# Chad Cohen

> Chad Cohen is a funding round investor at Cota Capital (Seattle) backing FinTech and Incubators. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cota Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cota-capital)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-cohen-b464342/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cfochad
- Website: https://x.com/cfochad

Chad Cohen is a funding round investor at Cota Capital in Seattle focused on FinTech and Incubators. Chad Cohen is the Board Director of Vacasa and an Operating Partner at Cota Capital. He previously worked at Trupanion as a Board Chairman. Chad Cohen attended Harvard-Westlake School and Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Incubators | 1 | 50% |
| Venture Capital | 1 | 50% |
| Impact Investing | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Madrona Venture Labs | Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio that builds companies from scratch. Madrona Venture Labs is based in Seattle and housed at Madrona Venture Group. The studio makes use of money from its funds to incubate concepts and recruit a management crew to ultimately run the enterprise.Founded in 2014, MVL has spun out greater than a dozen firms,together with some that had been later acquired by Nordstrom, Uber, and Mailchimp. | $8M |  | May 29, 2021 |  |
| Madrona Venture Labs | Madrona Venture Labs is a startup studio that builds companies from scratch. Madrona Venture Labs is based in Seattle and housed at Madrona Venture Group. The studio makes use of money from its funds to incubate concepts and recruit a management crew to ultimately run the enterprise.Founded in 2014, MVL has spun out greater than a dozen firms,together with some that had been later acquired by Nordstrom, Uber, and Mailchimp. | $8M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 29, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Cota Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Cota Capital is an SEC-registered multi-stage investment firm focused on private and public enterprise technology companies. Cota has invested in more than 100 private and public technology companies since inception. Cota’s overall Mission is to deliver impactful outcomes through principle-guided investment in modern enterprise technologies.

5 contacts available at Cota Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aditya Singh | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aditya-singh-a1ba |
| Aleksander Gustav Mohn | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aleksander-gustav-mohn |
| Babak Poushanchi | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/babak-poushanchi |
| Bobby Yazdani | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bobby-yazdani |
| Chad Cohen | Operating Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chad-cohen |

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## FAQ

### What does Chad Cohen invest in?

Chad Cohen invests primarily in FinTech, Incubators and Venture Capital startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chad Cohen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chad Cohen closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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