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They take all their experience working with the fastest growing tech companies and concentrate it into the earliest stages of a startup as a pure seed fund.”</div></div><div class="testimonial-founder"><div class="testimonial-founderimagewrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/637b4cb8358cda71cbd984d9/63ce2e4c1aef461d62444930_Cowboy%20Ventures%20%E2%80%94%20Founder%20images%20(48).png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="testimonial-founderimage"/></div><div class="testimonial-foundertext"><div class="testimonial-foundername is-black">Adam Markowitz</div><div class="testimonial-founderrole is-black">Co-founder & CEO, Drata</div></div></div></div></div><div class="testimonial-slide w-slide"><div class="testimonialflex"><div class="testimonialflex--text"><div class="quote is-black">“The Cowboy team were phenomenal partners, especially for first-time founders like us. From recruiting to fundraising to strategy to sales motion and beyond - the team rolled up their sleeves to help on just about every part of the business, all the way to our acquisition. We don't know what we would have done without them!</div></div><div class="testimonial-founder"><div class="testimonial-founderimagewrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/637b4cb8358cda71cbd984d9/673e661495d28b70154da303_63c5fc98a029e0f4c3054123_7.png" loading="lazy" alt="" class="testimonial-founderimage"/></div><div class="testimonial-foundertext"><div class="testimonial-foundername is-black">Mitchell Scott</div><div class="testimonial-founderrole is-black">Co-founder & CEO, Sliderule</div></div></div></div></div><div class="testimonial-slide w-slide"><div class="testimonialflex"><div class="testimonialflex--text"><div class="quote is-black">“7 years in, with 7 fundraises under our belt, and Cowboy is still on my speed dial as a thought partner on nearly every new challenge or opportunity that comes my way.”</div></div><div class="testimonial-founder"><div class="testimonial-founderimagewrapper"><img 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rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);opacity:0" class="stat_text">~90%</div><p id="w-node-_733fbc25-1db0-e0de-184e-bde2bc34789e-217d446c" data-w-id="733fbc25-1db0-e0de-184e-bde2bc34789e" style="opacity:0;-webkit-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-moz-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-ms-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0)" class="stat_description">of our investments are pre-product</p><div id="w-node-_733fbc25-1db0-e0de-184e-bde2bc3478a0-217d446c" data-w-id="733fbc25-1db0-e0de-184e-bde2bc3478a0" style="-webkit-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-moz-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-ms-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);opacity:0" class="stat_text">100+</div><p id="w-node-_733fbc25-1db0-e0de-184e-bde2bc3478a2-217d446c" data-w-id="733fbc25-1db0-e0de-184e-bde2bc3478a2" style="opacity:0;-webkit-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-moz-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-ms-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0)" class="stat_description">seed to Series A graduation rate</p><p id="w-node-_733fbc25-1db0-e0de-184e-bde2bc3478a4-217d446c" data-w-id="733fbc25-1db0-e0de-184e-bde2bc3478a4" style="opacity:0;-webkit-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-moz-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);-ms-transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0);transform:translate3d(0, 100px, 0) scale3d(1, 1, 1) rotateX(0) rotateY(0) rotateZ(0) skew(0, 0)" class="stat_description">early stage investments</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="imagecontentblock"><div class="imagecontentblock-imagewrapper"><img src="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/637b4cb8358cda71cbd984d9/6398945fdb675b287fd756dc_placeholder_2.webp" loading="lazy" sizes="100vw" srcset="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/637b4cb8358cda71cbd984d9/6398945fdb675b287fd756dc_placeholder_2-p-500.webp 500w, https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/637b4cb8358cda71cbd984d9/6398945fdb675b287fd756dc_placeholder_2-p-800.webp 800w, 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