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Soma Capital

Venture capitalActively deployingoperating company · company profile

Sacramento · Seed–Series A · 22 people tracked

Also known as Soma Capital AI · Soma Capital CY · SOMA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC · Soma Capital Omnia · Soma Capital RX

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Investment thesis

Soma Capital is a seed-stage venture firm started roughly a decade ago by Aneel Ranadive. It invests early in technology startups and has built a portfolio of over 1,000 companies, with 40+ reaching valuations above $1B, including Ramp, Cognition, Kalshi, Cyera, Deel, Rippling, and Mercor. The firm emphasizes a large network and platform advantages, leveraging connections to Fortune 500 executives and world leaders to help founders close customers and grow. Its limited partners include partners from top venture firms.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series A
Check
$100K – $300K
HQ
Sacramento, Florida, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2014
Last 12 months
9 investments
AUM
$1.4B
Tracked investments
120

Team · 22 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Alan Garcia· Head of Engineering and Data
Aryan Raigangar· Investor
Christine Alftin· Head of Platform - GTM
Irene Koo· Community & Investor
Joseph Landsman, CPA· Chief Financial Officer
Kristine Phan· Office & Events Manager
Rob Raus· Controller
Harlem Atwood-Fitzgerald· Scoutin
Taryn Livingstone· Investor

Founder mafia

4 people who came through Soma Capital went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 116 of 120 portfolio companies

Enterprise Software ×54AI & Machine Learning ×52SaaS ×45Fintech ×25Developer Tools ×17Consumer ×14Data & Infrastructure ×14Logistics & Supply Chain ×14

HQs:United States×76India×11Mexico×3Brazil×2United Kingdom×2Nigeria×2

Who they back

founder profiles across 12 portfolio companies
0%
solo founders
0 of 12 mapped founding teams
52%
repeat founders
of 29 founders with career history

Founding team size:2 founders×73 founders×14+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×7University of California, Berkeley ×4Harvard University ×2The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ×2University of Toronto ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history

OpenAI ×5Stanford University ×4Google ×3Stripe ×3Facebook ×2MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) ×2Talpiot Program ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×6

9 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)

Investments · 120 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

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Portfolio news

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Soma Capital made?
Soma Capital has 15 tracked investments, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Soma Capital invest at?
Soma Capital invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
What is Soma Capital's typical check size?
Soma Capital typically writes checks of $100K – $300K.
What sectors does Soma Capital focus on?
Soma Capital focuses on Sector Agnostic.
Where is Soma Capital located?
Soma Capital is headquartered in Sacramento, US.
Does Soma Capital lead rounds?
Soma Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Soma Capital co-invest with?
Soma Capital most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Coatue Management, Andreessen Horowitz, among 133 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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Jessica Li- Former VC @ Soma Capital & Content Head @ Elpha (YC S19)

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Co-investors · 137

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$100K – $30M
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$637K – $32M
Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.

$500K – $5M
Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.

$100K – $10M
Felicis Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders primarily at the Seed and Series A stages, frequently leading or co-leading rounds. It operates with a founder-first approach, including a founder pledge and voting commitments.

$500K – $15M
Standard Capital

Standard Capital leads Series A rounds in top post-product-market-fit startups through a fast application and interview process, taking a minimum 10% ownership without board seats and supporting founders via cohort-based group office hours in San Francisco.

468 Capital

468 Capital is a technology investment firm with offices in Berlin and San Francisco that invests across multiple stages in software, AI, and internet companies. The firm focuses on thesis-driven investments in businesses with experienced founding teams.

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Greylock PartnersTechstarsKleiner PerkinsFundersClubSierra VenturesDay One VenturesBasecamp FundFoundersMento vcKhosla VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Long Journey VenturesCRV (Charles River Ventures)DST GlobalSapphire VenturesLiquid VenturesSoftBank Vision FundGoodwater CapitalEQT VenturesGaingelsWorklife VenturesBedrockBasis Set VenturesGlade Brook Capital PartnersRedpoint VenturesFoundation CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)B Capital GroupGradient VenturesNextView VenturesUpHonest CapitalAfore CapitalBuckley Ventures Management Company LlcVibe Capital500 GlobalLeft Lane CapitalHummingbird VenturesPredictive VCRefactor CapitalStrawberry Creek VenturesScript CapitalTwenty Two VenturesHike VenturesValia VenturesBeat VenturesKrakenNorwest Venture PartnersPlug and Play VenturesEniac VenturesGoat CapitalGreycroftPioneerSciFi VCPrecursor VenturesSignalFireScale Venture PartnersStellar CapitalTrajectory VenturesHack VCNot Boring CapitalOperator LPGustoBitkraft Esports VenturesTwo Sigma VenturesAccompliceMatrixTribe Capital FirstlookArray Ventures Management LlcAntlerMS&AD VenturesCausalFuel CapitalBetter Tomorrow VenturesHV CapitalLatitud VenturesVine VenturesShaan All AccessFELIX CAPITALNyca PartnersOyster VenturesEXPONENT FOUNDERS CAPITALScrum VenturesVast VenturesAdverb VenturesS28 CapitalThe Venture CollectiveCanaryConvective CapitalSweet CapitalBECO CapitalStealth CapitalParadox CapitalUnstoppable DomainsSunshine LakesequelArkitekt VenturesArriveAV8 VenturesBread And Butter Ventures, LlcMysten LabsTola CapitalAnimal CapitalShima CapitalFin CapitalFrialeAda VenturesHaatchJLL SparkBackend CapitalDesigner FundAdapt VenturesAudaciousBACKGROUND CAPITALDGFbacktrace capitalBoost Capital PartnersMonk's Hill VenturesOriginal CapitalTreble CapitalNew York Venture PartnersBase Case CapitalLytical VenturesBridge LatamFellowsOakseed Ventures

Firms observed investing alongside Soma Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Soma Capital's recorded portfolio.

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