# The Westly Group: portfolio, investments and team

> The Westly Group is a vc firm based in United States. 67 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026.

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# The Westly Group

Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 67 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $100M, May 2026 VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Solar Smartgrid Photovoltaic

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**100%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 67 on record

Since the last cheque **92** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$15M** Cheque size, as they say **$3.0M – $7.0M** Rounds led **1 of 67** Sole investor **3 rounds** Exits **3 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 95%**

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## The Westly Group highlights

- 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series B and Series A: 49% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $1.9M
- 04 3 exits from the portfolio

## What they do

> Backing founders transforming how the world is built, powered, and moved - since 2007. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** $3.0M – $7.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B
- **Sectors:** Solar Smartgrid Photovoltaic
- **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **67 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Jul** **[Antora Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/antora-energy)** Series C · US · Crunchbase News **$550M** With 14 others
- **2025** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Skylo](https://millionrounds.com/company/skylo)** Growth · US · TechStartups **$30M** With 9 others
- **2019** 4 rounds
- **Aug** **[MyHealthTeams](https://millionrounds.com/company/myhealthteams)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$9.4M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[Luminar](https://millionrounds.com/company/luminar)** US · Businesswire **$250M** With 6 others
- **May** **[Awair](https://millionrounds.com/company/awair)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$10M** *Led*
- **Feb** **[Vinli](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinli)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$14M** With 3 others
- **2018** 3 rounds
- **Nov** **[RapidSOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidsos)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[Gecko Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/gecko-robotics)** US · TechCrunch **$7.0M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Honest Buildings](https://millionrounds.com/company/honest-buildings)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 16 others
- **2017** 5 rounds
- **Oct** **[Honest Building](https://millionrounds.com/company/honest-building)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$13M** With 10 others
- **Jun** **[CognitiveScale](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognitivescale)** US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[MyHealthTeams](https://millionrounds.com/company/myhealthteams)** Series C · US · Medcitynews **$7.3M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[RapidOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidos)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$14M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[SentinelOne](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentinelone)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$70M** With 5 others
- **2016** 1 round
- **May** **[Greenwave Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenwave-systems)** **$60M** With 5 others
- **2015** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[MyHealthTeams](https://millionrounds.com/company/myhealthteams)** Series B · US **$5.0M** With 4 others
- **Oct** **[SentinelOne](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentinelone)** Series B · US **$25M** With 6 others
- **Jun** **[Vinli](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinli)** Series A · US **$6.5M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[WaterSmart Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/watersmart-software)** Series B · US **$7.0M** With 3 others
- **2014** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[Feastly](https://millionrounds.com/company/feastly)** Seed · US **$1.3M** With 1 other
- **Nov** **[Good Eggs](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-eggs)** Series C · US **$21M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Building Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/building-robotics)** Series A · US **$5.5M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Good Eggs](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-eggs)** Series B · US **$21M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[SentinelOne](https://millionrounds.com/company/sentinelone)** Series A · US **$12M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Yerdle](https://millionrounds.com/company/yerdle)** Series A · US **$5.0M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[SCIenergy](https://millionrounds.com/company/scienergy)** Venture · US **$12M** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[MyHealthTeams](https://millionrounds.com/company/myhealthteams)** Series A · US **$3.4M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Simple Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-energy)** Series B · US **$6.0M** With 2 others
- **2013** 11 rounds
- **Dec** **[Honest Buildings](https://millionrounds.com/company/honest-buildings)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[GreenWave Reality](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenwave-reality)** Series B · US · finsmes.com **$19M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Good Eggs](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-eggs)** Series A · US · techcrunch.com **$8.5M** With 6 others
- **Aug** **[WaterSmart Software](https://millionrounds.com/company/watersmart-software)** Series A · US · finsmes.com **$4.5M** With 3 others
- **Aug** **[Yerdle](https://millionrounds.com/company/yerdle)** Seed · US **$500K** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[Ioxus](https://millionrounds.com/company/ioxus)** Series C · US · finsmes.com **$15M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[Honest Buildings](https://millionrounds.com/company/honest-buildings)** Series A · US · startupbeat.com **$5.5M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Enerkem](https://millionrounds.com/company/enerkem)** Growth · CA **$49M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Enerkem](https://millionrounds.com/company/enerkem)** Series D · CA · newswire.ca **$49M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **[Good Eggs](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-eggs)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Good Eggs](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-eggs)** Seed · US **Undisclosed** Sole investor
- **2012** 7 rounds
- **Oct** **[SST Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/company/sst-inc)** Venture · US · pevc.dowjones.com **$12M** With 5 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 registration **6 named**

DC **Danny Cotter** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

DC **David Coveney Coglizer** Member i Form ADV

GD **Gary Dillabough** Member i Form ADV

SW **Steve Westly** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

SP **Steven Paul Westly** Member i Form ADV

TW **Tim Wang** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed

We also hold **25** 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

**$502M** gross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combined Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Westly Capital Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 161882

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**26** of 42 we have independently watched raise

[Antora Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/antora-energy)[AttoTude](https://millionrounds.com/company/attotude)[Awair](https://millionrounds.com/company/awair)[Circulor](https://millionrounds.com/company/circulor)[Condoit](https://millionrounds.com/company/condoit)[Cycognito](https://millionrounds.com/company/cycognito)[Data Robot](https://millionrounds.com/company/datarobot)[Diagon](https://millionrounds.com/company/diagon)[Enpal](https://millionrounds.com/company/enpal)[Exit Aquicore](https://millionrounds.com/company/aquicore)[Fictiv](https://millionrounds.com/company/fictiv)[Gecko Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/gecko-robotics)[Generalist](https://millionrounds.com/company/generalist)[Giga Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/giga-energy)[IPO Luminar](https://millionrounds.com/company/luminar)[IPO View](https://millionrounds.com/company/view)[Magentic](https://millionrounds.com/company/magentic)[Network Perception](https://millionrounds.com/company/network-perception)[Noetive](https://millionrounds.com/company/noetive)[Optimal Dynamics](https://millionrounds.com/company/optimal-dynamics)[RapidSOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidsos)[Skylo](https://millionrounds.com/company/skylo)[Squint](https://millionrounds.com/company/squint)[Tenet Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/tenet-security)[Via Science](https://millionrounds.com/company/via)[WeaveGrid](https://millionrounds.com/company/weavegrid) Ampcontrol Cleverciti Clutch Currence Ethos Exit Comfy Exit Simple Energy Exit Watersmart IPO Creg IPO Planet Labs IPO Procore IPO Sentinel One IPO Shotspotter IPO Tesla LP Portal Matter

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.

## Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **3 in all**

**[Cooliris](https://millionrounds.com/company/cooliris)** Bought by [Yahoo!](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yahoo) **Undisclosed** Nov 2014

**[Tesla Motors](https://millionrounds.com/company/tesla-motors)** Listed **$1.0B** Jul 2010

**[Eka Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/eka-systems)** Bought by Cooper Industries **Undisclosed** Apr 2010

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

New fund on file

**$100M**

raised in May 2026

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$15M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.9M**

Led 1 of 67 rounds **1%**

- **Said size:** $3.0M – $7.0M
- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Jul 2026
- **Exits:** 3 from the portfolio

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B said *16*
- Series A said *12*
- Series C *10*
- Venture *9*
- Seed said *5*
- Series D *5*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers) 10
- [Braemar Energy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures) 6
- [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) 6
- [RockPort Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockport-capital) 6
- [Sigma Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sigma-partners) 6
- [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) 5

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers** VC firm **10** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins-caufield-and-byers)[**Braemar Energy Ventures** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/braemar-energy-ventures)[**DFJ** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj)[**RockPort Capital** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rockport-capital)[**Sigma Partners** VC firm **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sigma-partners)[**Claremont Creek Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures)[**Correlation Ventures** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/correlation-ventures)[**Adams Street Partners** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adams-street-partners)[**Angeleno Group** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angeleno-group)[**DBL Investors** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dbl-investors)[**Physic Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/physic-ventures)[**RRE Ventures** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rre-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies The Westly Group put money into.

[**Antora Energy** $550M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/antora-energy)[**Skylo** $30M · Feb 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/skylo)[**Luminar** $250M · Jul 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/luminar)[**Vinli** $14M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/vinli)[**RapidSOS** $30M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/rapidsos)[**Gecko Robotics** $7.0M · Aug 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/gecko-robotics)

## Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name The Westly Group in their description, not their title.

- [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) 17 Apr 2022 · 20 min Protecting Against Digital Attacks: CyCognito CEO Rob Gurzeev Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) Apple PodcastsShow page
- [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) 24 May 2021 · 39 min Ep. 158: Arch Rao, Founder & CEO of Span With [Arch Rao](https://millionrounds.com/person/arch-rao) Mentions [The Westly Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/westly-group) Apple PodcastsShow page

## Quick answers about The Westly Group

### What does The Westly Group invest in?

The Westly Group invests most often at Series B and Series A (49% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Solar, Smartgrid and Photovoltaic.

### How active is The Westly Group?

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

### What has The Westly Group invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Antora Energy (Series C, Jul 2026), Skylo (Growth, Feb 2025) and MyHealthTeams (Series B, Aug 2019).

### How big are The Westly Group's cheques?

The median round it joins is $15M. It says it writes cheques of $3.0M to $7.0M.

### Does The Westly Group lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 67 investments on record (1%).

### Where does The Westly Group invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (95%) and Canada (5%).

### Is The Westly Group investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does The Westly Group invest alongside?

Most often Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (10 rounds together), Braemar Energy Ventures (6 rounds together) and DFJ (6 rounds together).

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