Costanoa Ventures Opportunity Fund III

United States
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About Costanoa Ventures Opportunity Fund III

Costanoa Ventures Opportunity Fund III is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, SaaS, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Enterprise software founders solving big, hard problems

enterprise software
hard problems
long-term partnership
early-stage to Series B
national security / govtech
AI / frontier labs
healthcare / HSA

Bullish Signals

Deep hands-on post-investment GP supportexternal
Portfolio spans HSA, AI, national securityexternal
Greg Sands treated as co-founder by foundersexternal
Multi-year engagement: better post-term-sheet than otherscostanoa.com
Recent portfolio wins: SGNL, Ivo, Smack Techcostanoa.com
Founders call Greg first: co-founder trust levelcostanoa.com
Better post-signature support than most VC firmscostanoa.com

Contrarian Signals

Select few bets — low volumeexternal
Heavy GP involvement may not suit allexternal

Founder Do's

Tackle big, hard, structural problems
Value deep ongoing GP engagement
Build enterprise software companies
Expect long-term co-founder-like relationship
Come with bold, durable company vision

Founder Don'ts

Don't expect hands-off investors
Don't pitch incremental or niche ideas
Don't expect best treatment pre-investment only

Key GPs & Partners

GS
Greg Sands
Founder & Managing Partner
hands-onlong-termoperator-minded
TB
Taylor Bernal
Director of Marketing & Platform
platform-focusedAI-engaged
JK
Joni Klippert
CEO & Co-Founder
series-bfounder-backed

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$119M
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Key People

Greg Sands, John Cowgill

Greg SandsFounder & Managing Partner
Taylor BernalDirector of Marketing & Platform
Joni KlippertCEO & Co-Founder

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