![]() ![]() Prior to Saba, Bobby worked in various R&D roles at Oracle Corporation from 1988 to 1997. At Saba, Bobby served as CEO from 1997 to 2002 and from 2003 to 2013. Saba was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. Saba was the pioneer of Learning Management and Talent Management Solutions, serving over 30 million people from 2,200 customers across 195 countries and in 37 languages worldwide. Bobby made his first investment in 1989 in medical technology company Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), where, in addition to providing capital, he wrote software to enhance the accuracy of the company’s early neonatal pulse oximeters.īobby founded Saba Software (“Saba”) in 1997, taking the company public in 2000. In 2014, Bobby was ranked #1 out of 2000 angel investors for successful follow-on funding by CB Insights. Drawing from nearly three decades of entrepreneurial experience in Silicon Valley, Bobby mentors, advances and empowers entrepreneurs on their journey to build great companies. Through his family office and Cota Capital, Bobby has invested in over 200 private companies. Launched in 2015, the firm has over $1 billion in assets under management, is SEC-registered, and focuses its investments in the areas of Modern Infrastructure, Enterprise Automation, FinTech, and HealthTech.īefore forming Cota Capital, Bobby spent over 20 years investing in technology companies both individually and through his family office, Signatures Capital, which he founded in 2006. Bobby works full time on the development and support of entrepreneurs through Cota Capital and is well-known for his active, impactful approach in building and engaging with portfolio companies. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Bobby Yazdani is Founder and Partner of Cota Capital, a San Francisco-based firm investing in private and public U.S.-based modern enterprise technology companies. ![]() The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Ĭopyright © 1995 - 2013 The Motley Fool, LLC. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. Fool contributor Eric Volkman owns shares of Yahoo! The Motley Fool recommends and owns shares of Apple. The article Yahoo! Acquires Qwiki originally appeared on. Yahoo! said that the Qwiki team will work from the sprawling Internet company's New York City office. In an official company blog post announcing the acquisition, Qwiki said its namesake app is to remain a "stand-alone entity inside Yahoo!, where we will grow our thriving community and where our team will continue to work to help you share life's best experiences." According to The Wall Street Journal's All Things D, the price was in the $40 million to $50 million range. Neither Yahoo! nor Qwiki revealed the terms of the deal. The company revealed - in a post on another recent purchase, Tumblr - that it acquired Qwiki, which produces an app for Apple's iOS ecosystem that creates short movies from photos and videos on a user's mobile device. For the second time in as many days, acquisitive Internet giant Yahoo! has announced that it has bought a small tech company. ![]()
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