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Cowboy Ventures portfolio
Cowboy Ventures has 11 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, US, founded in 2012. It led 1 of the 8 rounds it joined. Its most recent investment on record is Palla's $14.5M Series A round in May 2025, alongside First Check Ventures, Uncommon Capital, Revolution and 6 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Consumer and social (3) and Sales and marketing (3). It has co-invested with Y Combinator, Sequoia and Uncork Capital, most often Y Combinator (3 rounds).
About Cowboy Ventures
Funds raised
| Fund | Fund # | Size | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|
Bay Area, NYC | IV | Not shown | techcrunch.com |
Bay Area | III | $95Mvia Shai Goldman's fund list | |
Bay Area | II | $57M | blogs.wsj.com |
Bay Area | Ifirst fund | Not shown |
What Cowboy Ventures invests in
- Consumer and social · 3 · 27%
- Sales and marketing · 3 · 27%
- AI agents · 2 · 18%
- Commerce and retail · 2 · 18%
- Stablecoins · 1 · 9%
- Fintech · 1 · 9%
- Health and bio · 1 · 9%
- In-person and live experiences · 1 · 9%
Cowboy Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · $14.5M | First Check Ventures, Uncommon Capital, Revolution (lead) +6 | ||
| Series B+ · $50M | Uncork Capital, Gaingels, Tiger Global Management (lead) +2 | ||
| Series A · $18.5M | GTMfund, Uncork Capital, Y Combinator +1 | ||
| Seed · $3.4M · lead | Soma Capital, Freestyle Capital (lead), 37 Angels +3 | ||
| Series A · $10.7M | Rich Goodstone, Sapphire Ventures, defy.vc +6 | ||
| Series A · $8M | Haystack, Y Combinator, SV Angel +3 | ||
| Series B+ · $35M | Angels Capital, NEA (lead), Scooter Braun +5 | ||
| Series A · $16M | Natalie Carnegie, ACME Capital, Slow Ventures +3 |
How Cowboy Ventures invests
Cowboy Ventures portfolio companies
PPalla$14.5MSeries A · May 2025
MMutiny$50MSeries B+ · Apr 2022
MMon Ami$3.4MSeed · Oct 2019
MMixhalo$10.7MSeries A · Jul 2019
IIronclad$8MSeries A · Aug 2017
BBrandless$35MSeries B+ · Jul 2017
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| Company | Round with Cowboy Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Stablecoins |
Series A · $14.5M | $14.5M | May 28, 2025 Series A |
AI agents |
Series B+ · $50M | $68.5M | Apr 20, 2022 Series B+ |
Health and bio |
Seed · $3.4M · lead | $3.4M | Jul 18, 2026 Series A |
In-person and live experiences |
Series A · $10.7M | $34.7M | Dec 14, 2021 Series B+ |
Sales and marketing |
Series A · $8M | $331M | Feb 18, 2022 Series B+ |
Commerce and retail |
Series B+ · $35M | $291M | Aug 4, 2021 round |
| AArcol |
backer · source | $4M | Mar 1, 2022 Seed |
HR and recruiting |
backer · source | $45M | Nov 1, 2021 Series B+ |
Robotics and hardware |
backer | undisclosed | — |
AI agents |
backer | $7M | Oct 30, 2026 Seed |
Sales and marketing |
backer | $300M | Mar 25, 2026 Series B+ |
Most frequent co-investors
YY Combinator3 shared rounds · last May 28, 2025SSequoia2 shared rounds · last Apr 20, 2022
UUncork Capital2 shared rounds · last Apr 20, 2022
GGV2 shared rounds · last Jul 1, 2017
RRedpoint Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jul 1, 2017
MMVP Ventures1 shared round · last May 28, 2025
RRevolution1 shared round · last May 28, 2025
DDeepWork Capital1 shared round · last May 28, 2025
EEvolution VC Partners1 shared round · last May 28, 2025
FFirst Check Ventures1 shared round · last May 28, 2025
UUncommon Capital1 shared round · last May 28, 2025
VVITALIZE Venture Capital1 shared round · last May 28, 2025
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VVertex Ventures Israel9 companies · 3 deals in 12 mo
Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Consumer and social).
How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-11, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Venture funds Cowboy Ventures raised, from the list of new VC funds compiled by Shai Goldman (Brex). Each size links to the article that states it, or to that list where no article was found. All new funds: new VC funds.
Share is of the 8 rounds on Recent Funding that name Cowboy Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Cowboy Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/cowboy-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.