BYU Cougar Capital

BYU Cougar Capital

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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

Founded

2005

Industry

Venture Capital

Employees

11-50

Investment

41

Lead Investment

5

Exits

17

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Private Equity

Investor Type

Private Equity Firm, Venture Capital

Location

Provo, Utah, United States, North America

Contact Information

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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.

Employees

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Jared Stone

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Investment portfolio

BYU Cougar Capital has made 41 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 15, 2017, when Visier raised $45.0M.

BYU Cougar Capital has made 7 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Jun 24, 2021, when Neurala raised $12.0M.

investments

41

Diversity investments

7

Lead investments

5

Number of exits

17

Investments

41

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Mar 15, 2017
Visier Visier
Software45.0M
Aug 14, 2017--10.0M
Jun 24, 2021
Neurala Neurala
Software12.0M
Feb 16, 2023--29.0M

Exits

17

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

41

Investors

0

Funds

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 DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Mar 15, 2017
Series D - Visier Series D - Visier
-45.0M-
Aug 14, 2017
Series A - Dragos Series A - Dragos
-10.0M-
Jun 24, 2021
Venture Round - Neurala Venture Round - Neurala
-12.0M-
Feb 16, 2023
Venture Round - GrainChain 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 DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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