Venture Capital

Shasta Ventures

Shasta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2004 and based in Silicon Valley (Portola Valley / Menlo Park, on and around Sand Hill Road, California). Founded by Rob Coneybeer and Ravi Mohan (with Tod Francis and Jason Pressman among its long-tenured Managing Directors), the firm invests primarily at the Series A stage in United States technology startups, typically leading rounds and taking board seats. Shasta has roughly $1.3B under management across multiple funds (Fund II $250M, Fund III $265M, Fund IV $300M) and a 20-year track record. Its thesis centers on enterprise software / SaaS, cybersecurity, developer tools and infrastructure, data intelligence, camera / computer vision, and consumer subscription products, pairing capital with operational support (Shasta Elevate) for technical founders. Notable investments include Anaplan, Zuora, Nest, Nextdoor, Apptio, Eero, Sendbird, Tonal, Lattice, Highspot, SentinelOne and Turo, with 12 unicorns, multiple IPOs and dozens of acquisitions across its history.

29 portfolio companies 29 publish APIs here 8 properties

Venture Capital Early Stage Series A Enterprise Software Software-as-a-Service Cybersecurity Developer Tools Infrastructure Data Intelligence Silicon Valley United States

Portfolio Strength across 13 profiled portfolio companies on the network

2 top-rated API companies 0 exemplar · 2 strong

5 agent-ready companies 1 agent-native · 4 agent-ready

Average quality of the book:

Composite thin 35.9

Agent-Readiness agent-aware 21.4

Firms are ranked by cumulative portfolio strength — how many highly-rated API companies they've backed, weighted by tier across composite quality and agent-readiness. The averages below are a secondary read on the typical company in the book.

Shasta Ventures has 29 portfolio companies tracked on the APIs.io network, of which 13 (45%) publish APIs indexed here. The remaining 16 are tracked as profiles without a published API on the network.

Its highest-rated API providers on the network are Leanplum, Mint, Nest, Brandcast, Sendbird.

Portfolio on the Network

Portfolio companies that publish APIs indexed on APIs.io, grouped by their API Evangelist rating. Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps

Leanplum2 published contracts60.5 Mint1 published contract59.2

Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

Nest1 API47.8 Brandcast9 published contracts46.4 Sendbird1 published contract45.8 Highspot2 APIs44.5 Spiceworks1 published contract44.4 Lattice2 published contracts44.2

Thin 4 Limited public surface area

Zuora1 published contract36.8 Apptio1 published contract35.3 Anaplan6 APIs29.7 Nextdoor1 published contract28.6

Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented

SentinelOne1 API21.0

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Cohort brief

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The 27 portfolio companies with APIs in the catalog, backed by Shasta Ventures, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers

of 29 in the catalog

Mean Kin Score

24.3

+1.4 vs catalog 22.9

Mean Agent Readiness

14.3

+2.3 vs catalog 12

Spread

0–60.5

median 17.9 · σ 19.1

How the 27 split by band

Exemplar 0Strong 2Developing 6Thin 4Emerging 6Minimal 9

Facet averages, against the whole catalog

Facet	This cohort	Catalog	Difference	Scored
Operational Transparency	18.2	13.6	+4.6	27
Contract Quality	20.9	17.6	+3.3	27
Access Clarity	28.4	26.4	+2	27
Contract Governance	6.9	6.3	+0.6	27
Developer Ergonomics	21	23.1	-2.1	27
Discoverability	54	58.2	-4.2	27

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes

Artifact	This cohort	Catalog	Difference
MCP server (any)	22%	15%	+7
MCP server (first-party)	15%	12%	+3
Agent Skills	0%	0%	0
OAuth scopes	22%	11%	+11
Security	100%	98%	+2
Arazzo workflows	7%	2%	+5
Governance rules	19%	13%	+6

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score

1 Leanplum 60.5
2 Intuit 59.2
3 Nest 47.8
4 Brandcast 46.4
5 Sendbird 45.8
6 Highspot 44.5
7 Spiceworks 44.4
8 Lattice 44.2
9 Zuora 37.1
10 Apptio 35.3

Source (apis.yml)

aid: shasta-ventures
name: Shasta Ventures
description: >-
  Shasta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2004 and
  based in Silicon Valley (Portola Valley / Menlo Park, on and around Sand Hill
  Road, California). Founded by Rob Coneybeer and Ravi Mohan (with Tod Francis
  and Jason Pressman among its long-tenured Managing Directors), the firm invests
  primarily at the Series A stage in United States technology startups, typically
  leading rounds and taking board seats. Shasta has roughly $1.3B under management
  across multiple funds (Fund II $250M, Fund III $265M, Fund IV $300M) and a
  20-year track record. Its thesis centers on enterprise software / SaaS,
  cybersecurity, developer tools and infrastructure, data intelligence, camera /
  computer vision, and consumer subscription products, pairing capital with
  operational support (Shasta Elevate) for technical founders. Notable investments
  include Anaplan, Zuora, Nest, Nextdoor, Apptio, Eero, Sendbird, Tonal, Lattice,
  Highspot, SentinelOne and Turo, with 12 unicorns, multiple IPOs and dozens of
  acquisitions across its history.
x-type: venture-capital
x-category: Venture Capital
deliveryModel:
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accessModel:
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://framerusercontent.com/images/ObemCIzud1LKuPA2p3IV0QGOp40.png
tags:
  - Venture Capital
  - Early Stage
  - Series A
  - Enterprise Software
  - Software-as-a-Service
  - Cybersecurity
  - Developer Tools
  - Infrastructure
  - Data Intelligence
  - Silicon Valley
  - United States
tags_raw:
  - Venture Capital
  - Early Stage
  - Series A
  - Enterprise Software
  - SaaS
  - Cybersecurity
  - Developer Tools
  - Infrastructure
  - Data Intelligence
  - Silicon Valley
  - United States
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.shasta.vc/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: https://www.shasta.vc/
  - type: Portfolio
    url: portfolio/shasta-ventures-portfolio.yml
  - type: Team
    url: https://www.shasta.vc/team
  - type: Team
    url: team/shasta-ventures-team.yml
  - type: Contact
    url: https://www.shasta.vc/contact
  - type: Crunchbase
    url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/shasta-ventures
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shasta-ventures
  - type: Features
    data:
      - 'Stage: Early stage, primarily Series A'
      - 'Sectors: enterprise software / SaaS, cybersecurity, developer tools & infrastructure, data intelligence, camera/computer vision, consumer subscription'
      - 'Geography: United States (Silicon Valley)'
      - 'AUM: ~$1.3B under management (self-reported)'
      - 'Funds: Fund II $250M, Fund III $265M, Fund IV $300M'
      - 'Founded: 2004'
      - 'HQ: Portola Valley / Menlo Park, California'
      - 'Founders: Rob Coneybeer, Ravi Mohan'
      - 'Track record: ~227 investments, 12 unicorns, multiple IPOs, dozens of acquisitions'
    sources:
      - https://www.shasta.vc/
      - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shasta_Ventures
    updated: '2026-07-17'
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
    url: https://apievangelist.com
  - FN: APIs.json
    url: http://apisjson.org
  - FN: Shasta Ventures
    email: info@shasta.vc
    url: https://www.shasta.vc/

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