Columbia Capital

Columbia Capital, founded in 1989, is a venture capital firm based in Alexandria, Virginia. The firm focuses on early-stage investments in the communications, media, and technology sectors, aiming to partner with entrepreneurs to build category-defining businesses. Over the past three decades, Columbia Capital has developed a profitable and repeatable investment model, guided by a specialized and experienced team, and invested in over 175 portfolio companies. The firm has raised $7.1 billion in fund commitments and is investing out of its seventh institutional fund, a $680 million vehicle. Columbia Capital's investment approach emphasizes fairness, transparency, and ambition, seeking to align economic incentives between all stakeholders and fund companies in a success-based manner. The firm's team has deep communications and technology roots with an average of 20 years of industry experience, including participation in both principal investing and operational roles in the sector. Columbia Capital has a cohesive team of partners with a similar investment philosophy, focusing exclusively on the communications and technology space, and uses its experience and insights to proactively initiate and develop many of its new investments internally. The firm typically formulates new investments by identifying a compelling trend or unique asset, in partnership with a leading executive team.