Soma Capital is a fund built by founders for founders, focused on software. We've invested seed in +20 unicorns worth ~$100b combined often 1st check including Deel, Rippling, Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Lambda School among others.
Soma Cap partners and advisors have built billion dollar software co's, for example Vivek Ranadive is the founder of multi billion dollar enterprise software company Tibco ($4.3 billion exit to Vista Equity Partners). Tibco services include big data, analytics, event processing, among others, generating over $1bn in yearly revenue and powers 80% of Fortune 500 companies. This gives Soma CEO-level relationships with many of the biggest brands in the world. Vivek has also been involved early investing and mentoring all time great tech companies including google, yahoo, salesforce, ebay and apple.
Soma Cap partners also own the Sacramento Kings NBA team and are developing over 200 acres of land in downtown Sacramento including hotels, condo's, restaurants, malls and more.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 270
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 12.07.2023 | Gradia Hea... | gradia.com | $4.2M | United Sta... |
| 14.06.2023 | Poko | pokoapp.xy... | $4.5M | Singapore |
| 07.06.2023 | Haiqu | haiqu.ai | $8M | Anguilla |
| 08.05.2023 | Vibe | vibe.xyz | $4M | United Sta... |
| 08.05.2023 | Optery | optery.com | $2.7M | United Sta... |
| 04.05.2023 | Slash | joinslash.... | $38M | - |
| 28.04.2023 | Luca | askluca.co... | $2.5M | United Sta... |
| 13.04.2023 | Axle (YC S... | axle.insur... | $4M | - |
| 20.03.2023 | Tavus | tavus.io | $6.1M | United Sta... |
| 28.02.2023 | Archetype | archetype.... | $3.1M | United Sta... |
Show more
Persons 18
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Aneel | Ranadive | Managing P... | linkedin.c... | - | a***l@soma... | - |
| - | Jessica | Li | - | linkedin.c... | - | j*****a@so... | - |
| - | Johnny | Link | - | linkedin.c... | - | j****y@som... | - |
| - | Mir | Faiyaz | Investor | linkedin.c... | - | m*r@somaca... | - |
| - | Jacob | Smith | - | linkedin.c... | - | j***b@soma... | - |
| - | Nikhita | Jaaswal | VC Investo... | linkedin.c... | - | n*****a@so... | - |
| - | Willem | van den Bo... | Investor | linkedin.c... | - | w****m@som... | - |
| - | Chris | Fortunato | - | linkedin.c... | - | c***s@soma... | - |
| - | Taryn | Livingston... | Fellowship... | linkedin.c... | - | t***n@soma... | - |
| - | Brian | Jiang | Technology... | linkedin.c... | - | b***n@soma... | - |
Show more
Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 07.06.2023 | US-Ukrainian startup Haiqu secures €3.7M to speed up adoptio... | US and Ukrainian-based Haiqu, a startup building software to enhance the performance of quantum proc... | siliconcan... |
| 23.02.2023 | BlueCargo reduces logistics late fees by tracking containers... | BlueCargo has raised $11 million in a new round led by Soma Capital and Left Lane Capital. The compa... | techcrunch... |
| 24.01.2023 | B2B BNPL provider Tranch secures $100 million | Tranch, a London-HQed provider of immediate invoice finance to pay SaaS subscriptions and other B2B ... | tech.eu/20... |
| 16.12.2022 | SmartHelio raises USD 5M | SmartHelio has developed software that predicts PV system faults in real time – avoiding downtime ... | startuptic... |
| 01.12.2022 | Boundary Layer pivots from container ships to hydrofoiling p... | Boundary Layer, which was gunning for local air freight, and announced a slew of launch partners ear... | techcrunch... |
| 22.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Swiftly bags $100m for grocery tec... | This week, retail and grocery tech startup Swiftly bagged a mega-round while front-of-house restaura... | agfunderne... |
| 01.06.2022 | Boundary Layer wants to steal air freight’s lunch and transp... | If you’ve ever spent time writing beat poetry about container ships chugging their way into and out ... | techcrunch... |
| 28.04.2022 | Femtech Startup Ruth Health Secures $2.4M to Transform Teleh... | What You Should Know: – Femtech startup Ruth Health providing progressive telehealth and comprehens... | hitconsult... |
| 15.03.2022 | Sacramento Kings Owner’s Son Sorry His VC Firm Asked Applica... | A San Francisco-based venture capital fund founded by the son of Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadi... | vice.com/e... |
| 09.12.2021 | Vendease wants to be the Amazon for Nigeria’s food vendors | Tunde Kara and Olumide Fayankin grew up watching their parents — a farmer and a restaurant owner — g... | agfunderne... |
Show more