Costanoa Ventures

08/01/2019

Greg Sands shares a decision-making framework to come to quick decisions about everyday questions or more complex contexts to build consensus among competing interests-- like choosing a term sheet.

Recently, the board of a startup I sit on was facing an important decision. The company was raising a new round of funding, and we had the…

05/09/2019

Creating Advocacy & an Allyship Toolkit
Speakers:
Ariel Cohen, CEO at TripActions
Chris Louie, LinkedIn
Christina Hall, LinkedIn
Keri Gohman, Xero
Martina Lauchengco, Costanoa Ventures
Nancy Douyon, Uber
Rachel Thomas, LeanIn.Org

03/19/2019

Tech is a place where we pride ourselves on disruption, yet it remains one of the worst for inequality for women. Seat @ the Table seeks to enable conversations and action so more women earn more seats at more tables at every level of management in the technology industry. Join us to discuss tools that can make us all better on May 8 at LinkedIn. Register: https://goo.gl/AXjD8n

I ignored HBO’s Silicon Valley when it first aired thinking “Why watch a show about what I live every day?” But then my brother-in-law…

01/28/2019

We're thrilled to announce our investment in NumberAI as they bring conversational commerce to Main Street.

A couple of year ago, I worked on a thesis for a new software company serving small businesses. The idea was to figure out “Category 3” of…

01/08/2019

“What’s happening right now isn’t sustainable and it won’t go on forever. It can’t,” Greg Sands said. Costanoa Ventures raised a $75 million “opportunity fund,”, which Mr. Sands said would give it the ability to do more deals when the market cools down.

Some venture capitalists are rooting for a market dip to calm Silicon Valley’s overheated start-up scene.

12/20/2018

Lively, Inc. announces the elimination of all fees to enable investments in their hashtag starting on January 1, 2019. This makes Lively a truly no-fee HSA for individuals and families.

Lively, Inc., creators of the modern Health Savings Account (HSA), today announced the elimination of all fees to enable investments in their HSA star

12/10/2018

"There's talent absolutely everywhere. And the most important thing for us as an economy, a country and society is to have ladders of opportunity for people everywhere," said Greg Sands. https://lnkd.in/gfrqKVc

It's important for our economy, country and society "to have ladders of opportunity for people everywhere," says venture capitalist Greg Sands.

11/20/2018

WATCH: Greg Sands and Trae Vassallo discuss why boutique VCs are the future of venture at hashtag

Defy.vc's Trae Vassallo, Costanoa Ventures' Greg Sands and Forbes Media's Alex Konrad at Web Summit 2018. We have always been told to think big, but what abo...

11/14/2018

Keynote: Mark Tatum, COO of NBA
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