# Craig Cogut

> Craig Cogut is a pre-seed investor in Greenwich backing Fashion and Internet. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Greenwich, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-cogut-a512971b3

Craig Cogut is a pre-seed investor in Greenwich focused on Fashion and Internet. Craig Cogut has spent a career building successful investment businesses. Mr. Cogut founded Pegasus, a private equity fund, in 1996 and serves as its Chairman and President. Through Mr. Cogut's leadership, Pegasus has focused increasingly on areas influenced by global resource scarcity and the need for resource efficiency, as well as on thegrowth in demands for human wellness. In 1990 Mr. Cogut co-founded and was one of the original partners at Apollo Advisors L.P., a position he held for five years preceding the creation of Pegasus. Mr. Cogut is an active philanthropist in the fields of improving education, building civil society and championing environmental and health issues. Mr. Cogut serves as Chairman of The Polyphony Foundation, an organization that he co-founded to provide equal opportunity music education for Arab and Jewish Israeli youth. In addition, Mr. Cogut serves as a Trustee of Brown University and board member for Arizona State University's Global Institute of Sustainability, for Human Rights First, for The McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University and for the R-20 Regions of Climate Action. Mr. Cogut is a member of the Executive Council of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and serves as the Chairman of The Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown University. Mr. Cogut is an alumnus of Brown University and Harvard Law School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Social Media | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Katla | Eco-friendly fashion manufactured on-demand | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Dec 15, 2020 | https://katla.com/ |
| Appletree | Appletree offers a communication platform for education that connects students, teachers, and communities. As the evolution of BuzzMob, it supports features such as announcements, messaging, and engagement tools used in schools. The platform integrates with school information systems to manage communication workflows. It allows administrators tobroadcast updates, manage groups, and deliver targeted content. Appletree serves as a platform for educational institutions to organize communication and information sharing. | $2M |  | Oct 16, 2012 | https://x.com/buzzmob |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crowberry Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crowberry-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HBS Alumni Angels New York](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hbs-alumni-angels-new-york) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Craig Cogut invest in?

Craig Cogut invests primarily in Fashion, Internet and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Funding Round 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.

### How do I contact Craig Cogut?

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### When did Craig Cogut last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Craig Cogut closed in Dec 2020. 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.

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