Cognota
Cognota gives talent and L&D leaders visibility into how their function operates, and the capacity to act on what matters most.
$5.75M Series B+ ·
Led by Blossom Street Ventures · Source: fundraisingfox.com
Total raised: $13.75M across 3 sourced rounds
All 3 rounds ↓Signals
X account@CognotaHQ · created Sep 21, 2012 (14 years old) · 863 followers
Website registeredSep 5, 2016 (10 years old)
TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED
Cognota | 2552 days from X account to first raise on record
Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.
Funding rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series B+ | $5.75M | fundraisingfox.com | ||
| Series A | $5.5M | fundraisingfox.com | ||
| Seed | $2.5M | cognota.com |
Timeline
- Website created
- X account created
Founders and team
- JCJosh Crohn Founder
RA
Ryan Austin Chief Executive Officer & Foundersource: cognota.com- SLSebastian Leks Founder
- RMRebecca McDougall Director, Client Success
- ABAaron Booth VP, Sales
BG
Beth Gantz Chief Revenue OfficerJS
James Spere Chief Product Technology OfficerKS
Kristy Sadler CMO- LALumi Adewumi VP, Engineering
Acquisitions
| Acquired company | Price | Announced |
|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | · The Anderson Independent-Mail |
Investors
BBDC Venture Capital
BBlossom Street Ventureslead investor
CCathexis Ventures
CCEAS Investments
CComerica Bank
DDifferential Ventures
DDMZ
GGeneration Ventureslead investor
GGrotech Ventureslead investor
IIDEA Fund Partners
- IIdeal Ventures
JJay Steinfeld
NNeal Dempsey
RRipple Ventures
- TTyton Partners
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Sources and API
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