Investing Profile

John Cowgill(778)

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

Connected to Kevin Lee, Adam Draper (Boost VC), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), and 38 other investors on Signal.

Networks John is a member of
McKinsey & Company Network
138 CONNECTIONS
McKinsey & Company Network
138 CONNECTIONS
Northwestern University Network
68 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Costanoa Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$3.5M
Investments On Record
25
Current Fund Size
$890M

John Cowgill is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

John Cowgill's Investments On Record (11)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Leap
Series UnknownMay 2023$15M
Series BDec 2021$50M
Series AAug 2021$11M
$290M
Co-investors: Nick Grossman (Union Square Ventures), Yash Sankrityayan (Jungle Ventures), Amit Anand (Jungle Ventures), Amit Patel (Owl Ventures), Michelle Kennedy (StartHer), Fredrik Cassel (Creandum), Rick Zullo (Equal Ventures), Ira Weiss (Hyde Park Venture Partners), Eric Lefkofsky (Lightbank), 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)
AppOmni
Series CJun 2022$70M
Series BApr 2021$40M
Series AJan 2020$10M
SeedApr 2019$3M
SeedSep 2018$3M
$130M
Co-investors: Ariel Tseitlin (Scale Venture Partners), Zane Lackey (Andreessen Horowitz), Robert Keith (Salesforce Ventures), Janey Hoe (Cisco Investments), George Hu
Vividly
Series AMay 2022$18M
SeedApr 2021$6M
$24M
Co-investors: Nnamdi Okike (645 Ventures), Amy Cheetham (Costanoa Ventures)
Novel
SeedApr 2022$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Ben Lerer (Lerer Hippeau), Gary Vaynerchuk (Vayner RSE), Brian Sugar
Cyberhaven
Series BDec 2021$33M
$46M
Co-investors: Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Jake Flomenberg (Wing Venture Capital), Joe Raczka (York IE), In Sik Rhee (Vertex Ventures), Alex Stamos, Kyle York
Smile ID (formerly Smile Identity)
Series AJul 2021$7M
$31M
Co-investors: Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Leo Polovets (Susa Ventures), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund))
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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