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Cota Capital

Venture capital firm · Founded 2015 · Active in 2026

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17 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #431 · Global · 17 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 31% 5y
17
Decacorns ↑ 33% 5y
4
Thoroughbreds ↑ 86% 5y
14

Cota Capital is a venture capital firm based in USA, founded in 2015. The page below shows 17 Power Law outcomes from Cota Capital's portfolio — 17 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Fintech · AI · Biotech & Life Sciences; top portfolio geographies are USA. Cota ranks #431 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 17 Cota Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA17
By sectorCount
  1. Fintech9
  2. AI3
  3. Biotech & Life Sciences2
  4. Marketing1
  5. Health Tech & Medtech1
  6. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+11
  2. Series A4
  3. Seed2
01 · Portfolio market map

Cota's 17 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
17 of 17 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Cota's founders come from — and where they study.

19 founders across the 17 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. UCLA and Microsoft are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States8
Canada1
Mexico1
Iran1
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UniversityCount
UCLA2
Carnegie Mellon University2
Technological Institute of Monterrey1
Bocconi University1
Sapienza University of Rome1
London School of Economics and Political Science1
Stanford University1
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania1
Yale University1
University of Miami1
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Origin companyCount
Microsoft2
Palantir2
Akamai1
Illumina1
Apple1
ONEHOPE Wine1
Saba1
PayPal1
SAP1
CAIS1
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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Cota.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Cota stack up?

Cota in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

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Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Cota Capital

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Cota on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about Cota Capital

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Cota — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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