Costanoa VC

Costanoa Venture Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with an additional office in San Francisco. The firm specializes in investing in seed and Series A startups, focusing on business-to-business technology companies. Its investment strategy emphasizes cloud-based services, data analytics, and applications across various sectors, including fintech, cybersecurity, and AI-enabled software as a service (SaaS). Costanoa typically invests between $0.5 million and $3 million, aiming to partner with entrepreneurs to help them navigate the challenges of going to market and achieving product-market fit. The firm is dedicated to building durable companies that leverage data to address complex business problems.

Mike Albang

Chief Financial Officer

John Cowgill

Partner

Nancy Katz

Senior Director

Martina Lauchengco

Partner

Tony Liu

Partner

Michelle McHargue

Partner

Neill Occhiogrosso

Partner

McKenzie Parks

Associate

Rachel Quon

Marketing Manager

Greg Sands

Founder and Managing Partner

Mark Selcow

Partner

Jim Wilson

Partner

Past deals in Colorado

AppOmni

Series C in 2022
AppOmni Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a cloud suite platform designed to enhance the security and management of software as a service (SaaS) applications for enterprises. Established in 2018 and headquartered in San Bruno, California, with an additional office in Carbondale, Colorado, AppOmni offers a comprehensive security and management platform that conducts in-depth analyses of APIs, security controls, and configuration settings. This platform helps organizations identify and address risky configurations, improper access controls, and potential data exposures. By delivering a user-friendly dashboard, AppOmni grants customers visibility into the current state of their cloud applications, highlights deviations from intended configurations, and allows for verification of application security and functionality. The platform serves as a critical tool for Security, Compliance, and IT teams, enabling proactive posture monitoring and effective compliance management across all phases of a mature SaaS Security Posture Management program.

StackHawk

Series B in 2022
StackHawk, Inc. develops an application security tool for the development and operations (DevOps) pipeline. It offers StackHawk, a Software-as-a-Service based platform for identification and remediation of security problems in software development and production. The company’s StackHawk application also enables users to scan application, triage and fix security bugs, and automate in the build pipeline. In addition, its solution is used to catch security bugs, such as SQL injection, arbitrary code execution, operating system command injection, path traversal, cross site scripting, cross site request forgery, and open redirect. StackHawk, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

AppOmni

Series B in 2021
AppOmni Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a cloud suite platform designed to enhance the security and management of software as a service (SaaS) applications for enterprises. Established in 2018 and headquartered in San Bruno, California, with an additional office in Carbondale, Colorado, AppOmni offers a comprehensive security and management platform that conducts in-depth analyses of APIs, security controls, and configuration settings. This platform helps organizations identify and address risky configurations, improper access controls, and potential data exposures. By delivering a user-friendly dashboard, AppOmni grants customers visibility into the current state of their cloud applications, highlights deviations from intended configurations, and allows for verification of application security and functionality. The platform serves as a critical tool for Security, Compliance, and IT teams, enabling proactive posture monitoring and effective compliance management across all phases of a mature SaaS Security Posture Management program.

StackHawk

Series A in 2020
StackHawk, Inc. develops an application security tool for the development and operations (DevOps) pipeline. It offers StackHawk, a Software-as-a-Service based platform for identification and remediation of security problems in software development and production. The company’s StackHawk application also enables users to scan application, triage and fix security bugs, and automate in the build pipeline. In addition, its solution is used to catch security bugs, such as SQL injection, arbitrary code execution, operating system command injection, path traversal, cross site scripting, cross site request forgery, and open redirect. StackHawk, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

BillGO

Venture Round in 2020
BillGO is a business-to-business payment platform that revolutionizes the traditional bill payment process, which has remained largely unchanged for decades. By providing a solution that enables real-time payments, BillGO allows users to view, manage, and pay their bills from a single, secure location. The platform enhances customer engagement by reminding them of due dates and consolidating bill management, thus making the payment experience more streamlined and efficient. With a focus on security and effective routing, BillGO empowers bill payment providers to offer a modern and user-friendly system for processing bills online.

StackHawk

Seed Round in 2020
StackHawk, Inc. develops an application security tool for the development and operations (DevOps) pipeline. It offers StackHawk, a Software-as-a-Service based platform for identification and remediation of security problems in software development and production. The company’s StackHawk application also enables users to scan application, triage and fix security bugs, and automate in the build pipeline. In addition, its solution is used to catch security bugs, such as SQL injection, arbitrary code execution, operating system command injection, path traversal, cross site scripting, cross site request forgery, and open redirect. StackHawk, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

AppOmni

Series A in 2020
AppOmni Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a cloud suite platform designed to enhance the security and management of software as a service (SaaS) applications for enterprises. Established in 2018 and headquartered in San Bruno, California, with an additional office in Carbondale, Colorado, AppOmni offers a comprehensive security and management platform that conducts in-depth analyses of APIs, security controls, and configuration settings. This platform helps organizations identify and address risky configurations, improper access controls, and potential data exposures. By delivering a user-friendly dashboard, AppOmni grants customers visibility into the current state of their cloud applications, highlights deviations from intended configurations, and allows for verification of application security and functionality. The platform serves as a critical tool for Security, Compliance, and IT teams, enabling proactive posture monitoring and effective compliance management across all phases of a mature SaaS Security Posture Management program.

StackHawk

Seed Round in 2019
StackHawk, Inc. develops an application security tool for the development and operations (DevOps) pipeline. It offers StackHawk, a Software-as-a-Service based platform for identification and remediation of security problems in software development and production. The company’s StackHawk application also enables users to scan application, triage and fix security bugs, and automate in the build pipeline. In addition, its solution is used to catch security bugs, such as SQL injection, arbitrary code execution, operating system command injection, path traversal, cross site scripting, cross site request forgery, and open redirect. StackHawk, Inc. was founded in 2019 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

AppOmni

Seed Round in 2019
AppOmni Inc. is a company that specializes in providing a cloud suite platform designed to enhance the security and management of software as a service (SaaS) applications for enterprises. Established in 2018 and headquartered in San Bruno, California, with an additional office in Carbondale, Colorado, AppOmni offers a comprehensive security and management platform that conducts in-depth analyses of APIs, security controls, and configuration settings. This platform helps organizations identify and address risky configurations, improper access controls, and potential data exposures. By delivering a user-friendly dashboard, AppOmni grants customers visibility into the current state of their cloud applications, highlights deviations from intended configurations, and allows for verification of application security and functionality. The platform serves as a critical tool for Security, Compliance, and IT teams, enabling proactive posture monitoring and effective compliance management across all phases of a mature SaaS Security Posture Management program.

BillGO

Venture Round in 2018
BillGO is a business-to-business payment platform that revolutionizes the traditional bill payment process, which has remained largely unchanged for decades. By providing a solution that enables real-time payments, BillGO allows users to view, manage, and pay their bills from a single, secure location. The platform enhances customer engagement by reminding them of due dates and consolidating bill management, thus making the payment experience more streamlined and efficient. With a focus on security and effective routing, BillGO empowers bill payment providers to offer a modern and user-friendly system for processing bills online.

VictorOps

Series B in 2016
VictorOps Inc. provides a real-time incident management platform focusing on incident lifecycle management and collaboration for IT and DevOps teams. Its platform orchestrates team situational awareness, incident creation, escalation, notification, and remediation with team members regardless of physical location or time of day. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. As of June 25, 2018, VictorOps Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc.

VictorOps

Venture Round in 2015
VictorOps Inc. provides a real-time incident management platform focusing on incident lifecycle management and collaboration for IT and DevOps teams. Its platform orchestrates team situational awareness, incident creation, escalation, notification, and remediation with team members regardless of physical location or time of day. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. As of June 25, 2018, VictorOps Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc.

VictorOps

Series A in 2013
VictorOps Inc. provides a real-time incident management platform focusing on incident lifecycle management and collaboration for IT and DevOps teams. Its platform orchestrates team situational awareness, incident creation, escalation, notification, and remediation with team members regardless of physical location or time of day. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Boulder, Colorado. As of June 25, 2018, VictorOps Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Splunk Inc.

LinkSmart

Series B in 2013
LinkSmart is Real-Time Bidding Engine for Content Marketers. For the first time, programmatically connect your content with premium publishers. LinkSmart uses natural language processing, machine-learning technologies, and its data management platform to deliver engaged audiences to quality content and native advertising. LinkSmart's marketplace is built for brands and content marketers to boost reader engagement, increases pages per visit and strategically send audiences to the places they need them most. By leveraging LinkSmart’s proprietary technology, unique tools, and insights, brands and marketers will have the right intelligence and control to make smart audience development decisions.

Datalogix

Series B in 2013
Datalogix® is the industry-recognized leader at connecting digital media and offline purchasing data. We help more than half of the top 100 consumer marketers increase the effectiveness and measurability of their advertising. DLX Platform®, encompasses over $1 trillion in consumer spending and powers campaigns for more than 75% of online media companies. DLX ROI® is rapidly becoming the industry standard for measuring offline sales lift for digital media. Datalogix also offers predictive analytics for Direct Mail, and integrated media solutions via the DLX Net. Our expertise spans the major consumer segments, including Retail, CPG, Automotive, Telecom, Travel and Financial Services. We are based in Colorado, with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, and London.

LinkSmart

Series B in 2010
LinkSmart is Real-Time Bidding Engine for Content Marketers. For the first time, programmatically connect your content with premium publishers. LinkSmart uses natural language processing, machine-learning technologies, and its data management platform to deliver engaged audiences to quality content and native advertising. LinkSmart's marketplace is built for brands and content marketers to boost reader engagement, increases pages per visit and strategically send audiences to the places they need them most. By leveraging LinkSmart’s proprietary technology, unique tools, and insights, brands and marketers will have the right intelligence and control to make smart audience development decisions.

Datalogix

Series A in 2009
Datalogix® is the industry-recognized leader at connecting digital media and offline purchasing data. We help more than half of the top 100 consumer marketers increase the effectiveness and measurability of their advertising. DLX Platform®, encompasses over $1 trillion in consumer spending and powers campaigns for more than 75% of online media companies. DLX ROI® is rapidly becoming the industry standard for measuring offline sales lift for digital media. Datalogix also offers predictive analytics for Direct Mail, and integrated media solutions via the DLX Net. Our expertise spans the major consumer segments, including Retail, CPG, Automotive, Telecom, Travel and Financial Services. We are based in Colorado, with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, and London.