Cowboy Ventures

Venture capital firm
Palo Alto, California, USAFounded 2012cowboy.vc

Seed-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Aileen Lee, investing in early-stage technology startups.

Strategy

Stages
Seed
Sectors
ConsumerEnterprise
Geographies
USAPalo Alto, California, USA
Check size
$500K-$3M

Recent changes

  1. Sep 5, 2026Stages updated: Seed cowboy.vc
  2. Jan 1, 2023New fund: Cowboy Ventures Fund IV ($140M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  3. Jan 1, 2018New fund: Cowboy Ventures Fund III ($95M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  4. Jan 1, 2014New fund: Cowboy Ventures Fund II ($57M) Value Add VC funds tracker
  5. Jan 1, 2012New fund: Cowboy Ventures Fund I ($36M) Value Add VC funds tracker

Funds

4
FundVintageSizeStrategySource
Cowboy Ventures Fund IV2023$140MFlagship
As of 2023Value Add VC funds tracker
Cowboy Ventures Fund III2018$95MFlagship
As of 2018Value Add VC funds tracker
Cowboy Ventures Fund II2014$57MFlagship
As of 2014Value Add VC funds tracker
Cowboy Ventures Fund I2012$36MFlagship
As of 2012Value Add VC funds tracker

Portfolio

1 total

Co-Investors

5
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