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 271
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 22.07.2026 | Augustus | augustus.com | $180M | United Sta... |
| 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 | $19M | United Sta... |
| 08.05.2023 | Vibe | vibe.xyz | $4M | United Sta... |
| 08.05.2023 | Optery | optery.com | $2.7M | United Sta... |
| 04.05.2023 | Slash | joinslash.com | $79M | United Sta... |
| 28.04.2023 | Luca | askluca.com | $2.5M | United Sta... |
| 13.04.2023 | Axle (YC S... | axle.insure | $21.5M | United Sta... |
| 20.03.2023 | Tavus | tavus.io | $24.1M | United Sta... |
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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 32
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.08.2026 | Starcloud Raises $250M in Series A Extension Funding | Starcloud, a Redmond, WA-based provider of orbital data centers and space-based GPU infrastructure, raised $250M in Series A extension funding, at $2.3B valuation. The round was led by Manhattan West with participation from Benchmark, EQT, ... |
| 21.08.2026 | Starcloud Raises $250 Million At $2.3 Billion Valuation To Build 20-Gigawatt Orbital AI Data Center Network | Starcloud has raised a $250 million Series A extension at a $2.3 billion post-money valuation to expand its effort to build data centers in space. Manhattan West led the financing, with participation from existing investors Benchmark, EQT, ... |
| 25.07.2026 | +++ Augustus +++ Hilo +++ telli +++ Passionfroot +++ kausable +++ deltaVision +++ dsb +++ Autodoc +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #Wochenrückblick liefern wir einen schnellen Überblick darüber, was in der deutschsprachigen Startup-Szene zuletzt wirklich wichtig war! #STARTUPLAND STARTUPLAND: Founders. VCs. Visionaries +++ Am 10. März 2027 ... |
| 24.07.2026 | Augustus Reaches Unicorn Status with $180 Million Series B Funding | Augustus landed $180 million in Series B funding. This investment pushes its valuation to $1 billion, making it a fintech unicorn. The firm builds a federally regulated clearing bank. It offers global financial institutions direct US dollar... |
| 22.07.2026 | Augustus Raises $180 Million Series B At $1 Billion Valuation To Expand Global Dollar Banking Platform | Augustus has raised $180 million in a Series B financing round at a $1 billion valuation to expand its banking infrastructure for international financial institutions. The round was led by Tiger Global and brought the company’s total fundin... |
| 22.07.2026 | Augustus sammelt 180 Millionen ein | Im #DealMonitor für den 22. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 14.07.2026 | Singularity Raises $80 Million Series A At $400 Million Valuation To Deploy Air Defense At Scale | Singularity emerged from stealth with an oversubscribed $80 million Series A financing at a $400 million valuation. The company is focused on deploying low-cost air defense systems at scale for the U.S. and its allies. The round was led by ... |
| 31.05.2026 | Cognition Raises Over $1 Billion At A $26 Billion Valuation As Devin Adoption Accelerates Across Enterprises | Cognition announced that it has raised more than $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation in a funding round led by Lux Capital, General Catalyst, and 8VC. Existing investors participating in the round include Founders Fund, Elad Gil, Alpha Wa... |
| 28.07.2025 | Meta acquired Egyptian voice AI startup PlayAI | Meta, formerly Facebook, has acquired PlayAI, an Egyptian voice AI startup, as part of its strategy to compete with Google and OpenAI in the generative AI race. Founded by Hammad Syed and Mahmoud Felfel, who had previously worked together o... |
| 14.07.2025 | Circuit Raises $4.5M in Seed Funding | Circuit, a New York-based provider of a digital asset recovery platform, raised $4.5m in seed funding. The round was led Nyca Partners with participation from Soma Capital, New Form Capital, The Venture Dept, Silicon Badia, Druid Ventures, ... |
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