Gill Cogan
Managing General Partner @ Opus Capital
Menlo Park, United States
Gill Cogan is a founding partner of Opus Capital, bringing more than 20 years of venture capital investing experience as well as experience building and leading venture capital firms. Gill is also a founding General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners and continues to serve as Managing Partner of the Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture PartnersFunds. Prior to joining Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners in 1990, Gill managed the West Coast venture capital operations of Adler & Company. In 1985, he was one of three general partners who formed the first independent Israeli venture fund.Gill's operating experience includes his tenure as CEO of Formtek, Inc. — a systems company based on technology developed at Carnegie Mellon University — which was subsequently acquired by Lockheed Corporation.Gill holds an MBA from UCLA.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Gill Cogan invests in
SoftwareEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWirelessAnalytics
Stages Gill Cogan invests in
Series BSeries ASeries ESeries DFunding Round
Countries Gill Cogan invests in
United States
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (33%)
- Enterprise Software 5 (28%)
- SaaS 2 (11%)
- Wireless 2 (11%)
- Analytics 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series B 7 (39%)
- Series A 3 (17%)
- Series E 3 (17%)
- Series D 2 (11%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
Investments
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Workboard
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Workboard is an enterprise SaaS company that helps companies unlock growth by making alignment and accountability remarkably easy. The Workboard SaaS Solution transforms an antiquated approach to strategy alignment and progression into a dynamic, data-driven practice augmented by analytics and intelligence. It helps organizations align OKRs andFAST goals, automate business reviews, and execute for growth.Workboard enables goal and execution alignment with full transparency for faster, better results. The Workboard solution helps teams make results in a habit with software to localize, activate, and execute strategic priorities fast and efficiently, and coaching to rapidly localize strategy through the org so everyone's engaged on this quarter's results. It sustains high speed, focus, and purpose as the organization grows exponentially.Workboard was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States. | $23M / Series B / Mar 20, 2019 | |
Sisense
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Sisense goes beyond traditional business intelligence by providing organizations with the ability to infuse analytics everywhere, embedded in both customer facing applications and employee-facing workflows. Sisense customers are breaking through the barriers of analytic adoption by going beyond the dashboard with Sisense Fusion - the highlycustomizable, AI-driven analytics cloud platform, that infuses intelligence at the right place and the right time, every time. More than 2,000 global companies such as GitLab, UiPath, Tinder, Nasdaq, GE, Rolls Royce and Philips Healthcare rely on Sisense to innovate, disrupt markets and drive meaningful change in the world. Ranked as the No. 1 Business Intelligence company in terms of customer success, Sisense has also been named one of the Forbes’ Cloud 100, The World’s Best Cloud Companies, five years in a row. | $80M / Series E / Sep 11, 2018 | |
Cloud4Wi
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Cloud4Wi turns WiFi into a strategic growth engine.Our AI-powered, cloud-based platform enables companies to connect people and devices through secure, frictionless connectivity, driving business outcomes while cutting IT overhead. By accelerating data insights and automating secure network access, Cloud4Wi transforms physical locations intointelligent, data-driven environments.Trusted by leading global brands—including Campari Group, Ferrari, MSC, Prada Group, and Starbucks—Cloud4Wi supports over 300 million mobile users across 70,000 locations in more than 150 countries. | $11.5M / Series B / Oct 02, 2017 | |
Prove
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Prove is a smartphone-based identity verification startup that specializes in providing phone-centric and API marketplace solutions. Its phone-centric solutions enable its customers to acquire new consumers and engage with their existing consumers by removing friction while bolstering security and enhancing consumer privacy and consumer choice. | $23.5M / Series E / Jan 05, 2017 | |
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Sisense
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Sisense goes beyond traditional business intelligence by providing organizations with the ability to infuse analytics everywhere, embedded in both customer facing applications and employee-facing workflows. Sisense customers are breaking through the barriers of analytic adoption by going beyond the dashboard with Sisense Fusion - the highlycustomizable, AI-driven analytics cloud platform, that infuses intelligence at the right place and the right time, every time. More than 2,000 global companies such as GitLab, UiPath, Tinder, Nasdaq, GE, Rolls Royce and Philips Healthcare rely on Sisense to innovate, disrupt markets and drive meaningful change in the world. Ranked as the No. 1 Business Intelligence company in terms of customer success, Sisense has also been named one of the Forbes’ Cloud 100, The World’s Best Cloud Companies, five years in a row. | $50M / Series D / Jan 07, 2016 | |
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Workboard
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Workboard is an enterprise SaaS company that helps companies unlock growth by making alignment and accountability remarkably easy. The Workboard SaaS Solution transforms an antiquated approach to strategy alignment and progression into a dynamic, data-driven practice augmented by analytics and intelligence. It helps organizations align OKRs andFAST goals, automate business reviews, and execute for growth.Workboard enables goal and execution alignment with full transparency for faster, better results. The Workboard solution helps teams make results in a habit with software to localize, activate, and execute strategic priorities fast and efficiently, and coaching to rapidly localize strategy through the org so everyone's engaged on this quarter's results. It sustains high speed, focus, and purpose as the organization grows exponentially.Workboard was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States. | $1.5M / Convertible Note / May 08, 2015 | |
SpiderCloud Wireless
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SpiderCloud Wireless is the innovator of a small-cell managed services platform that allows mobile operators to deliver scalable and unprecedented cellular and Wi-Fi coverage, capacity, and cloud services to medium to large enterprises, wherever there's a LAN.The E-RAN system consists of a Services Node (SCSN) that can control over 100self-organizing and multi-access 3G, Wi-Fi, and LTE/4G small cells that can be installed in just days using an enterprise- Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN). One E-RAN delivers unprecedented capacity and coverage to over 10,000 connected smartphones and tablets, with just one connection to the mobile operator’s core network. The scalable system architecture simplifies deployment and overall network configuration for mobile operators as they address pent-up demand for reliable mobile services from enterprise and large venue customers.SpiderCloud is led by executives with successful track records at companies including Flarion Technologies, Qualcomm, Shasta Networks, FiberTower, Aperto Networks, and Airvana.The company is privately funded and is based in San Jose, California, with offices in New Jersey and London. | $15M / Jan 06, 2015 | |
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Sisense
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Sisense goes beyond traditional business intelligence by providing organizations with the ability to infuse analytics everywhere, embedded in both customer facing applications and employee-facing workflows. Sisense customers are breaking through the barriers of analytic adoption by going beyond the dashboard with Sisense Fusion - the highlycustomizable, AI-driven analytics cloud platform, that infuses intelligence at the right place and the right time, every time. More than 2,000 global companies such as GitLab, UiPath, Tinder, Nasdaq, GE, Rolls Royce and Philips Healthcare rely on Sisense to innovate, disrupt markets and drive meaningful change in the world. Ranked as the No. 1 Business Intelligence company in terms of customer success, Sisense has also been named one of the Forbes’ Cloud 100, The World’s Best Cloud Companies, five years in a row. | $10M / Series B / Apr 03, 2013 | |
SpaceTime Insight
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SpaceTime Insight develops and delivers innovative advanced analytics and IIoT applications for asset-intensive industries. With its software, customers reduce cost and risk, increase capital efficiency, pinpoint theft, spoilage, and shrinkage, lower the frequency and duration of service outages, optimize field crews and operations, ensureregulatory compliance, and more. They understand the entire breadth of their operations in motion, in context, and in real-time, and generate greater returns at lower risk, lower cost, and greater speed. The company's advanced analytics applications help companies realize the full value of their people, processes, and assets.SpaceTime Insight’s software powers mission-critical systems for some of the largest companies around the world in diverse industries including utilities, shipping, manufacturing, and energy. | $14M / Series B / Sep 19, 2012 | |
FreeMonee
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FreeMonee is changing the economics of advertising by enabling stores and restaurants to attract customers on demand using FreeMonee Gifts. With its unique new consumer incentive, FreeMonee delivers gifts of money directly to cardholders of the largest financial institutions. Customized to precisely match consumer interest, gifts allow consumers topurchase anything they want at designated stores or restaurants—no strings attached. The gifts are made possible by FreeMonee’s proprietary Gift Underwriting Engine, which accurately determines the right gift to ensure the highest level of consumer interest and the best return on ad spend for a merchant. Unlike traditional coupons or offers, FreeMonee Gifts feel like a gift card from a friend—money to spend at places consumers like. For retail marketers, FreeMonee Gifts enable brands to attract large volumes of profitable, incremental customer visits—without discounting. For banks and credit card companies, FreeMonee provides the opportunity to positively engage customers and strengthen loyalty.Founded in 2009 and located in San Mateo, California, FreeMonee is led by former executives of Google, Visa, Oracle, Cisco, Procter & Gamble and Coca- Cola. To date, FreeMonee has raised $45 million in funding with investments from Charles E. Ryan, Opus Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures, among others. Through continued partnerships with the top U.S. financial institutions, the company expects 50 million households to have access to FreeMonee Gifts in 2012. For more information, please visit www.freemonee.com. | $34M / Series B / Aug 07, 2012 | |
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About Opus Capital
Opus Capital is providing access to critical resources and giving counsel on strategy, finance and operations.
Opus Capital Contacts
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Dan Avida
General Partner
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Gill Cogan
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FAQ
What does Gill Cogan invest in?
Gill Cogan invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 18 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 Gill Cogan last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Gill Cogan closed in Mar 2019. Shizune tracks 18 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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