Cognizant
VC Fund
Teaneck, United States
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is a professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 195 on theFortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
Last updated:
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Industries Cognizant invests in
Stages Cognizant invests in
Countries Cognizant invests in
Contacts
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Andy Stafford
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Arpit Bung
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Brian Humphries
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Deborah Eastman
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Analytics 2 (25%)
- Education 2 (25%)
- Drones 1 (13%)
- EdTech 1 (13%)
- Social 1 (13%)
Stage
- Grant 2 (25%)
- Seed 1 (13%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
- Series B 1 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
Country
- United States 5 (63%)
- Denmark 1 (13%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Jatin Dalal
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Andy Stafford
Head of Global Delivery
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Head of Global Delivery | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Arpit Bung
Technical Lead / ArchitectTechnical
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Technical Lead / ArchitectTechnical | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Brian Humphries
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Deborah Eastman
Client Partner
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Client Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| , Girlstart is the only community-based informal STEM education nonprofit in the nation specifically dedicated to empowering and equipping girls in STEM through year-round STEM educational programming. Since 1997, Girlstart has served over 40,000 girls and 6,000 teachers and families with school-based programs, professional development forteachers, summer camps, STEM career conferences and expos, large-scale science events for families, and community STEM education outreach programs. Girlstart programs are open to girls K-16. They are focused on serving girls of minority backgrounds, girls who live in low-income or nonurban environments, and/or are considered at risk of academic failure by the Texas Education Agency. | Grant / Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Civic Hall is a one-of-a-kind community center for the world’s civic innovators. Located in the heart of New York City, They are a space where social entrepreneurs, change-makers, government employees, hackers, academics, journalists, and artists can share knowledge, build tools, and solve problems, together. Civic Hall is the kind of placewhere you bump into those old friends you met working on someone’s internet campaign two elections ago and now only see at the occasional tech conference. Here, you can rekindle the friendship and start work on that project that never seems to make it off the back burner. | $2M / Grant / Nov 20, 2018 | ||
| Rx.Health - a spinoff from the Mount Sinai Health System – brings the first enterprise-wide, Digital Medicine delivery system that enables providers to prescribe evidence-based mobile health applications, multi-media education, wearables, and therapeutics to patients at the point of care. Developed within Mount Sinai’s Digital Innovation Center(AppLab), Rx.Health’s digital medicine prescription platform (RxUniverse) is now utilized across multiple clinical specialties developing unique success stories. | $2.3M / Seed / Sep 05, 2018 | ||
| Cybrary is the fastest growing, fastest-moving catalog in the industry. By working with an elite community of instructors, experts, and thought leaders, as well as cutting edge hands-on learning providers, we deliver relevant and high-quality content that is accessible anytime, anywhere. Cyber security and IT companies on Cybrary can play a role inthe learning by contributing courses and content. Companies can also use their presence to recruit talent. Finally, companies looking to train their employees can use Cybrary's "Teams" product, to manage the training that their employees are taking on the platform. The product also provides hands-on CTF style challenges, practical labs and skill assessments. | $3.5M / Series A / Sep 12, 2017 | ||
Measure UAS
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Measure was an aerial intelligence company that enables enterprises to realize the transformative benefits of drone technology. With end-to-end program management, user-friendly flight control, and in-platform data analysis, our comprehensive software solution, Ground Control, helps businesses save thousands of hazardous man-hours and createmillions of dollars in operational benefits.On February 1st, 2020, Measure sold its services business into a joint venture with Aerodyne to form Aerodyne-Measure and reformed as Measure Global (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/measure-5631) | $22M / Series B / Jan 17, 2017 | |
| ReD Associates is a human science-based strategy consultancy. Since 2005, we have worked with global companies and foundations, C-suite, and boards to create meaningful change in product, sales, marketing, and R&D. We are based in Copenhagen, New York, Paris, and the Bay Area.The company analyzes how its clients’ customers live, what theythink and do all day, what their habits are, and how they understand the world. It compiles its observations as scientific data and generates data patterns. It then builds a theory around those patterns and tests the theory against what’s happening in the marketplace. Finally it delivers insights, along with actionable suggestions on proceeding strategically.Among ReD Associates’ deliverables are new or more targeted value propositions, a plan for implementing innovation processes from a practical and long-term perspective, prototypes and guidelines for new products and services, strategies for targeting gaps in a market or sharpening customer segmentation, and guidance in improving the success of M&As, and a blueprint for evolving and blending digital strategies with traditional ones.The company serves industries such as technology and telecom, media and entertainment, manufacturing, consumer products and services, healthcare, and not-for-profits.ReD Associates is based in Copenhagen, Denmark with presence in New York, United States. | Apr 28, 2016 | ||
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Co-Investors
GSR Ventures
3 deals together
Mount Sinai Innovation Partners
3 deals together
Arthur Ventures
1 deal together
Per Scholas
1 deal together
PSP Capital Partners
1 deal together
The Flying Object
1 deal together
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What does Cognizant invest in?
Cognizant invests primarily in Analytics, Education and Drones startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Cognizant includes Jatin Dalal (Chief Financial Officer), Andy Stafford (Head of Global Delivery) and Arpit Bung (Technical Lead / ArchitectTechnical), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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