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.
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.xyz | $4.5M | Singapore |
| 07.06.2023 | Haiqu | haiqu.ai | $8M | Anguilla |
| 08.05.2023 | Vibe | vibe.xyz | $4M | - |
| 08.05.2023 | Optery | optery.com | $2.7M | United Sta... |
| 04.05.2023 | Slash | joinslash.com | $38M | United Sta... |
| 28.04.2023 | Luca | askluca.com | $2.5M | United Sta... |
| 13.04.2023 | Axle (YC S... | axle.insure | $4M | - |
| 20.03.2023 | Tavus | tavus.io | $24.1M | United Sta... |
| 28.02.2023 | Archetype | archetype.dev | $3.1M | United Sta... |
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Persons 18
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| - | Aneel | Ranadive | Managing P... | linkedin.c... | - | a***l@soma... | - |
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| - | 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... | - |
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Mentions in press and media 21
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.09.2024 | Cerrion: The Dawn of AI in Manufacturing Automation | In the world of manufacturing, time is money. Every second lost to inefficiency can cost companies dearly. Enter Cerrion, a Zurich-based start-up that is reshaping the landscape of industrial automation. With a fresh infusion of $5 million ... |
| 10.09.2024 | AI-powered automation start-up Cerrion raises USD 5 million | By automating tasks traditionally handled by skilled operators, Cerrion’s AI video-led technology helps manufacturers maintain productivity despite workforce shortages. It leverages standard CCTV cameras to learn and monitor production pro... |
| 12.08.2024 | Move over, Devin: Cosine’s Genie takes the AI coding crown | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It wasn’t long ago that the startup Cognition was blowing minds with its product Devin, an AI-based software engi... |
| 07.06.2023 | US-Ukrainian startup Haiqu secures €3.7M to speed up adoption of quantum computing | US and Ukrainian-based Haiqu, a startup building software to enhance the performance of quantum processors, announced on Tuesday, June 6, that it has raised $4M (approximately €3.74M) in a pre-seed round of funding. The round was led by MaC... |
| 23.02.2023 | BlueCargo reduces logistics late fees by tracking containers in port terminals | BlueCargo has raised $11 million in a new round led by Soma Capital and Left Lane Capital. The company optimizes logistics in port terminals and reduces late fees for drayage trucking companies and shippers. Other investors in the company i... |
| 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 expenses, has raised $100 million in seed funds and debt to expand activity in the US. The $100 million injection will fund team expansion a... |
| 16.12.2022 | SmartHelio raises USD 5M | |
| 01.12.2022 | Boundary Layer pivots from container ships to hydrofoiling personal watercraft | Boundary Layer, which was gunning for local air freight, and announced a slew of launch partners earlier this year, today announced a shift in strategy, with some high-performance foiling personal watercraft. Think low-flying SeaDoo, and yo... |
| 22.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Swiftly bags $100m for grocery tech, Pano’s $20m to fight wildfires with AI | This week, retail and grocery tech startup Swiftly bagged a mega-round while front-of-house restaurant software startup Zenchef cooked up new financing to expand its presence. In agtech, Pano raised funds to fight wildfires with AI and Land... |
| 01.06.2022 | Boundary Layer wants to steal air freight’s lunch and transport it by water instead | If you’ve ever spent time writing beat poetry about container ships chugging their way into and out of harbors, “nimble” or “fast” will be unlikely to make it into your finely crafted written words. And if your (admittedly increasingly esot... |
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