Cota Capital Management 13F annual report

Cota Capital Management is an investment fund managing more than $28.3 billion ran by Peter Williams. There are currently 9 companies in Mr. Williams’s portfolio. The largest investments include Zscaler Inc and Sentinelone Inc - Class A, together worth $10.9 billion.

$28.3 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 7th August 2024, Cota Capital Management’s top holding is 29,199 shares of Zscaler Inc currently worth over $5.61 billion and making up 19.8% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Zscaler Inc, Cota Capital Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 250,022 shares of Sentinelone Inc - Class A worth $5.26 billion. The third-largest holding is Elastic Nv worth $5.17 billion and the next is Smartsheet Inc worth $4.65 billion, with 105,396 shares owned.

Currently, Cota Capital Management's portfolio is worth at least $28.3 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Cota Capital Management

The Cota Capital Management office and employees reside in San Francisco, California. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Peter Williams serves as the Partner & Chief Operating Officer at Cota Capital Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Cota Capital Management revealed that it had increased its stake in Zscaler Inc and bought 7,199 additional shares worth around $1 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Zscaler Inc makes up 35.6% of the fund's Technology sector allocation and has grown its share price by 23.2% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Cota Capital Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Cota Capital Management closed its position in Cloudflare Inc on 14th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 39,710 shares for $3.85 billion. Peter Williams also disclosed a decreased stake in Elastic Nv by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $5.17 billion and 45,391 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Cota Capital Management are Spectrum Asset Management and Fore Capital. They manage $28.2 billion and $28.2 billion respectively.

Peter Williams investment strategy

Cota Capital Management’s portfolio is diversified across 3 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 55.6% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 66.7% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 22% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up 11.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $7.65 billion.

The complete list of Cota Capital Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 14th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security	Shares Owned	Value	Allocation
Zscaler Inc	32.72% 29,199	$5,611,756,000	19.81%
Sentinelone Inc - Class A	No change 250,022	$5,262,963,000	18.58%
Elastic Nv	17.91% 45,391	$5,170,489,000	18.25%
Smartsheet Inc	No change 105,396	$4,645,856,000	16.40%
Cloudflare Inc	Closed 39,710	$3,845,119,000
Dynatrace Inc	No change 77,499	$3,467,305,000	12.24%
Bill.com Holdings Inc	Closed 29,258	$2,010,610,000
Snowflake Inc Class A Common Stock	113.87% 12,967	$1,751,712,000	6.18%
UiPath, Inc.	50.00% 103,001	$1,306,053,000	4.61%
Five9 Inc	No change 16,442	$725,092,000	2.56%
Datadog Inc	Closed 5,669	$700,688,000
Equillium Inc	No change 562,278	$389,771,000	1.38%
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