Soma Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingSacramento · Seed–Series A · 23 people tracked
Also known as Soma Capital AI · Soma Capital CY · SOMA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC · Soma Capital Omnia · Soma Capital RX
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 3, 2026.
Team · 23 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 84 of 88 portfolio companiesEnterprise Software ×44AI & Machine Learning ×37SaaS ×32Fintech ×20Developer Tools ×14Data & Infrastructure ×11Logistics & Supply Chain ×10Consumer ×9
HQs:United States×51India×11Mexico×3Argentina×1Brazil×1Switzerland×1
Investments · 88 tracked
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Attack Capital is a YC-backed venture builder and AI-focused investment fund that invests in and co-builds early-stage companies using a studio model.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSaaSNew York City, US
Gym Class is a social gaming platform featuring sports games like basketball, baseball, boxing, football, paintball, and soccer available on Meta Quest VR and mobile.
ConsumerGamingSocial
Paul(Product Leader)Erik(CTO)
Lume built software to automate customer data integration for engineering teams, using AI to discover schemas, map data, validate quality, and generate code automatically.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Robert Ross(Founder)inNicolas Machado(Founder)inNebyou Zewde(Founder)in
Monterey AI builds an AI-powered product analytics platform designed to extract insights from qualitative user data and feedback.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Chun Jiang(Founder)inBen Kramer(Co-founder, CTO)
NEKOD provides a governance and monitoring layer for applications built with no-code and AI tools, enabling organizations and individual builders to move from prototype to production safely.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSAmsterdam, NL
Antigoni Kourou(Founder)
PropelAuth provides authentication and user management infrastructure for developers building B2B and B2C applications.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Andrew Israel(Founder)in
Workstream provides technology and services for the global deskless economy, serving the 2.7 billion workers and business owners in this segment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Desmond Lim(Founder & CEO)
AirMyne develops engineered carbon removal technology that captures CO2 directly from the air, as well as at point-of-emissions, to help corporations and governments manage and reduce their CO2 emissions.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechHardwareSan Francisco, US
Airtrain AI provides a no-code platform for preparing and evaluating training data to fine-tune open-source language models as alternatives to proprietary AI models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Emmanuel Turlay(Founder)in
Albi provides software for the insurance damage restoration industry, serving contractors and restoration companies.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareInsurTechPropTechSaaSDowners Grove, US
AlgoUniversity offers competitive programming education and interview preparation for tech roles, serving aspiring engineers and job seekers.
Developer ToolsEdTechHyderabad, IN
Alima provides supply chain software for businesses in Latin America to purchase fresh goods, managing order planning, transactions, cost tracking, and delivery logistics.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainMexico City, MX
Jorge Vizcayno(Founder)inBlanca Espinosa(Founder)inJorge Moreno Sanchez Briseno(Founder)in
Almanac is a document collaboration platform that integrates with tools like Jira, GitHub, Linear, Loom, Figma, Google Workspace, and others to embed content and enable document review and commenting workflows.
Future of WorkSaaS
Almanac is a wiki system that automatically maintains documentation as developers work, reading coding sessions and updating affected pages.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Kushagra Chitkara(Founder)inRohan Sharma(Founder)inDivit Sheth(Founder)in
Anthropic is an AI safety research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSan Francisco, US
Dario AmodeiDaniela Amodei
Aviato provides a database of people and company intelligence data, including employee details, compensation information, vesting schedules, and company metrics.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSales Tech
Better Opinions operates a prediction market platform in India where users trade on the outcomes of everyday events across categories like sports, politics, and entertainment, with the goal of making trading more accessible and engaging than traditional stock markets.
ConsumerFintechGamingBengaluru, IN
Bluebirds provides a platform for go-to-market teams to automatically identify and send prospect lists to their CRM by combining custom intent signals from multiple data sources, reducing manual research and list-building work.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSales TechSan Francisco, US
Cartpanda is an e-commerce platform enabling sellers to offer physical and digital products across 150+ countries with a high-converting checkout, multi-currency payment processing, and a unified back office for order and analytics management.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSão Paulo, BR
Lucas Castellani(Founder)in
Charge Robotics automates labor-intensive tasks in solar construction to address deployment bottlenecks as demand for solar energy grows.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechConstruction TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Chima builds AI and data-driven solutions for marketing and business performance, founded by award-winning researchers with expertise in AI technology.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Nikhara Nirghin(Founder)inKiara Nirghin(Cofounder)
Narragansett Bay Insurance Company is a specialty homeowners insurer focusing on coastal properties in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions where national carriers typically avoid coverage.
AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechNew York City, US
Max Cho(Founder)inGabriel Botelho(Co-Founder & CTO)inTimothy Moura(President)
Databricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Ali Ghodsi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ion Stoica(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Matei Zaharia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David Conte(Executive Officer)Tram Phi(Executive Officer)
BoardPeter Sonsini(Director)
Gradia provides a virtual care platform for patients with chronic conditions, offering integrated communication and specialized care coordination between clinic appointments to supplement traditional in-person care.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US
H3X designs and manufactures advanced electric motors for industrial applications.
Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareSpace TechDenver, US
Eric Maciolek(Founder)inJason Sylvestre(Founder)inMax Liben(Executive Officer)
BoardNathan Doctor(Director)
Inventive provides configurable AI agents for B2B SaaS companies that integrate with existing business intelligence platforms, enabling customers to analyze data and take action through natural language while maintaining measurable quality and automatic improvement from real-world usage.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Erik Kuld(CEO)inKavita Shah(Head of Product)inClarence Tso(Head of Engineering)in
Inventive AI provides software that automates RFP response generation for sales teams using AI agents trained on a company's existing documentation and knowledge systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Dhiren Bhatia(Founder)inVishakh Hegde(Founder and CTO)inGaurav Nemade(Founder)in
Ivella offers financial products and accounts tailored for couples at different relationship stages, including shared savings and account options designed for partners to manage money together.
FintechLos Angeles, US
Kahlil Lalji(Founder)inVishal Dubey(Founder)inEric Wang(Founder)in
Kalshi operates a federally regulated futures exchange that allows users to trade contracts based on the outcomes of real-world events, creating a new market for event-based financial derivatives.
FintechNew York City, US
Luana Lopes Lara(Founder)inTarek Mansour(Founder)in
BoardAlfred Lin(Director)Michael Seibel(Director)Matt Huang(Director)
Kontigo is a stablecoin-based financial platform for emerging markets, offering a self-custody wallet (Kontigo Cash), a USDC-denominated debit/credit card, and a payment acceptance API (Kontigo Pay) that enables businesses to receive international payments in stablecoin and convert to local currency.
Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US
jesus alberto Castillo ferrer(CEO & Co-founder)inGino Guatavita(Founder)in
Starcloud builds data center infrastructure deployed in space, leveraging continuous solar energy and radiative cooling to enable large-scale compute clusters for AI training.
Data & InfrastructureDeep TechSpace Tech
Ezra Feilden(Executive Officer, Director)inPaul Adrian Oltean(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Johnston(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMorgan Beller(Director)
Material Depot is a materials discovery and procurement platform that helps architects, designers, and brands find and source materials.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesConstruction TechMarketplacesPropTechRetail TechBengaluru, IN
Mentum provides AI-powered analysis tools that help procurement and supply chain teams process unstructured data into insights for sourcing decisions and cost reduction, serving industries including consumer goods, energy, automotive, and aerospace.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Gus Trigos(Founder)in
Notebook Labs provides zero-knowledge identity verification for Web3, allowing users to prove personhood and aggregate credentials across wallets while maintaining anonymity.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Nathaniel Masfen-Yan(Founder)inSolal Afota(Founder)inDhruv Mangtani(Founder)in
Novatr delivers online cohort-based courses for architects, engineers, and designers seeking to develop professional skills, with instructors from major firms like Autodesk, BIG, and Google.
EdTechGurugram, IN
Harkunwar Singh(Founder)inVipanchi Handa(Founder)inChaithanya Murali(Founder)in
Nowports is a digital freight forwarder that simplifies international trade in Latin America by offering air, sea, land, and multimodal cargo transportation alongside financing, insurance, and centralized logistics management through a single platform.
B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFintechLogistics & Supply ChainMexico City, MX
Alfonso de los Rios Villareal(Founder/CEO)inMaximiliano Casal(Founder)inAlfonso de los Rios(Cofounder)
An educational resource platform that teaches users how to craft effective prompts for AI image generation tools like Midjourney, DALL·E, and Stable Diffusion.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyEdTechMedia & EntertainmentAccra, GH
Jesse Ahin(Founder)
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
Co-investors · 135
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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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