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BYU Cougar Capital

13 employees

BYU Cougar Capital is a student-run venture capital and private equity fund run by 2nd-year MBA students.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Software18
SaaS9
Enterprise Software8
Machine Learning7
Analytics6
Cloud Computing5
Business Intelligence5
Artificial Intelligence4
Data Visualization4
Information Technology4
Cyber Security3
Financial Services3
FinTech3
E-Commerce3
Metrics3
Small Data3
Customer Acquisition3
Team Accountability3
Business Dashboards3
Photography2

Funding rounds participated in

$12M sweet spot round size

Most of their 36 investments are in rounds between $7M and $25M

Investor type

Private Equity Firm

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

Education
Venture Capital and Private Equity
Universities
Venture Capital

Date founded

2005

Investments made

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GrainChain Inc raised $29M on February 16, 2023

Investors: Pelion Venture Partners, Overstock.com and BYU Cougar Capital

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Neurala raised $12M on June 24, 2021

Investors: ADD VALUE, 360 Capital Partners, Pelion Venture Partners, Idinvest Partners, Antares Vision, Draper Associates and BYU Cougar Capital

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Dragos, Inc. raised $10M on August 14, 2017

Investors: AllegisCyber Capital, DataTribe, Energy Impact Partners and BYU Cougar Capital

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Visier Inc. raised $45M on March 15, 2017

Investors: Sorenson Capital Partners, Foundation Capital, Adams Street Partners, Summit Partners and BYU Cougar Capital

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Canopy raised $20M on March 13, 2017

Investors: Deep Fork Capital, Pelion Venture Partners and BYU Cougar Capital

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Chatbooks raised $12M on February 7, 2017

Investors: Aries Capital Partners, Signal Peak Ventures and BYU Cougar Capital

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Neurala raised $14M on January 17, 2017

Investors: Draper Associates, ACME Capital, Idinvest Partners, Pelion Venture Partners, 360 Capital Partners and BYU Cougar Capital

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True Fit Corporation raised $25M on July 13, 2016

Investors: Intel Capital, Signal Peak Ventures, Promus Ventures, Jump Capital and BYU Cougar Capital

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Grow.com | No-Code, Full-Stack BI raised $9M on July 13, 2016

Investors: Kickstart Seed Fund, Peterson Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Toba Capital, toba capital and BYU Cougar Capital

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Undisclosed raised $70M on February 29, 2016

Investors: Norwest Venture Partners and BYU Cougar Capital

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