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Bobby Yazdani

Bobby Yazdani

Bobby Yazdani is an American investor and founder of Cota Capital, Signatures Capital, and Saba Software.

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Email Address
bobby@cotacapital.com
CEO of
Cota Capital
Cota Capital
Founder of
Capella Space
Capella Space
Saba Software
Saba Software
Signatures Capital
Signatures Capital
Cota Capital
Cota Capital
Birthdate
January 1, 1963
Location
San Francisco
San Francisco
Educated at
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Occupation
Investor
Investor
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
Invested in
Berkeley Lights
Berkeley Lights
Bina Technologies
Bina Technologies
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Bioniz
Blueprint Genetics
Blueprint Genetics
Bonobos (apparel)
Bonobos (apparel)
Bossa Nova (company)
Bossa Nova (company)
Capella Space
Capella Space
CellFE Inc.
CellFE Inc.
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Wellfound ID
bobbyyazdani

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AngelList URL
angel.co/bobbyyazdani
Country
United States
United States
Citizenship
United States
United States
Industry
eMobility service
eMobility service
Member of Board of Directors of
Capella Space
Capella Space
Wikidata ID
Q4935751
Overview

Bobby Yazdani is founder and partner of Cota Capital, an investment firm focused on private and public technology companies. Through his family office Signatures Capital and Cota Capital, Yazdani has invested in over 150 private companies. Yazdani's first investment was Masimo Corporation in 1989, where he also developed software to improve the accuracy of the company’s early neonatal pulse oximeters. Over the course of his career Yazdani has invested in more than 200 companies.

Yazdani was born in Tehrarn, Iran but completed his initial education in England and received a B.A. in Applied Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2014, Yazdani was ranked number one out of 2000 angel investors for successful follow-on funding by CB Insights, and in 2015, Yazdani helped launch the Signatures Innovation Fellows program at the University of California (UC), Berkeley to support commercially-viable data science projects. In addition, Yazdani served on the President’s Leadership Council at the University of Southern California (USC).

Saba Software

Bobby founded Saba Software in 1997, taking the company public in 2000. Saba was a platform for workforce management and e-learning solutions that provided products for staff learning, performance, and talent management. The company served over 30 million people from 2,200 customers across 195 countries and in 37 languages worldwide. Prior to Saba, Yazdani worked in various research and development roles at Oracle Corporation.

Cota Capital

Established in 2015, Cota Capital is an SEC-registered investment company with $1 billion in assets under management that focuses its investments in the areas of modern infrastructure, enterprise automation, financial technology, and healthcare technology.

Endowments

Yazdani has made the following endowments:

  • The American Legacy Fund in partnership with U.S. Soccer.
  • The Berkeley Changemaker Endowment and the Signatures Innovation Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • The Maryam Mirzakhani Endowed Professorship at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
  • The Yazdani Family Endowed Scholarship, the Parivash Yazdani Research Fund, and the Maker Space at the University of Southern California.

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