Costanoa Ventures
Costanoa exists to elevate founders building companies of consequence. We lead investments from formation through Series A in Applied AI, AI Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, National Security, and Fintech. With $2.3B AUM, we’re boutique by design—making fewer investments to deliver deeper expertise and operational support when it matters most: the early, defining stages of growth. For more information, please visit www.costanoa.vc.www.costanoa.vc
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Sep 30, 2026
Amy CheethamGUEST
And therefore, I feel pretty good about their ability to translate those skills.
Walter ThompsonHOST
Amy Cheetham is a partner at Costanoa Ventures.
Walter ThompsonHOST
As part of her diligence, she sometimes watches founders talk to prospective customers because those conversations can reveal things a pitch meeting can't.
Walter ThompsonHOST
In this conversation, we talk about what she's looking for, how founders learn to sell, why distribution matters, and how to start building investor relationships without a warm introduction.
Julia HornsteinGUEST
So we reported that, um, investors from Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, as well as Dimension Capital Management, have all made recent visits to the region.
Julia HornsteinGUEST
Um, we, we also have reporting that a partner from Costanoa Ventures went as well.
Akash PasrichaHOST
So this is kind of interesting because, I mean, uh, Founders Fund and, I mean, look, uh, Vinod has, uh, he's been very outspoken about the competition between the US and China, but Founders Fund as well, I mean, these are firms that, from what I recall, they, they've sort of spoken out against, um, investments in China in, in some capacity, right?
Julia HornsteinGUEST
Definitely.