Tola Capital
Venture capitalSeattle · 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.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesFounder 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 companiesAI & 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 companiesFounding 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
8 founders hold a PhD · 7 hold an MBA (of 49 with degree data)
Investments · 84 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42025 · 42024 · 12023 · 52022 · 82021 · 62020 · 12019 · 32018 · 22016 · 12011 · 136 dated
Tana is a workspace platform designed to help humans, teams, and computers collaborate more effectively.
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
Coheso provides an AI-powered "legal front door" that captures legal requests from email, Slack, and Teams into a single queue, answering routine questions from company documents and routing complex matters to attorneys with AI-drafted reviews and context attached.
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
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)
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
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
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
Cloud-based solutions for government agencies and facility owners to plan, build, and maintain capital assets and infrastructure across the construction lifecycle.
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsBlumberg CapitalClearSkyQumra CapitalWipro Ventures
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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-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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Supermetal provides low-latency data synchronization between transactional databases, warehouses, and data lakes, including change data capture (CDC).
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
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 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
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
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
Tracera is a sustainability data platform that collects emissions data directly from bills, meters and invoices across sites, languages and formats, then prepares it for audit and assurance.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Patrick Obeid(Founder)inSandeep Chand(Co-founder & CEO)
Co-investorsFoundryRho VenturesContour Venture Partners
TrustCloud provides a security assurance platform that helps CISOs and GRC leaders manage compliance and governance while simultaneously driving business revenue growth.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSArlington, US
Sravish Sridhar(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDan Demmer(Director)inAkshay Bhushan(Director)inWilliam Burnham(Director)
Co-investorsCisco InvestmentsConvergePresidio Ventures
VergeSense provides occupancy intelligence software that helps workplace, real estate, and facilities teams track and optimize space usage across portfolios.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTPropTechSan Francisco, US
Dan Ryan(CEO)inKelby Green(CTO)inElo Ofodile(Head of New Business)Carter Wheatley(Lead Software Engineer)Kanav Dhir(Product Manager)Lan Gu(Head of Talent)
Co-investorsAllegion VenturesCerity Partners VenturesGray Line PartnersJLL Spark Global VenturesMetaPropMetaProp Ventures+7 more
Enabling developers to test and deploy applications with ease
Micha Hernandez van Leuffen(Founder)in
Co-investorsInkefNotion CapitalShamrock Ventures
Whalesync enables two-way data synchronization between spreadsheet tools (Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion) and vertical SaaS applications (Webflow, Salesforce, HubSpot, Affinity), allowing teams to automate bulk data operations across platforms without manual CSV imports.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSMiami, US
Curtis Fonger(Founder)inMatthew Busel(Founder)inRyder Ziola(Software Engineer)Chris Hoefgen(Software Engineer)
Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalOlive Tree CapitalSoma CapitalY CombinatorAscendAvalanche VC+7 more
Within maps how work actually happens across a company and turns employee knowledge into a structured "Company Brain" powered by a Context Graph, which it uses to identify automation opportunities and build teams of people and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Aaron Koblin(Founder)Andrew Antos(CEO)inChris Milk(Founder)Nischal Nadhamuni(CTO)inRama Pagadala(Vice President Engineering)Amos Cariati(Recruiter)
Co-investorsScale Venture PartnersY CombinatorBantam GroupCrew CapitalInvusLead Edge Capital+3 more
Idira is an identity security platform providing privileged access management (PAM), machine identity security, and governance for human, machine, and AI agent identities across enterprises.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWellesley, US
Nitin Sonawane(Founder)
BoardJamie Goldstein(Director)inDeepak Taneja(Founder)Amish Jani(Director)in
Co-investorsFirstMark CapitalPillar VC
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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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Kleiner Perkins is a venture capital firm that backs founders across technology and life sciences, from early stage through growth.
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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.
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.
Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity firm managing $9 billion in assets, investing in software, internet, and tech-enabled businesses.
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Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.
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.
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.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
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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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