Cotter Cunningham
Venture Partner @ Next Coast Ventures
Austin, United States
Cotter Cunningham is a seed investor at Next Coast Ventures in Austin focused on Internet and E-Commerce. Cotter Cunningham is the founder and chief executive officer of RetailMeNot, Inc., a leading digital savings destination connecting consumers with retailers, restaurants and brands, both online and in-store. Cotter founded the company in 2009 and raised over $300 million from private investors before leading the company to an IPO in July 2013.Prior to RetailMeNot, Cotter was the senior vice president and COO of Bankrate Inc. for seven years, taking the company public in 1999. He also previously served as CEO-in-Residence at Austin Ventures, Vice President and General Manager of VML, Vice President of Block Financial Corporation and Assistant Vice President of H&R Block. He wrote the book "Your Financial Action Plan: 12 Simple Steps to Achieve Money Success." Cotter has an MBA from Vanderbilt University and lives in Austin, TX.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Internet 2 (22%)
- E-Commerce 2 (22%)
- SaaS 1 (11%)
- Jewelry 1 (11%)
- Consumer 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (56%)
- Series A 2 (22%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
Investments
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Reflex
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Reflex is an online marketplace that helps brands find and connect with retail workers on-demand. | $9.1M / Seed / Jun 08, 2024 | |
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Reflex
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Reflex is an online marketplace that helps brands find and connect with retail workers on-demand. | $4.5M / Seed / Jun 07, 2022 | |
Data.world
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data.world makes it easy for everyone—not just the “data people”—to get clear, accurate, fast answers to any business question. Our cloud-native data catalog maps your siloed, distributed data to familiar and consistent business concepts, creating a unified body of knowledge anyone can find, understand, and use.data.world is also home to theworld’s largest collaborative data community. It’s where people team up on everything from social bot detection to award-winning data journalism. We use what we learn from this community to improve the enterprise product and vice versa. Our team co-created the Manifesto for Data Practices, the most effective, ethical, and modern approach to data teamwork. More people signed the Manifesto for Data Practices in its first year than signed the Agile Manifesto in its first two years combined. In 2019 DataPractices.org became a Linux Foundation Project. The vendor-neutral community features new, open courseware to help people and organizations improve data practices through inclusion, experimentation, accountability, and impact.We are a Public Benefit Corporation. Most corporations are required to prioritize shareholder returns above all else. Not us. We are legally structured as a Public Benefit Corporation so we can pursue our mission and shareholder value with equal vigor. This ability is rare, powerful, and sustaining. | $26M / Series B / Sep 15, 2020 | |
Eterneva
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Eterneva is a developer of diamond technology intended to convert cremated ashes of loved ones into memorial diamonds. It is a consumer technology company and grief wellness brand that has established itself in the industry by providing customized experiences to grieving families in their time of need. Eterneva was developed to understand,listen, and help create a lasting memory of a close friend, partner, or family member who has passed through a memorial diamond. Eterneva provides support to help create, establish, and maintain an ongoing physical memory through one of the most permanent forms that exist in nature. Because the catharsis of transitioning beyond the loss of a loved one to a lasting memory is so personal, Eterneva’s team works to achieve full communication, transparency, and experience with every customer so the end result honors their memory in full. Adelle Archer has been featured on the Inc 30 under 30 List. | $3M / Seed / Jul 13, 2020 | |
101 Commerce
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101 Commerce is an e-commerce platform for microbrands.It builds an e-commerce business that helps private label brands across diverse product categories. The company acquires, invests, and launches multiple brands that primarily utilize the operating leverage of Amazon’s FBA (Fulfilled by Amazon) platform. This allows growing businesses to focusentirely on designing a product, building a brand, and providing stellar customer service. Through innovation and consolidation, 101 Commerce is creating additional operating leverage with technology, supply-chain economies of scale, and big data-driven marketing – normally a set of big challenges for niche, eCommerce brands.In 2018, Richard Jalichandra established the Austin, Texas-based company. | $12.7M / Series A / Jun 07, 2018 | |
FINERY
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They are a Fashion/Technology startup that is busy making an OS that will revolutionize the way you interact with your wardrobe. | $5M / Seed / Jan 15, 2018 | |
LawnStarter
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LawnStarter is an online marketplace that provides lawn maintenance and outdoor services for consumers and lawn care professionals. It also provides instant quotes for consumers, who can schedule lawn mowing and related lawn-care services from insured professionals. In addition, LawnStarter's algorithms use geolocation data to help pros buildroute density, increasing their profitability. They combine time-tested lawn care expertise with 21st-century innovation to offer a seamless customer experience.The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA. | $1M / Seed / Jan 14, 2015 | |
LIFX
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LIFX (pronounced LIFE-X) pioneered the smart light in 2012 with the first Wi Fi-enabled, multi-colored LED that’s controllable via a smart device. Designed to last over 22 years, LIFX offers the brightest, most flexible smart light for your home or office.LIFX works with Nest and other smart home devices to give consumers an easy way toexperience the connected home, without needing additional hardware.The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Redwood City, California. | Series A / Aug 28, 2014 | |
LookNook
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LookNook brings great design into every home by being a fun and affordable way to give peoples’ home that perfect look - all without having to compromise. We connect our clients with designers from our professional interior designer network who perfectly fit each unique style. Since 2013, LookNook has been giving our clients everything they need tomake their design desires into realities - without breaking the bank. Our one time fee of $100, and average discounts of 25% at over 150 leading design and furniture companies through our full service website, ensure that LookNook truly is bringing great design to everyone. | $1M / Seed / Jun 01, 2013 |
Co-Investors
About Next Coast Ventures
Next Coast Ventures is an Austin venture capital firm that partners with bold entrepreneurs building innovative companies in big markets. It provides early-stage capital to high-growth startups in ‘Next Coast’ markets, using macro trends and themes to guide their investment strategy. In partnering with Next Coast, the fund provides hands-on,company building resources to its growing portfolio through its strong industry network, venture partner program and the founders’ own experiences as entrepreneurs. Learn more at www.nextcoastventures.com.
Next Coast Ventures Contacts
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Partner
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Anthony Walker
Co-Head and Managing Partner
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Anthony Walker
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Cotter Cunningham
Venture Partner
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What does Cotter Cunningham invest in?
Cotter Cunningham invests primarily in Internet, E-Commerce and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 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 most recent investment recorded for Cotter Cunningham closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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