Bobby Yazdani is Founder and Managing Partner of Cota Capital, a firm investing in private and public technology companies Bobby works full time on the development and support of entrepreneurs through Cota Capital. Through his family office Signatures Capital, Bobby has invested in over 100 private companies. In 2014, Bobby was ranked #1 out of 2000 angel investors for successful follow-on funding by CB Insights. Masimo Corporation was Bobby’s first angel investment in 1989.
In 2015, Bobby endowed the Signatures Innovation Fellowship at University of California, Berkeley to support data science projects with commercial promise. Bobby also serves as a founding member of the Persian Tech Entrepreneurs network, and a National Advisory Board Member of The Reset Foundation.
Bobby founded Saba in 1997, taking the company public in 2000. Today, Saba is the leading provider of Human Capital Development & Management Solutions, serving over 30 million people from 2,200 customers across 195 countries and in 37 languages worldwide. Prior to Saba, Bobby worked at Oracle in various R&D roles.
Bobby has successfully mentored entrepreneurs and invested in over 100 early-stage startups including Aardvark (acq. by Google), Addepar, Atheer Labs, Baarzo (acq. by Google), BaseHealth, Bina Technologies (acq. by Roche), Bonobos, Canary, Clearspring, CleverSense (acq. by Google), Dropbox, FundersClub, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), GuardantHealth, HomeJoy, inDinero, InstaEdu (acq. by Chegg), KeyChain Logistics, KissMetrics, Klout (acq. by Lithium Technologies), Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), Medialets, NextBio (acq. by Illumina), OpenGov, PassBan (acq. by EMC/RSA), Qwiki (acq. by Yahoo), Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), SoundHound, SweetGreen, ThinkBig Analytics (acq. by Teradata), Uber, Wash.io, Webs.com (acq. by VistaPrint), ZenPayroll and more.
Born in Tehran, Iran, Bobby completed high school in England and received a B.A. in Applied Mathematics at UC Berkeley.
Founder & Managing Partner @ From January 2015 to Present (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaFounder & Managing Partner @ From June 2006 to Present (9 years 7 months) Executive Chairman, Board of Directors @ From November 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) Board of Directors Member @ From January 2012 to Present (4 years) Board of Directors Member @ From December 2013 to Present (2 years 1 month) Board of Directors Member @ From August 2011 to Present (4 years 5 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAdvisor to Founders & CEO @ From June 2012 to Present (3 years 7 months) Advisor to Founders & CEO @ From December 2013 to Present (2 years 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaAdvisor to Founders & CEO @ From January 2014 to Present (2 years) Board of Directors Member @ From June 2011 to December 2014 (3 years 7 months) Board of Directors Member @ From January 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 7 months) Founder and CEO @ From April 1997 to February 2013 (15 years 11 months) Board of Directors Member @ From July 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 6 months) San Francisco Bay AreaBoard of Directors Member @ From March 2006 to December 2011 (5 years 10 months) Senior Director @ From 1988 to 1997 (9 years)
Bachelor's degree, Applied Mathematics @ University of California, Berkeley Bobby Yazdani is skilled in: Agile Methodologies, Start-ups, Strategic Partnerships, Cloud Computing, Leadership, Salesforce.com, Enterprise Software, Management, SaaS, Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Cloud-based, CRM, Disruptive Technologies, Solution Selling