Francisco D'Souza
Managing Partner & Co-Founder @ Recognize Partners
New York, United States
Francisco D'Souza is a seed investor at Recognize Partners in New York focused on Information Technology and Software. Francisco D’Souza is the Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at Cogizant since January 2007. Francisco served as Cognizant's President from January 2007 to January 2012 and as Chief Operating Officer from December 2003 through December 2006. Prior to that, from November 1999 to December 2003, Francisco served asCognizant's Senior Vice President of North American Operations and Business Development. From March 1998 to November 1999, Francisco served as Cognizant's Vice President of North American Operations and Business Development and as Director of North American Operations and Business Development from June 1997 to March 1998. From January 1996 to June 1997, Francisco was engaged as Cognizant's Consultant. From February 1995 to December 1995, Francisco was employed as Product Manager at Pilot Software. Between 1992 and 1995, Francisco held various marketing, business development and technology management positions as a Management Associate at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. While working at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Francisco was part of the team that established the software development and maintenance business conducted by us. Francisco has served on the Board of Directors of General Electric Company since 2013, where he is currently a Member of the Audit Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. Francisco also serves on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University, as Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The New York Hall of Science and on the Board of Directors of the U.S.-India Business Council and is a member of the Business Roundtable. Francisco holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Macau and a Master of Business Administration degree from Carnegie Mellon University.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Francisco D'Souza invests in
Stages Francisco D'Souza invests in
Countries Francisco D'Souza invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 5 (83%)
- Software 3 (50%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (33%)
- Computer 1 (17%)
- Database 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (33%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Private Equity 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 5 (83%)
- Ukraine 1 (17%)
Investments
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| Filament is operator of a communication platform intended to accelerate and amplify global change. | $10.7M / Seed / Sep 30, 2025 | ||
| Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people. With a mission to fuel bold visions, Blend tackles significant challenges by seamlessly aligning human expertise with artificial intelligence. The company is dedicated to unlocking valueand fostering innovation for its clients by harnessing world-class people and data-driven strategy. We believe that the power of people and AI can have a meaningful impact on your world. For more information, visit www.blend360.com | $100M / Private Equity / Aug 09, 2022 | ||
| Torc, a talent marketplace bringing a productive freelance developers to the enterprise through an AI, security, and culture-first platform | $5M / Seed / Mar 01, 2022 | ||
| SpringML's predictive analytic applications use machine learning models to learn from our client's CRM data, providing actionable insights to sales and marketing teams. The applications automate manual, error-prone processes like sales forecasting and opportunity management. SpringML also provides consulting services from analyticsstrategy to Salesforce Wave implementation, our experts help our client's experts get the data and insights they need to perform better and win. Our team and methodology are tuned for speed, giving you fast results you can trust. | Venture - Series Unknown / Oct 14, 2021 | ||
| Ciklum is a Danish innovative IT outsourcing company specializing in nearshore software development in Eastern Europe, in Ukraine and Belarus.Ciklum unique business model merges the human element with IT to not only help companies to grow, but provide ongoing resources that sustain growth with the flexibility to scale up or down as marketsshift. Ciklum clients can gain control over their IT processes and systems and get more value from the resources they already have. We surround each client team, both client and IT, with knowledge sharing activities to foster a profitable and productive work environment during their entire outsourcing experience, including social events, strong infrastructure, financial and administrative support, Q & A and consulting services. Ciklum also provides project-based services and peak resources on a short-term basis to accomplish very specific tasks efficiently and with superior quality. Established in 2002, Ciklum employs more than 1,700 IT specialists with more than 150 global clients’ own software development teams. Ciklum has six development offices in Ukraine, one in Belarus, and two in Pakistan, as well as representative offices in Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. Ciklum is a winner of Red Herring 100 Europe 2009 (an award given to the Top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA region each year), recognized as CeBIT 2010 Top 20 innovative company delivering services/products for small and medium sized companies, and named the 2010 and 2011 Top 100 global services provider. Ciklum is rated Best Larger IT Employer 2010 & 2011 in Ukraine by DOU, the Ukrainian Community of Software Developers. Ciklum is a member of the Hi-Tech Initiative, the IT Ukraine Association and the European Business Association (EBA). | Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 29, 2020 | ||
| Ultranauts is a New York-based company that provides high-quality software testing services. Its competitive advantage comes from employing high functioning individuals on the Autism Spectrum, who can have heightened abilities that are an exact match for software testing - e.g. pattern recognition, focus, attention to detail, tolerance forrepetition.Ultranauts is founded in 2012 by two MIT engineers, Rajesh Anandan and Art Shectman. | $3.5M / Series A / Aug 06, 2019 |
Co-Investors
Asymmetric Capital Partners
1 deal together
Betaworks
1 deal together
EQT
1 deal together
Flybridge
1 deal together
Moai Capital Venture
1 deal together
Mozilla Ventures
1 deal together
About Recognize Partners
Recognize builds technology companies by partnering with talented management teams and providing industry insight, operational expertise and strategic capital to spur innovation.
Recognize Partners Contacts
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Charles Phillips
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
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David H. Wasserman
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
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Francisco D'Souza
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Rajeev Mehta
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Shawn Pride
Partner & Chief Operating Officer
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FAQ
What does Francisco D'Souza invest in?
Francisco D'Souza invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 6 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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When did Francisco D'Souza last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Francisco D'Souza closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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