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Soma Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 456 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $3.0M, Oct 2026VC firm

Pre-seedVenture Capital & Private Equity

Deploying now
76%of best year69cheques in 12 months, 456 on record
Since the last cheque10days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$4.2MCheque size, as they say$100K – $1.0MRounds led1 of 456Sole investor12 roundsMostly inUnited States, 85%
Pitch Soma Capital

Soma Capital highlights

  1. 01

    69 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Venture: 71% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 12 rounds, median $6.8M

What they do

Featured Soma Legends All Companies 100b+ Sam Altman OpenAI $800B Dario Amodei Anthropic $400B Ali Ghodsi Databricks $130BFrom their own website
Type
VC firm
Cheque size
$100K – $1.0M as they say
Stages
Pre-seed
Sectors
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Based in
San Francisco, United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first456 appearances

  1. 2026

    56 rounds

  2. Oct
    FirstworkSeries A · US · Bharat Fast$15MWith 7 others
  3. Oct
    RebillPre-seed · AR · LatamList$5.4MWith 6 others
  4. Oct
    MeticulousSeries A · US · Pulse 2.0$15MWith 12 others
  5. Sept
    RebillSeed · US$5.4MWith 3 others
  6. Aug
    Axle LabsSeries A · US$18MWith 4 others
  7. Jul
    Array LabsVenture · US$21MWith 3 others
  8. Jul
    ModusSeed · US$10MWith 1 other
  9. Jun
    MinervaSeries A · Ventureburn$20MWith 1 other
  10. Jun
    KartaDebt · US$125MWith 5 others
  11. Jun
    GrailPaySeries A · US$11MWith 2 others
  12. Jun
    REACHVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  13. May
    CognitionGrowth · US · TechCrunch$1.0BWith 14 others
  14. May
    Enzo HealthSeries A · US · TechStartups$20MWith 5 others
  15. May
    TrinioSeed · BR$6.4MWith 2 others
  16. May
    FunSeries A · US · AlleyWatch$72MWith 5 others
  17. May
    SuperDialVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  18. May
    MaverickXVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  19. May
    Scope AISeries A · GB$20MWith 4 others
  20. Apr
    Featherless.aiSeries A · US · Wavemaker Partners$20MWith 8 others
  21. Apr
    SwoopSeed · SZ · TechCabal$7.3MWith 7 others
  22. Apr
    Critical LoopSeries A · US · TechStartups$26MWith 6 others
  23. Apr
    daydream LabsSeries A · US$15MWith 4 others
  24. Apr
    HaiquVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  25. Apr
    Odys AviationVenture · US$26MWith 3 others
  26. Apr
    Illuminant SurgicalVenture · USUndisclosedWith 4 others
  27. Apr
    AlienPre-seed · US$7.1MWith 2 others
  28. Apr
    GoSatsVenture · SGUndisclosedWith 3 others
  29. Apr
    Impossible MetalsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  30. Mar
    NitraSeries B · US · Ventureburn$187MWith 21 others
  31. Mar
    RoveSeed · US$4.0MWith 4 others
  32. Mar
    Almanac HealthSeed · US$10MWith 2 others
  33. Mar
    EragonSeed · US$12MWith 3 others
  34. Mar
    PointOneSeries A · US$16MWith 4 others
  35. Feb
    GetDynastyVenture · USUndisclosedWith 5 others
  36. Feb
    Baba CareSeed · US$6.5MWith 1 other
  37. Feb
    PortersPre-seed · CH$3.2MWith 5 others
  38. Jan
    Extrian SecurityVenture · USUndisclosedSole investor
  39. Jan
    CerulionVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  40. Jan
    CosineVenture · US$534KWith 4 others
  41. Jan
    1849 BioVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration5 named

ABAbdon BolivarChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
ARAneel Ryan RanadiveManager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
JRJoseph Robert LandsmanCFO of the Management CompanyiFiling they signed
JRJoseph Robert Landsman IIICFO of the Management CompanyiFiling they signed
KCKatelyn Cooper KimberCOO of the Management CompanyiFiling they signed

We also hold 20 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$1.4Bassets it managesOct 2026
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
Legal name
SOMA Capital Management LLC
SEC number
CRD 285419

Funds on its Form ADV

25 private funds, $615M in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

  1. Soma Capital Fund II, L.P.Venture81 investors$227M
  2. Soma Capital Fund III, L.P.Venture340 investors$189M
  3. Soma Capital Fund I, L.P.Venture33 investors$67M
  4. Soma Capital Jeeves SPV, L.P.Venture12 investors$29M
  5. Soma Capital BOLT SPV-2, L.P.Venture2 investors$14M
  6. Soma Capital Rappi SPV, L.P.Venture15 investors$13M
  7. Soma Capital Jeeves SPV-2, L.P.Venture2 investors$12M
  8. Soma Capital Workstream SPV, L.P.Venture2 investors$10M
  9. Soma Capital Ironclad SPV, LLCVenture5 investors$9.8M
  10. Soma Capital Yummy SPV, L.P.Venture2 investors$7.5M

And 15 more on the filing.

Who backs their funds

1 LP on record in Soma Capital's funds

Committed
$5.5M
Funds
1
Vintages
2022

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2025.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

3 of 4 we have independently watched raise

Ali GhodsiDario AmodeiSam AltmanFellows

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Soma Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Soma Capital put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Soma Capital in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Soma Capital

What does Soma Capital invest in?

Soma Capital invests most often at Seed and Venture (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.

How active is Soma Capital?

456 investments on record, 69 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Soma Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Firstwork (Series A, Oct 2026), Rebill (Pre-seed, Oct 2026) and Meticulous (Series A, Oct 2026).

How big are Soma Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.2M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $1.0M.

Does Soma Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 456 investments on record (0%).

Where does Soma Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (85%).

Is Soma Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 69 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Soma Capital invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (251 rounds together), Liquid 2 Ventures (40 rounds together) and General Catalyst (21 rounds together).

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