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Tola Capital

Venture capital

Seattle · Pre-Seed–Series A · 18 people tracked

Also known as TOLA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC · Tola Capital SG

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Investment thesis

Tola Capital invests in founders building technology for the enterprise, with a thesis centered on AI transforming how work gets done. The firm targets high-quality vertical data sets that power tailored AI solutions, tooling that accelerates adoption of foundation models, and applications embedding frontier AI models into enterprise workflows to drive productivity. It also backs secure and compliant AI adoption, AI security tools that protect AI-centric infrastructure, and the modernization of enterprise software stacks. Founded by ex-operators originally focused on cloud computing, Tola emphasizes patience, experience, and diverse perspectives across its funds.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$1M – $15M
HQ
Seattle, Washington, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2010
Last 12 months
4 investments
AUM
$670M
VC funds
4
Tracked investments
84
Acquisitions
8

Team · 18 people

from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Vahé Torossian· Venture Partner
Bill Bither· CEO

CEO of Tola portfolio company MachineMetrics, based in Northampton, MA.

Daniel Jowers· Controllerin
Kabir Barday· CEO

CEO of Tola portfolio company OneTrust, based in Atlanta, GA.

Qian Jiang· Vice President Finance

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Tola Capital went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 62 of 84 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×44Enterprise Software ×33SaaS ×33Developer Tools ×15Cybersecurity ×12Data & Infrastructure ×12Advanced Manufacturing ×6Cloud Computing ×6

HQs:United States×34Germany×2Australia×1Canada×1Czechia×1United Kingdom×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 43 portfolio companies
40%
solo founders
17 of 43 mapped founding teams
40%
repeat founders
of 53 founders with career history
~5 yrs
old at investment
median across 18 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×172 founders×113 founders×64+ founders×9

Where their founders studiedfrom 48 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×4Boston College ×2Boston University ×2Carnegie Mellon University ×2Harvard Business School ×2Harvard Law School ×2Indiana University Bloomington ×2Manipal Institute of Technology ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 49 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×22Engineering ×18Finance & Accounting ×6Business & Management ×5Design & Architecture ×2Economics ×2Humanities ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 53 founders with career history

Google ×6Microsoft ×4Coupa Software ×3Stanford University ×3Bain & Company ×2Cerebras Systems ×2Disruptive Technologies ×2IBM ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×3

8 founders hold a PhD · 7 hold an MBA (of 49 with degree data)

Investments · 84 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 42025 · 42024 · 12023 · 52022 · 82021 · 62020 · 12019 · 32018 · 22016 · 12011 · 136 dated

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AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSSector AgnosticPalo Alto, NO

Tarjei M. Vassbotn(CIO/Founder)inOlav S. Kriken(CEO/Founder)inGrim H. Iversen(CAIO/Founder)inGrim Iversen(Founder)Olav Kriken(Founder)Olav Sindre Kriken(Founder)

Board seatSheila Gulati· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAlliance VentureLa FamigliaLightspeed Venture PartnersNorthzonefirstminute capitalAlliance VC+1 more

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AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS

Ned Gannon(CEO)inManish Agnihotri(Co-Founder & Head of Artificial Intelligence)inChirag Mehta(Co-Founder & Head of Product)inAditya Rathod(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsCharacterCrew CapitalFirsthandVCConnecticut Innovations

Simpplrsimpplr.comin𝕏May 2023 · $70M✓ verified

Simpplr provides an employee experience platform that consolidates internal communications, information sharing, and collaboration tools into a single workspace, helping organizations improve employee engagement and productivity across distributed teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR Tech

Dhiraj Sharma(Founder)

Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersSapphire VenturesSalesforce VenturesGray Line PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)

Pulumipulumi.comin𝕏Seed · Nov 2020 · $5M

Pulumi provides Infrastructure as Code tools using general-purpose languages to help engineers build and manage cloud infrastructure faster.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US

John Joseph Duffy(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Rudder(Founder)inJoe Duffy(Founder)inLuke Hoban(Founder)

Board"S. ""Soma""" Somasegar(Director)

Board seatSheila Gulati· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcMadrona Venture GroupNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Strike Capital

3Scale3scale.netin𝕏

Red Hat 3scale API Management is a platform for managing APIs, offering traffic control, security, access policy enforcement, analytics, and monetization.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorsInveready Technology Investment GroupJavelin Venture PartnersTop Corner CapitalBalderton Capital

Assignarassignar.comin𝕏

Assignar develops cloud-based operations software for self-perform general contractors and subcontractors working on infrastructure projects, covering both office and field workflows.

Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDenver, US

Sean McCreanor(CEO & Co-Founder)inMarko Tomic(CTO & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsMultiplier CapitalOIF VenturesOur Innovation FundFifth WallIronspring Venture

Aurigoaurigo.com

Cloud-based solutions for government agencies and facility owners to plan, build, and maintain capital assets and infrastructure across the construction lifecycle.

B12b12.ioin𝕏

B12 offers an AI-powered website builder that generates a complete first draft of a website, online store, portfolio, blog, or web app from a text prompt, which users can then refine via an AI agent or visual editor.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

Nitesh Banta(Founder)inAdam Marcus(Founder)in

Co-investorsFrancisco PartnersLightbankLux CapitalSuffolk Equity PartnersBrand Capital InternationalFounder Collective+6 more

Bildgetbild.comin𝕏Oct 2021

Bild provides a cloud-based product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) platform for hardware and mechanical engineering teams.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsFintechIoTNew York City, US

Avinash Kunaparaju(Founder)in

Co-investorsCounterview CapitalFrontier VenturesMucker CapitalTechstarsKhosla VenturesLux Capital+1 more

BlueBeanbluebean.aiin

BlueBean is a virtual-card-first spend and expense management platform that lets companies make controlled, automated purchases through a browser extension and mobile app using virtual cards, AI, and SSO.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Fabrice Saporito(Founder & CEO)inMika Huuhtanen(Founding CTO)in

BottleCap AIbottlecapai.comin𝕏Seed · Jan 2026 · $8M

An AI company associated with scientist Tomáš Mikolov, whose research contributions include algorithms for scaling neural network language models and neural text generation methods used in chatbots.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechPrague, CZ

Jaroslav Beck(Founder)inTomáš Mikolov(Co-Founder & CSO)inTomas Mikolov(Founder)

Co-investors20VCInception FundFELIX CAPITALRockaway Ventures

Certoracertora.com𝕏

Certora provides formal verification and security services for smart contracts and blockchain protocols.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsTel Aviv, IL

Mooly Sagiv(CEO, co-founder)inShelly Grossman(Head of Product & CTO)in

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesCoinbase VenturesCoinFundElectric CapitalGalaxy VenturesLemniscap+2 more

Clipchampclipchamp.comin𝕏

Clipchamp is a web-based video editing platform that lets users create videos in the browser with recording tools, templates, and AI editing features, serving creators, educators, and businesses.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentBrisbane, AU

David Hewitt(Founder)in

Co-investorsTen13Transition Level Investments

Code Intelligencecode-intelligence.comin

Code Intelligence builds automated software security testing tools, including fuzz testing technologies, that let developers find and fix security vulnerabilities during early stages of development.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Khaled Yakdan(Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsLBBW Venture Capital GmbHVerve Ventures

Convercentconvercent.comin𝕏Acquired

Convercent provides support services to clients, working with IT specialists and executive teams to solve enterprise problems.

Enterprise SoftwareDenver, US

Patrick Quinlan(Executive Officer, Director)Philip Winterburn(Executive Officer)Chuck Boyle(Executive Officer)

BoardSteven Foster(Director)R. Douglas Higgins(Director)Cameron Lester(Director)

Co-investorsAzure Capital PartnersGolub GrowthRho Capital PartnersRho VenturesSapphire Ventures

Croglcrogl.comin𝕏

Crogl is an AI platform for enterprise security operations centers that automates security investigation workflows to accelerate junior analyst development and retain institutional knowledge.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

David Dorsey(Founder)inmonzy merza(Founder)inBradford Lovering(Founder)Monzy Merza(Founder)

Co-investorsAV8 VenturesFirestreak VenturesMenlo VenturesS3 Ventures

DBtunedbtune.com

DBtune offers agentic AI that automatically tunes PostgreSQL databases to improve query performance and transactions per second while reducing cloud and infrastructure costs.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investors42CAPAxeleo Capital

Ember Roboticsemberrobotics.cominSeed

Ember Robotics provides monitoring and diagnostics software for robots and IoT devices, enabling hardware teams to detect issues early and minimize system failures during development and deployment.

Advanced ManufacturingDeveloper ToolsRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Shivani Mouleeswaran(CEO)inRitika Shrivastava(CTO)in

Co-investorsTrucks VCY CombinatorLombardstreet VenturesOrange CollectiveSpacedust Ventures, Ltd.Tango.vc

Embrokerembroker.comin𝕏Jun 2021 · $100M

Embroker is a digital-first business insurance provider that lets companies compare, purchase, and manage commercial insurance policies online, combining an insurance platform with expert broker support.

AI & Machine LearningFintechInsurTechSaaS

Matt Miller(Founder)inYotam Shacham(Founder)inBen Jennings(CEO)in

Co-investorsFTV Capital500 GlobalBee PartnersCanaan PartnersChaos VenturesClocktower Ventures+8 more

FeatureBytefeaturebyte.cominJul 2022 · $5.7M

FeatureByte automates the end-to-end data science lifecycle, converting business questions into production-ready AI models and metrics.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Co-investorsConvergeGlasswing Ventures

Fetcherfetcher.aiin𝕏May 2022 · $27M

Fetcher provides automated sourcing and outreach software to help companies hire talent across engineering, go-to-market, and executive roles.

AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSNew York, US

Santi Aimetta(Director of Data and Analytics & Co-Founder)Andres Blank(Founder)inChris Calmeyn(Co-Founder & CPO (later described as CEO))inGenevieve Jurvetson(Co-Founder (early))HR Tech SaaS Santi Aimetta(Director of Data and Analytics & Co-Founder)Javier Castiarena(Co-Founder / Engineering)

Co-investorsBAMCAPG20 VenturesPICUS CAPITALRoo CapitalAccompliceKfund+2 more

Gigyasap.com

Walldorf, DE

Andreas Bucksteeg(Founder)Carsten Thoma(Founder)Christian Flaccus(Founder)Klaas Hermanns(Founder)Moritz Zimmermann(Founder)Lars Dalgaard(Founder)

Co-investorsActivant CapitalCamber PartnersCeltic House Venture PartnersCross Creek AdvisorsMK CapitalNorwest Venture Partners+5 more

Gliaglia.comin𝕏Aug 2025 · $20M

Glia offers a banking AI platform that automates inbound and outbound customer interactions and internal workflows across a financial institution's core, engagement, and other systems.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Hari Balakrishnan(Mr. Balakrishnan is the President of the Issuer.)Justin DiPietro(Founder)inDaniel Michaeli(Founder)inMohammadreza Alizadeh Attar(Director, Executive Officer)

BoardJamie Goldstein(Director)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)Flying Fish VenturesGray Line PartnersInnovating CapitalInsight PartnersRemarkable Ventures+3 more

Holistic AIholisticai.comin𝕏

Holistic AI provides an AI governance platform that identifies and inventories AI systems across an organization, tests them for security and bias risks, and generates compliance documentation for regulatory and internal stakeholders.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Adriano Soares Koshiyama(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)inEmre Kazim(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)in

Co-investorsDallas Venture CapitalKickstart InnovationMozilla VenturesZ5 CapitalAccelCreandum+4 more

Ingredient Aiingredient-ai.comin

IngredientAI is an AI product-development platform that generates supplement formula concepts from natural-language descriptions, helps extract substantiated claims from research, finds and manages suppliers, and provides regulatory review and cost modeling.

AI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaS

Co-investorsMaverick Ventures

InsightSquaredinsightsquared.comMay 2018 · $23Macquired by Mediafly

Analytics and forecasting solutions for revenue teams.

Boston, US

Frederick Shilmover(Executive Officer, Director)Courtland Cunningham(Director)

BoardJeff Fagnan(Director)

Co-investorsNextView VenturesOnStartupsAccompliceDraper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Two Sigma Ventures

Integrisonetrust.comin𝕏Acquired

OneTrust provides a governance platform for privacy, risk, data, and compliance across organizations' technology stacks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAtlanta, US

Alan J. Dabbiere(Manager)inJohn Marshall(Manager)Kristina Bergman(Founder)inKabir Barday(Founder)inFrank Martinez(Founder)Raghu Gollamudi(Founder)

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAdams Street PartnersAmplify PartnersAspect VenturesBitkraft Esports VenturesBlackRock+23 more

IntSightsintsights.com𝕏acquired by Rapid7

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaS

Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalClearSkyQumra CapitalWipro Ventures

Klaritytryklarity.cominJan 2022 · $18M

Klarity builds software for enterprise transformation that observes how an organization operates and captures the reasoning, decisions, and exceptions behind its processes in a "Context Graph." It is aimed at enterprises seeking continuous operational improvement as an alternative to one-time consulting engagements.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Andrew Antos(Founder)inEnterprise Software SaaS Andrew Antos(Founder)Nischal Nadhamuni(Founder)in

Co-investorsCrew CapitalPICUS CAPITALScale Venture Partners

Klarityklarity-analytics.comJan 2022 · $18M

Klarity is a Hong Kong-based provider of a social and online data analytics platform delivered as SaaS.

Data & Infrastructure

Andy AnnChristopher WongStephen Wong

Co-investors500 GlobalCrew CapitalPICUS CAPITALScale Venture PartnersY Combinator

Lemurian Labslemurianlabs.comOct 2023 · $9M

Lemurian Labs develops Tachyon, a software stack that runs AI workloads on any hardware and cloud while matching or exceeding the performance of hand-tuned kernels.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsOakland, US

Jay Dawani(Founder & CEO)inRobert Ferguson(Chief Financial Officer)Ron Gershoni(Chief Executive Officer)Sanjay Tolia(Director)

Co-investors1Flourish CapitalAlumni VenturesBlackhorn VenturesBlueLake.vcfutureland venturesGood Growth Capital+13 more

Levadatalevadata.comin𝕏Sep 2021 · $47M

LevaData provides a direct material sourcing platform that gives procurement and sourcing teams insights to reduce costs and improve supply continuity down to the manufacturer part level.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Co-investorsBanneker Partners

Lucidic AIlucidic.aiin𝕏Seed

Lucidic builds a platform for optimizing AI agent behavior through automated simulations and parameter tuning.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Abhinav Sinha(CEO)inAndy Liang(CTO)inJeremy Tian(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAmino CapitalOdd Bird Ventures

Lumeuslumeus.aiinMay 2023 · $6M

Lumeus provides agent-native security and governance for AI coding workflows, enforcing policy and access control across IDE plugins, CLI, and MCP agent sessions with full auditability.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Co-investorsEMERGENT VENTURESFirst Rays Venture Partners

MachineMetricsmachinemetrics.comin𝕏Jun 2021

MachineMetrics provides a manufacturing execution system (MES) with AI-powered machine monitoring for discrete manufacturers.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaSEasthampton, US

Eric Hagopian(Director)Eric Fogg(Director)inWilliam Bither(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardWord D. Peak III(Director)Jennifer Jordan(Director)in

Co-investorsLevel EquityMassVenturesHyperplane Venture CapitalLRVHealth

Maxinsightsmaxinsights.aiin

MaxInsights builds a data foundation for Physical AI, providing high-quality data at scale through a global capture network.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Yuguang Yuan(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlumni Ventures

Mediaflymediafly.comin𝕏

Mediafly provides a revenue enablement platform that combines content management, value selling, and sales training and coaching, with an AI engine (Command Center) that automates routine work and surfaces insights for revenue teams.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechEvanston, US

Carson Conant(Executive Officer, Director)inJohnny Hsu(Executive Officer)inWilliam Walsh(Executive Officer, Director)inJohnathan S. Evarts(Executive Officer)John S. Evarts(Executive Officer)in

BoardWilliam J. Dyer(Director)

Co-investorsBIP VenturesBoathouse CapitalEdison PartnersKeiretsu ForumRiverside Acceleration CapitalBIP Capital

minubominubo.comin

minubo provides a data analytics platform that lets users create in-depth analyses, dashboards, and reports with a few clicks, offered with a guided demo shop and a free 14-day trial.

Data & InfrastructureRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsRound2 Capital Partners

Nooks Communicationnooks.aiin𝕏Oct 2024 · $22M

Nooks is a unified workspace for sales outbound teams that combines rep activity with AI agents for prospect research, lead sequencing, calling, and performance coaching.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Nikhil Cheerla(Founder)inRohan Suri(Founder)inDaniel Lee(Founder)Dan Lee(Founder)

Co-investorsFloodgateG VenturesKleiner PerkinsStonewater VenturesZigg CapitalLachy Groom+1 more

Nulogynulogy.cominJul 2016

Nulogy provides a manufacturing operations platform serving manufacturers, co-packers, and logistics providers in over 15 countries.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

Donald Tham(Founder)in

Co-investorsCapital InnovatorsKlass CapitalRubicon Technology Partners

OSIsoftosisoft.com𝕏Oct 2011acquired by SoftBank Corp.

OSIsoft's PI System, now delivered as AVEVA PI System, is operational data management software that collects, stores, contextualizes, and visualizes real-time data from industrial assets, sensors, and IIoT devices.

Advanced ManufacturingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIoTSan Leandro, US

J. Patrick Kennedy(Executive Officer, Director)Jennifer Linton(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Scully(Executive Officer)inBob Guilbault(Executive Officer)inBernard Morneau(Executive Officer)

BoardBenjamin Kortlang(Director)

Co-investorsKleiner PerkinsSoftBank Vision FundSoftBank Group

Palosadepalosade.comin

Palosade builds AI agents that work alongside enterprise security teams, integrating into existing workflows with embedded business context to help automate security programs and meet regulatory and customer security requirements.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Sanket(Co-founder)inRohit(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsFalconX Ventures

ParadeDBparadedb.comin𝕏Seed · Sep 2023 · $2M

ParadeDB is a Postgres extension that adds full-text search, vector retrieval, and aggregation capabilities to PostgreSQL databases.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Philippe Noël(Founder)inMing Ying(Founder)in

Co-investorsCraft VenturesMaterialized View CapitalTeam Ignite VenturesY CombinatorGeneral CatalystLynett Capital Partners+2 more

Pay Ipay-i.cominSeed · May 2025 · $5M

Pay-i is a platform that translates GenAI model usage into real-time unit economics and ROI at the use-case level, helping enterprises connect model consumption to business outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSRedmond, US

Doron Holan(Founder)inDavid Tepper(Executive Officer, Director)inErik Winters(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsBenhamou Global VenturesFUSEGaia VenturesWipro Ventures

Persona AIpersona.aiin𝕏Jul 2026 · $27M

Persona AI develops modular industrial humanoid robots for skilled physical tasks such as welding, grinding, inspection, fabrication, and maintenance.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareRobotics

Nicolaus Radford(Co-Founder and CEO)inJide Akinyode(Co-Founder and COO)inJerry Pratt(Co-Founder and CTO)in

Co-investorsBaseTwoBig Brain HoldingsEmbedded VenturesGOOSE CapitalK50 VenturesOlive Hill Ventures+8 more

Phonicphonic.aiin𝕏SeedAcquired

Phonic develops voice AI technology designed to enable natural and reliable human-machine conversations through speech interaction.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

David Ferris(Founder)inMitchell Catoen(Founder)inMoin Nadeem(Founder)inNikhil Murthy(Founder)in

Co-investorsEssence Venture CapitalLux CapitalY CombinatorZillionizeRomulus CapitalSupernode Ventures

Radleyradley.healthin𝕏Seed

Radley is an AI-native radiology group that reads imaging studies for hospitals and imaging centers, using AI to draft reports that its radiologists review, correct, and sign in the client's format.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Maryam Jahed(CEO)inSeak Meng Lay(CTO)in

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAurora ForgeBlast.ClubGaard VenturesMultifaceted Capital+3 more

Realm Labsrealmlabs.aiin𝕏

Realm Labs develops a technique called Deep Neural Inspection to detect and prevent malicious behavior in large language models by reading their internal mathematical representations.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Saurabh Shintre(Founder)in

Reliantreliant.ai

Reliant AI builds applied AI software for the life sciences industry, using machine learning and reinforcement learning to automate literature reviews, systematic reviews, competitive landscaping, and data extraction from full-text papers and conference documents.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech

Karl Moritz Hermann(Co-Founder & CEO)Marc G. Bellemare(Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer)Richard Schlegel(Co-Founder & Head of Commercial)in

Co-investorsBoxOne VenturesMoonfire VenturesInovia Capital

robinrobinpowered.comin𝕏May 2019 · $20M

Robin provides desk and room booking software alongside analytics and visitor management tools for workplace management.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkPropTechSaaSBoston, US

Zach Dunn(Founder)inBrian Muse(Founder)inSamuel D. Dunn(Executive Officer, Director)Apolinaras Sinkevicius III(Executive Officer, Director)Micah Remley(Chief Executive Officer)inSam Dunn(Founder)

Co-investorsAllegion VenturesAtlassian Venturesboldstart venturesCerity Partners VenturesFirstMark CapitalMultiplier Capital+2 more

Sensible Biotechnologiessensible.bioin𝕏Seed

Sensible Biotechnologies develops a cell-based mRNA design and manufacturing platform that produces pure, low immunogenicity mRNA therapeutics for drug development.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechOxford, GB

Miroslav Gasparek(Founder)inMarian Kupculak(Founder)in

BoardVishal Gulati(Director)Joel Schoppig(Director)

Co-investorsCivilization Ventures Management, LlcKAYARecode VenturesTraun VenturesY CombinatorZAKA VC+11 more

Sitecoresitecore.comin𝕏

Customer experience management software combining content, commerce, and data into one connected platform for context marketing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing Tech

Eric StineinJakob Christensen(Founder)Michael Seifert(Founder)Peter Christensen(Founder)Thomas Albert(Founder)

Co-investorsFrontline VenturesEQTPolaris PartnersTCVTechnology Crossover Ventures

Snapsheetsnapsheetclaims.comin𝕏May 2019

Snapsheet builds claims-management technology for property and casualty insurance carriers, offering photo-based estimating, appraisals, digital payments, and a complete claims processing system.

FintechInsurTechSaaS

Brad Weisberg(Founder)inCJ Przybylin

Co-investors500 GlobalActivant CapitalCommerce VenturesF-Prime CapitalIA Capital GroupLightbank+7 more

SpecStoryspecstory.comin𝕏

SpecStory promotes an approach to software development where AI handles implementation while humans define intent, and specifications serve as a shared source of truth capturing the reasoning behind what is built.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

StarLifterstarlifter.aiinJul 2026 · $11.5M

StarLifter builds an "Enterprise Decision Layer," software that monitors business activity, interprets context, and recommends actions with governance controls to help enterprise teams move from data to decisions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSEncinitas, US

Fred Luddy(Founder & CEO)in

Supermetalsupermetal.io

Supermetal provides low-latency data synchronization between transactional databases, warehouses, and data lakes, including change data capture (CDC).

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Tcell Iorapid7.comin𝕏

Rapid7 provides AI-powered managed cybersecurity operations and detection services for enterprise organizations.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US

Alan Matthews(Founder)Chad Loder(Founder)Tas Giakouminakis(Founder)

Co-investorsAlphaDriveBain Capital VenturesGlilot Capital PartnersMenlo VenturesTCV

Texel.aitexel.aiinSeed

Texel provides GPU infrastructure services for large-scale cloud deployments, leveraging expertise from managing systems that served hundreds of millions of users and generated billions of images daily.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Rahul Sheth(Founder)inEli Semory(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzDecacorn CapitalGeneral CatalystGoodFin VenturesLombardstreet Ventures+3 more

Tolatolahq.comin𝕏Jul 2026 · $11.5MAcquired

Tola provides payment and invoicing services to small businesses, with options to defer bill payments through a buy-now-pay-later mechanism for a fee.

FintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Alen Cvisic(Founder)inGuillaume Simard(Founder)inTom Bates(Design Engineer)Guillaume Simardin

Co-investorsRTP GlobalSequoia CapitalY CombinatorCherry VenturesCreandum

Tolausetola.comMay 2022 · $18MAcquired

Tola built an all-in-one accounts payable, receivable and cash-flow platform for small businesses; acquired by Square in 2025.

Co-investorsCherry VenturesRTP GlobalSequoia Capital

Other

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

BodyshopbidsQuisitive Technology SolutionsApplied Predictive TechnologiesAPTArcushybrisKira SystemsKyp AiNavierOpen positions atOpera SolutionsParStreamPredictivetechnologiesProductivity MiningProtectWiseSaleMove

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.

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8 acquisitions · showing 3

InsightSquaredacq. by MediaflyIntSightsacq. by Rapid7OSIsoftacq. by SoftBank Corp.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Tola Capital made?
Tola Capital has 84 tracked investments, 8 of which have exited, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Tola Capital invest at?
Tola Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Tola Capital's typical check size?
Tola Capital typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
What sectors does Tola Capital focus on?
Tola Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
Where is Tola Capital located?
Tola Capital is headquartered in Seattle, US.
Does Tola Capital lead rounds?
Tola Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Tola Capital co-invest with?
Tola Capital most often shares deals with Gray Line Partners, Insight Partners, Rho Ventures, among 172 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 38

Scale Venture Partners

Scale Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with AI companies, supporting their transition from founder-led growth to a scalable go-to-market operation.

$5M – $50M
PICUS CAPITAL

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy, partnering closely with founders on strategic and operational challenges to build global companies.

$100K – $5M
Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that backs founders across technology and life sciences, from early stage through growth.

$500K – $15M
Canaan Partners

Canaan Partners is a venture capital firm with over 30 years of history, backing companies across technology and healthcare sectors through close, hands-on partnerships with founders.

Both backed · 2
EmbrokerGigya
$500K – $20M
NextView Ventures

NextView Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that works closely with founders, providing hands-on support to help build companies from inception to scale.

Both backed · 2
$250K – $4M
Madrona Venture Group

Madrona Venture Group is a venture capital firm that backs founding teams at the seed, early, and acceleration stages, with a focus on Seattle, the Bay Area, and beyond.

Both backed · 2
$2M – $10M
Lead Edge Capital

Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity firm managing $9 billion in assets, investing in software, internet, and tech-enabled businesses.

Both backed · 2
$50M – $400M
Allegion Ventures

Allegion is a security products company producing mechanical locks, biometric scanning devices, and integrated access solutions around the door and adjacent areas. Allegion Ventures is its corporate venture arm.

Both backed · 2
Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

Both backed · 1
$100K – $50M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

Both backed · 1
$1M – $5M
Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs bold, early-stage, technology-driven companies across deep tech and other sectors, providing hands-on 'venture assistance' to help founders build category-defining businesses.

Both backed · 1
$100K – $20M
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)

New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.

Both backed · 1
$200K – $40M
▶26 more co-investors

Notable CapitalLiquid VenturesSoma CapitalCrosslink CapitalGlobal Founders Capital20VCGlilot Capital PartnersScript CapitalFlying Fish VenturesMTECH CAPITALTreble CapitalThompson Hutton, LLCFounders FundC2 InvestmentsPhysical IntelligencePrecursor VenturesLookout VenturesHack VCPoint NineAwesome People Venturesxfactor venturesParadox CapitalSunshine LakeShima CapitalClearvision VenturesAYANA Capital LLC

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

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