Bobby Yazdani — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder & Managing Partner at Cota Capital, an investment firm focused on private and public technology companies
Founded Saba in 1997, a pioneer in Learning Management and Talent Management Solutions, taking it public in 2000
Ranked #1 out of 2000 angel investors for successful follow-on funding by CB Insights in 2014
Invested in over 200 private companies through Cota Capital and his family office, Signatures Capital
Endowed the Signatures Innovation Fellowship at University of California, Berkeley to support data science projects with commercial promise
Serves as a Member of the Board of Directors for companies including Savant Labs, Cast Ai, and Rhombus

Biography

Bobby Yazdani is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cota Capital, a firm that invests in private and public technology companies. Through Cota Capital and his family office, Signatures Capital, he has invested in over 200 private companies. In 2014, CB Insights ranked him #1 out of 2000 angel investors for successful follow-on funding. His first investment was in Masimo Corporation in 1989.

Yazdani founded Saba in 1997, taking the company public in 2000.