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 | 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 | $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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| - | Johnny | Link | - | linkedin.c... | - | j****y@som... | - |
| - | 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 24
| Date | Title | Description |
| 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, ... |
| 24.01.2025 | "We Got Funded!" UAE-Based Pluto US$4.1 Million Pre-Series A Round Follows Launch of Platform That Supports Over 30,000 SMEs The announcement comes just weeks after the company crossed AED1B... | Dubai-based corporate card and expense management platform Pluto has raised US$4.1 million in a pre-Series A funding round. The round was led by existing and new investors, including Rhino Ventures, a Canada-based early-stage venture capita... |
| 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 |
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