# Joshua Motta

> Joshua Motta is a seed investor at Coalition (San Francisco) backing Software and Internet. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Coalition](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coalition-535d)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamotta
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/joshuamotta
- Website: https://x.com/joshuamotta

Joshua Motta is a seed investor at Coalition in San Francisco focused on Software and Internet. Joshua Motta is based out of San Francisco, California and is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coalition. Joshua previously worked at Cloudflare as a CXO and Head of Special Projects. Joshua Motta attended University of Chicago.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$5.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Internet | 2 | 40% |
| Analytics | 2 | 40% |
| Cloud Security | 2 | 40% |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 40% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| China | 1 | 20% |
| France | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bastion | Bastion is a cloud-based cyber security platform that is built to scale with security, compliance, insurance, and risk management needs. | $2.8M | Seed | Apr 27, 2023 |  |
| Commsor | Community scales your business, resources, and presence in ways that traditional marketing or advertising channels cannot. When done right, community enables and improves customer acquisition, streamlines support and success, bolsters retention, and provides crucial product insights. Visit https://commsor.com/ to learn more. | $50M | Series B | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Galvanick | When it comes to securing Industrial Operations environments, we believe humans should always be in the loop as actions in the cyber-physical world have real consequences. Threats are increasing faster than we can hire and train employees. We provide an Intelligence Augmentation platform that acts as your “cyber-sidekick”. Galvanick helpsindustrial companies secure their operations by reducing the time to detection of anomalous behavior on their most sensitive assets. The Galvanick cloud-native analysis platform aggregates telemetry from industrial environments and hosts systemic models that enable operators to quickly understand the difference between, and context around, both normal and abnormal behavior |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Ascend | Ascend is a modern, all-in-one payments solution purpose-built for insurance. We automate insurance payments end-to-end — from online customer payments including premium financing to the distribution of commissions and carrier payables. We help digital distributors sell more insurance by simplifying operations, reducing payment friction anddelivering the modern checkout experience customers expect. | $5.5M | Seed | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Dyad.com | Dyad.com is a mentorship platform that has helped students earn over $27 million in scholarships to the world's best universities.Dyad Mentors guide students through the university admissions process with a free online library of instructional articles and videos and a digital workspace for face-to-face video-conferences and documentreviews. | $400K | Seed | Apr 25, 2014 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MGV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maschmeyer-group-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [776 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addaura-2cee) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atomico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Banyan Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banyan-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Coalition

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Coalition is an active insurance company that combines comprehensive insurance and proactive cybersecurity tools to help businesses manage and mitigate cyber risk. Backed by leading global insurers Allianz, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Arch Insurance North America, Lloyd’s of London, and Ascot Group, Coalition offers its insurance products in theUS and Canada and its security products to organizations globally. Coalition’s Active Risk Platform provides automated security alerts, threat intelligence, expert guidance, and cybersecurity tools to help businesses remain resilient in the face of cyber attacks. Headquartered in San Francisco, Coalition is a distributed company with a global workforce that collaborates both digitally and in-office hubs across the globe.

5 contacts available at Coalition.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Gates | Head Of Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-gates |
| Dennis Crothers | Design | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-crothers |
| Dylan Steele | CMO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dylan-steele |
| Frank Fumarola | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-fumarola |
| John Hering | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-hering |

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## FAQ

### What does Joshua Motta invest in?

Joshua Motta invests primarily in Software, Internet and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Joshua Motta's check size?

Joshua Motta typically joins rounds of $400k–$5.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Joshua Motta participates in.

### When did Joshua Motta last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joshua Motta closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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