Springboard recruits and organizes rural farmers in Nigeria into registered cooperative groups, providing training, farm inputs, and market access to help them produce cocoa, plantain, and rice at commercial scale.

AgTechConsumerFoodTechImpact & Social GoodNigeria, NG

Lawrence Afere(Co-Founder/CEO)inHelen Lawrence-Afere(Co-Founder/COO)in

Co-investorsElea Foundation for Ethics in GlobalizationLearn CapitalMoneta VenturesReach CapitalRocketship.vcTitanium Ventures

Sync Computingsynccomputing.cominSeries A · Nov 2019 · $15.5M

Optimizing the resources at the heart of every cloud computation.

Cambridge, US

Suraj Bramhavar(Director)inJeffery Chou(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsThe Engine VenturesNational Grid Partners

Vannevarvannevarlabs.cominApr 2019

Defense technology company building AI software for U.S. national security missions; flagship product is Decrypt.

Palo Alto, US

Brett Carlsen Granberg(Executive Officer, Director)Eleony Shepherd Moorhead(Executive Officer, Director)Brett Granberg(Founder)Nini Hamrick(Founder)Nini Moorhead(Founder)

Co-investorsAloft VCBlack FlagFelicis VenturesGeneral CatalystIn-Q-TelPoint72 Ventures+6 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Toro Data Labs

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.