About Cox Exponential
Cox Exponential is a venture capital firm located in San Francisco, United States. As of Mar 2026, Cox Exponential is an active investor, having invested in 4 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Environment Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Kled A lot of funds co-invest with Cox Exponential, with names like The Scottish National Investment Bank sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Cox Exponential has team of 10 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Series A & Seed
Cox Exponential's List of All Investments
Cox Exponential has a portfolio of 4 companies. Their most notable investments include Launchpad and Cline.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Environment Tech and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of all investments by Cox Exponential:
1. Launchpad
AI-based software for analyzing and providing quotations from CAD files. It provides manufacturing industries a platform to analyze CAD files and provide an instant quote for the complete product. It also validates the design for manufacturing. It provides a variety of materials including electro-mechanical components, enclosures, and embedded electronics.
Key facts about Launchpad
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Pasadena (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14.9M
- Employee Count: 36 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Ericsson, Lavrock Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 15, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Cline
Developer of an AI autonomous coding agent integrated into various IDEs. The agent partners with developers to create plans, explain reasoning, and break down complex tasks. It streamlines development workflows by monitoring environments, integrating with external databases, and automatically detecting and fixing issues. The agent offers enterprise-level security and privacy, accessing models via secure endpoints and allowing seamless integration of codebases. It provides a checkpoint system for version control and easy rollback capabilities.
Key facts about Cline
- Founded Year: 2024
- Location: Sacramento (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $32M
- Employee Count: 36 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Emergence Capital, Essence VC and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 31, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Glacier
Provider of AI-based automated waste sorting robots. It provides a proprietary robotic design that picks and sorts with high precision, sorts 30 plus different materials, and more.
Key facts about Glacier
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $28.2M
- Employee Count: 105 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Working Capital, Ecosystem Integrity Fund and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Kled
Provider of a platform where users license personal data for AI. The platform enables users to upload various data types. It facilitates the sourcing of datasets for training artificial intelligence models. The platform offers tools for data contribution, task completion, and earnings monitoring.
Key facts about Kled
- Founded Year: 2025
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $9M
- Employee Count: 7 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Aglae Ventures, K5 Global and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 11, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Cox Exponential's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
In 2025, it made 3 investments, while as of Mar 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Kled.Cox Exponential's Investments by Stage
Cox Exponential has made 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $18M and 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.5M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 3 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cox Exponential's Investments by Sector
Cox Exponential has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure and Environment Tech. Notably, it has invested in 4 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 4 Tech companies, 3 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on AI-Native.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 4 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
Consumer | 1 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Environment Tech | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Cox Exponential's Investments by Geography
Cox Exponential has made most investments in United States (4).Cox Exponential's recent investments
Cox Exponential has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Kled.Here are the most recent investments by Cox Exponential:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 11, 2026 | United States | Seed | 3153 | [+3] | |
Oct 15, 2025 | United States | Series A | 8834 | ||
Jul 31, 2025 | United States | Series A | 2078 | [+7] | |
Apr 28, 2025 | United States | Series A | 1767 | [+10] |
Team profile of Cox Exponential
Cox Exponential has a team of 10 members including 1 Partner and 1 Principal. Cox Exponential's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Cox Exponential
Over the past year, 33 investors have co-invested in Cox Exponential's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Cox Exponential: New Enterprise Associates, The Climate Pledge and 6 others have invested in rounds before Cox Exponential. There is 1 company where New Enterprise Associates has invested before Cox Exponential and 1 company where The Climate Pledge has invested before Cox Exponential.
- Top Co-investors of Cox Exponential: 25 investors entered a company along with Cox Exponential. These include investors like The Scottish National Investment Bank (1 company).
Recent News related to Cox Exponential
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Adapt Raises $10M Seed to Become the AI Computer for BusinessAiThority•Jan 30, 2026•Headline, Activant Capital, Adapt, Cox Exponential and 2 others
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Edinburgh-based automation firm Launchpad closes Series A round.Insider•Oct 15, 2025•Lockheed Martin, Ericsson, Infosysapps.com, Cox Exponential and 11 others
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Cline Raises $32M in Seed and Series A Funding to Bring Agentic AI Coding to Enterprise Software TeamsTMC•Aug 01, 2025•Cline, Cox Exponential, Pace Capital, Essence VC and 2 others
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Cline Raises $32M in Seed and Series A Funding
FinSMEs•Jul 31, 2025•Cline, Cox Exponential, Pace Capital, Essence VC and 2 others
