Investing Profile

John Cowgill(778)

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Partner at Costanoa Ventures
costanoavc.com/team/investors...San Francisco, California
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44 Investors

Connected to Kevin Lee, Adam Draper (Boost VC), Eva Ho (Fika Ventures), and 41 other investors on Signal.

Networks John is a member of
McKinsey & Company Network
141 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
141 CONNECTIONS
Northwestern University Network
73 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Costanoa Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$3.5M
Investments On Record
30
Current Fund Size
$890M

John Cowgill is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

John Cowgill's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
System Two Security
Series UnknownDec 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Frederic Kerrest
Numa
Series BOct 2024$32M
$180M
Co-investors: Lisa Xu (FirstMark Capital), Mark Selcow (Costanoa Ventures), Andreas Stavropoulos (Threshold Ventures), Priya Saiprasad (SoftBank Vision Fund), Christian Meermann (Cherry Ventures), Christian Miele (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Nenad Marovac (DN Capital), Mato Peric
Muon Space
Series BAug 2024$57M
SeedMay 2021$10M
$100M
Co-investors: Chad Anderson (Space Capital), Rob Toews (Radical Ventures), Raj Atluru (Element Partners)
RunReveal
Pre SeedMay 2024$3M
$3M
Leap
Series UnknownMay 2023$15M
Series BDec 2021$50M
Series AAug 2021$11M
$360M
Co-investors: Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures), Michelle Kennedy (StartHer), Fredrik Cassel (Creandum), Rick Zullo (Equal Ventures), Ira Weiss (Hyde Park Venture Partners), Eric Lefkofsky (Lightbank), Yash Sankrityayan (Jungle Ventures), Amit Anand (Jungle Ventures), Amit Patel (Owl Ventures), Farooq Abbasi (Preface Ventures), David Helgason (foobar.vc), Emily Kirsch (Powerhouse Ventures), Sahil Lavingia, Ashish Agrawal, Kunal Shah
Kepler Communications
Series CApr 2023$92M
Series BJun 2021$60M
Series AOct 2018$16M
Series ASep 2018$15M
$190M
Co-investors: Arjun Sethi (Tribe Capital), Alireza Masrour (Plug & Play Ventures), Brad Gillespie (IA Ventures), Saif Hashmi (BDC Venture Capital), Chris DeVore (Founders' Co-op), Dylan Taylor
Parallel Domain
Series BNov 2022$30M
Series ADec 2020$11M
SeedMay 2018$3M
$44M
Co-investors: Raju Rishi (RRE Ventures), Lindel Eakman (Foundry Group), Ryan McIntyre (Foundry Group), Kevin Dunlap (Calibrate Ventures), Sunil Nagaraj (Ubiquity Ventures), Julia Klein (March Capital), Jim Adler (Toyota Ventures)
Rerun
Pre SeedJun 2022$3M
$20M
Co-investors: Matt Miesnieks (Super Ventures), Tony Liu (Costanoa Ventures), Tom Wilson (Seedcamp), Ricardo Sequerra (Point Nine Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Luc Vincent, Oliver Cameron, Kevin Stumpf, Guillermo Rauch, Jan Erik Solem
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most interested in

Most excited about vertical saas companies with some applied data / ML component and an opportunity to integrate financial services / payments at scale. Particular verticals of interest include real estate / property, logistics, heavy industry. Always excited about anything in security / infrastructure.

not interested in

Generally less excited about horizontal SaaS companies, though there are always exceptions to any rule :)

John Cowgill's Experience

Summer Associate Clarity ConsultingPresent
Summer Business Analyst McKinsey & CompanyPresent
Business Development TechweekPresent
Business Analyst McKinsey & CompanyPresent
Principal Costanoa VenturesPresent

John Cowgill's Education

Northwestern University Bachelor's Degree Summa Cum Laude, Learning and Organizational Change, Integrated Marketing Certificate