Soma Capital

Soma Capital, established in 2015, is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. It specializes in seed investments, primarily in software-focused startups across various sectors such as B2B SaaS, AI, fintech, and health tech. With a global perspective, Soma Capital has backed numerous successful companies, including unicorns like Cruise, Rappi, and Ironclad, with a combined valuation exceeding $60 billion.

Willem van den Bosch

Investor

Douglas Carney

Investor

Fouad Farhat

Investor

Juliet Fern

Investor and Head of Operations

Adrien Hardy

Investor

Nikhita Jaaswal

Investment Partner

Aneel Ranadive

Managing Partner and Founder

Vishnu Srinivasan

Investor

Past deals in Developer Tools

Cosine

Seed Round in 2024
Cosine is an AI co-developer that offers an advanced knowledge engine designed to assist developers with complex coding tasks. It enables users to engage with their codebase by asking questions in plain English, receiving explanations about features, and obtaining suggestions for writing new code. The platform supports over 50 programming languages and is accessible through a web browser or as a Visual Studio Code extension. Additionally, Cosine provides tools for creating customized applications and deploying them to iOS and Android platforms. The software incorporates semantic code search and code completion capabilities, utilizing proprietary synthetic data generation and unique AI fine-tuning methods to enhance user experience. This allows businesses to effectively analyze, monitor, and manage their projects through an intuitive dashboard.

Archetype

Seed Round in 2023
Archetype is a developer of a revenue infrastructure platform designed to streamline the process of creating and managing billing and authorization systems for APIs. The company offers a suite of services, including APIs, analytics, and API management, which enable businesses to implement complex metering and billing models with customizable permissions. By facilitating developer-led integrations, Archetype allows engineers to quickly switch between usage-based and subscription-based pricing models without the burdensome task of constructing the underlying infrastructure for API key management, access control, or billing processes. This efficiency helps companies enhance their revenue operations while reducing operational complexities.

Nucleus

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Nucleus is a backend platform designed to assist developers in building, deploying, and managing production-grade microservice architectures. The platform enables users to define microservices and automatically configures various aspects such as security and observability, streamlining the development process. Nucleus integrates with popular tools like Hashicorp, Cloudflare, and Okta, allowing developers to fit the platform into their established workflows. Offered through a command-line interface, Nucleus aims to reduce the time developers spend on configuration, enabling them to focus more on building their microservices and bringing them live quickly with enterprise-grade features.

Drifting in Space

Seed Round in 2022
Drifting in Space is a company that specializes in developing server infrastructure to support browser-based applications. Founded in 2022 by Taylor Baldwin and Paul Butler, and headquartered in New York, the company offers a platform called Jamsocket, which simplifies the process of building applications with session-lived backends. This platform allows developers to deploy real-time web applications without the need for extensive infrastructure, as it ensures that each request from the frontend contains all necessary information for processing. In addition to Jamsocket, Drifting in Space publishes open-source libraries such as Spawner and Aper. The company focuses on enabling features like real-time multiplayer functionality, user-generated code execution, and dynamic data loading, thereby facilitating the development of highly scalable and interactive browser applications.

CXIP Labs

Seed Round in 2022
CXIP Labs is a developer of NFT infrastructure solutions for the web3 ecosystem.

Neat

Convertible Note in 2022
Neat offers desktop or menu bar notifications for managing tools. Their operating tools manage version control, issue management, and error tracking services. They provide shortcut widgets for quick access.

QuickNode

Series A in 2021
QuickNode is a blockchain development platform founded in Miami in 2017, aimed at facilitating the growth of blockchain ecosystems. It offers robust application programming interface products that enable developers and businesses to create, test, and scale decentralized applications efficiently. By providing accessible core infrastructure and reliable support, QuickNode helps users execute their Web3 initiatives and streamline their development processes. The platform's tools and resources are designed to simplify the complexities associated with building on blockchain technology, making it easier for developers to realize their innovative ideas.

Embrace

Series B in 2021
Embrace offers a unified observability and error monitoring platform tailored for mobile application development. This platform enables engineers to effectively manage the complexities associated with mobile environments, allowing them to proactively analyze user interactions and identify issues with detailed behavioral and technical context. Embrace's solution provides instant access to user sessions, facilitating a comprehensive understanding of events leading up to errors. By tracking every user activity—such as views, taps, and network requests—Embrace eliminates guesswork in troubleshooting, enhancing performance and enabling developers to create superior mobile experiences. The company's focus on delivering unique datasets empowers teams to prioritize and resolve issues swiftly, ultimately supporting the development of better mobile applications in an increasingly fragmented technological landscape.

Reflect

Seed Round in 2021
Reflect Software Inc. is a developer of an automated web testing platform that enables users to test their websites and web services without writing any code. Founded in 2019 and based in Villanova, Pennsylvania, Reflect offers a cloud-based solution that emphasizes maintainability and minimizes manual workflows. The platform allows users to set up automated end-to-end tests, receive alerts for any errors, and record actions into repeatable tests. It supports various editing modes, including modifying input values and managing visual changes that may impact previous assertions. Additionally, users can delete test steps and create new tests based on existing ones, streamlining the testing process for developers.

Wasmer

Seed Round in 2020
Wasmer, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in a WebAssembly package manager that allows for the universal execution of WebAssembly files. The company provides a runtime programming software designed to run lightweight packages, which enables developers to utilize familiar tools and programming languages while compiling their code. By facilitating the execution of any code, Wasmer aims to empower developers globally, helping them maximize their potential in a seamless manner. The company's culture emphasizes collaboration and diligence among its distributed team, reflecting a shared commitment to enhancing the developer experience.

Doppler

Seed Round in 2020
Doppler Technologies, Inc., established in 2018, specializes in developing and operating secret management software solutions. The company's flagship product, Doppler, is a secure software solution designed to store and manage software secrets such as API keys, credentials, environment variables, and database URLs. Doppler's platform is language, stack, and infrastructure agnostic, enhancing developer productivity while bolstering overall security. It securely stores and manages these secrets, enabling developers and security teams to maintain synchronization and security across various devices, environments, and team members.

PopSQL

Seed Round in 2020
PopSQL Inc. develops a collaborative SQL query editing tool aimed at enhancing productivity for development teams. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company provides a platform that allows users—such as data analysts, product managers, and operations personnel—to write SQL queries, visualize data, and efficiently share results. The software enables users to organize SQL queries into folders, maintain privacy settings, and track changes, facilitating collaborative work and ensuring that previous versions can be restored if needed. PopSQL's solutions are compatible with multiple operating systems, including web, macOS, Windows, and Linux.

KubeSail

Seed Round in 2020
KubeSail, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that provides a cloud hosting platform facilitating the deployment of applications. The platform addresses common challenges faced by developers, particularly in deploying applications and managing DevOps processes. KubeSail offers a user-friendly interface that allows users to deploy applications on Kubernetes seamlessly, even in challenging network environments. It simplifies the migration between different cloud services, enabling developers to maintain flexibility in their cloud computing choices. By promoting ownership, reusability, and shared infrastructure, KubeSail empowers developers to innovate and iterate more efficiently on their infrastructure solutions.

Embrace

Series A in 2019
Embrace offers a unified observability and error monitoring platform tailored for mobile application development. This platform enables engineers to effectively manage the complexities associated with mobile environments, allowing them to proactively analyze user interactions and identify issues with detailed behavioral and technical context. Embrace's solution provides instant access to user sessions, facilitating a comprehensive understanding of events leading up to errors. By tracking every user activity—such as views, taps, and network requests—Embrace eliminates guesswork in troubleshooting, enhancing performance and enabling developers to create superior mobile experiences. The company's focus on delivering unique datasets empowers teams to prioritize and resolve issues swiftly, ultimately supporting the development of better mobile applications in an increasingly fragmented technological landscape.

Gigster

Seed Round in 2015
Gigster is a San Francisco-based company offering on-demand software development services. It connects clients such as IBM with its team of developers, designers, and product managers to build applications and websites efficiently. Gigster's platform improves project management by enabling businesses to recruit and manage distributed teams, enhancing efficiency by up to 30%, reducing risk by 60%, and increasing satisfaction levels significantly.

ReadMe

Seed Round in 2015
ReadMe is a documentation platform that enables companies to create dynamic developer portals, integrating support, tutorials, topical guides, and API exploration. The platform simplifies the process of generating and maintaining documentation, ensuring that it remains current and accessible. Additionally, ReadMe offers community-oriented features that foster the development of loyal and productive developer communities, which can enhance user engagement and drive product adoption. By streamlining documentation efforts, ReadMe helps organizations improve customer support and facilitate better user experiences.

Yhat

Seed Round in 2015
Yhat (pronounced Y-hat) provides an end-to-end data science platform for developing, deploying, and managing real-time decision APIs. Yhat eliminates painful IT obstacles involved in cloud-based data science like server setup and config. With Yhat, data scientists can transform static insights into production-ready decision making APIs that integrate seamlessly with any customer- or employee-facing app. Yhat also created Rodeo, an open source integrated development environment (IDE) for Python. Yhat was founded in 2013 and is based in New York. The team is composed of entrepreneurs, data scientists, and engineers formerly at OnDeck, AppNexus, Guidespark, Shareablee and the Washington Post.
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