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John Cowgill

Partner at Costanoa Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

John Cowgill is a Partner at Costanoa Ventures in San Francisco, specializing in AI-enabled SaaS and security sectors. With a B.S. from Northwestern University and a track record of investments in companies like Kepler Communications and AppOmni, he has demonstrated strong leadership and strategic planning skills throughout his career in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2016 - Current

Costanoa Ventures leads Formation, Seed, and Series A stage investments in companies that change the way the world does business

  • Board Member

    2025

    Seed investor

  • Board Member

    2024

    Seed investor

  • Board Member

    2023

    Pre-Seed & Seed investor

RunReveal is a security data platform designed to address the changing hazards of the digital era.

Raised $2,500,000.00 from Costanoa Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Seed investor

  • Seed Investor

    2022

  • Board Member

    2021

    Seed investor

Muon Space designs, builds, and operates orbit satellite constellations to deliver mission-critical data.

Raised $91,703,744.00 from Congruent Ventures, ACME Capital, Costanoa Ventures, Activate Capital Partners and Radical Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Series A investor

Africa's leading identity verification solution, remotely verify IDs in seconds while staying compliant and preventing fraud at scale.

Raised $31,100,000.00 from Future Africa, ValueStream Ventures, Courtside Ventures, 500 Fintech, Commerce Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, Norrsken22, Latitude, Two Culture Capital and Intercept Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Seed Investor

Vividly is a next-generation trade promotion management for built for the consumer-packaged goods industry.

Raised $32,714,326.00 from Amy Cheetham, Sara Du, Vertex Ventures US, Costanoa Ventures, 645 Ventures, Torch Capital, Green Spoon and GTMfund.

  • Board Member

    2020

    Series A investor

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