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Investment Firm
Overview
Cougar Capital is a student-run venture capital and private equity evergreen fund run by 2nd-year MBA students at the Marriott School at Brigham Young University.
Cougar Capital partners with venture capital and private equity firms and becomes a member of the syndicate team conducting due diligence on potential investments. When appropriate, Cougar Capital will co-invest with the industry partners in the deal.
Started in 2005, Cougar Capital has produced alumni currently working in private equity, venture capital, investment banking, and award-winning entrepreneurial startups. Forbes magazine recently designated Cougar Capital as one of the most innovative business classes in America.
Highlights
2005
Venture Capital
11-50
41
5
17
Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity
Private Equity Firm, Venture Capital
Location
Provo, Utah, United States, North America
Contact Information
Social
Profile Resume
BYU Cougar Capital, established in 2005 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity investments across Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Infrastructure, Database, Virtualization, Flash Storage, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance. The organization boasts a portfolio of 41 investments, with an average round size of $20.1M and 17 successful exits. Their recent investments include Fusion-io, New Enterprise Associates, Pelion Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Dell. The highest investment round they participated in was $64.3B. Among their most notable exits are Fusion-io and New Enterprise Associates. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.
Investment portfolio
41
7
5
17
Investments
41
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Industry | Money Raised |
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Mar 15, 2017 | Visier | Software | 45.0M |
Aug 14, 2017 | - | - | 10.0M |
Jun 24, 2021 | Neurala | Software | 12.0M |
Feb 16, 2023 | - | - | 29.0M |
Exits
17
Funding Timeline
41
0
0
Funding Rounds
41
BYU Cougar Capital has raised 41 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 16, 2023 from a Venture Round - GrainChain round.
Annouced Date | Transaction Name | Number of Investors | Money Raised | Lead Investor |
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Mar 15, 2017 | Series D - Visier | - | 45.0M | - |
Aug 14, 2017 | Series A - Dragos | - | 10.0M | - |
Jun 24, 2021 | Venture Round - Neurala | - | 12.0M | - |
Feb 16, 2023 | Venture Round - GrainChain | - | 29.0M | - |
Investors
0
There is no funding round available on this profile
Fund raised
2
Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.
Annouced Date | Fund Name | Money Raised |
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May 10, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
May 11, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
Invest in industries
Recent Activity
Funding Round
Feb 16, 2023
GrainChain raised $29000000 on 2023-02-16 in Venture Round
Funding Round
Jun 24, 2021
Neurala raised $12000000 on 2021-06-24 in Venture Round
Funding Round
Aug 14, 2017
Dragos raised $10000000 on 2017-08-14 in Series A
Funding Round
Mar 15, 2017
Visier raised $45000000 on 2017-03-15 in Series D
Funding Round
Mar 13, 2017
Canopy raised $20000000 on 2017-03-13 in Series B