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John Cowgill
General Partner, Costanoa
Company

Based in
San Francisco, CA
Invests
Pre-Seed or Seed
Type
Investor
John Cowgill is General Partner at Costanoa Ventures, a San Francisco early-stage fund investing in cybersecurity, applied AI and space technology. He joined the firm in 2016 after working in tech startups and consulting at McKinsey, and built Costanoa's cybersecurity and space practices before his 2024 promotion to General Partner. He sits on the boards of Muon Space and Kepler Communications, two satellite companies, and also backed Cyberhaven and Empirical Security. He holds a degree in learning and organizational change from Northwestern University.
Relevant Investments
Muon Space
Designs, builds and operates satellite constellations for climate, defense and commercial customers.
Seed 2021, board member
muonspace.com
Kepler Communications
Operates an in-space network delivering real-time connectivity for satellites and space missions.
Series A 2018, board member
kepler.space
Rerun
Builds the data infrastructure that lets physical AI and robotics teams log and visualize sensor data.
Pre-seed 2022 to Series A 2025
rerun.io
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