Cohere key facts
as of Oct 2026- Developer of a natural language processing software designed to build machines that understand the world and to make them safely accessible to all.
- Cohere is valued at approximately $7.0B as of Oct 2026, set at its later-stage round, Sep 2025; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
- It has raised $1.6B across 3 recorded rounds; the latest was Later Stage VC (Series D1) ($700.0M) in Sep 2025.
- Notable investors include Alumni Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab, Index Ventures, BDC Capital, Nvidia — 52 tracked in total.
- PrivateMarketView tracks 11 recorded secondary trades in Cohere shares.
- 2 investment vehicles were formed to buy Cohere shares in the last 12 months, reporting $47.1M sold to 29 investors, per SEC Form D filings.
- Cohere has filed 4 Form Ds with the SEC since 2019, most recently Feb 2023 ($1.1M sold to 21 investors).
- Status: Privately Held (backing).
Valued at $7.0B at its later-stage round, Sep 2025. Nothing has traded since.
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- ·The complete investor list: 52 names
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Secondary market
monthly marks · 33 months · May 2023 – Jan 2026 · endedMembership and data by Private Market View
Cohere secondary trades
11 on record · Dec 2023 – May 202511 trades between Dec 2023 and May 2025. Exact dates, prices and structures are available to Pro members.
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Cohere funding rounds
3 roundsVehicles formed to buy Cohere shares
secondary demand · SEC Form D filingsIn the last 12 months, 2 investment vehicles were formed to buy Cohere shares, reporting $47.1M sold to 29 investors across 2 sponsors. Most recent filing Mar 2026.
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Who backs Cohere
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Cohere valuation
Cohere was valued at $7 billion at its later-stage round in Sep 2025. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.
Cohere ranks 111th by valuation and 39th by capital raised among the private companies PrivateMarketView tracks.
How much has Cohere raised?
Cohere has raised $1.6 billion across 3 recorded rounds since 2023. The largest was a $700 million Series D1 in Sep 2025.
Cohere has filed 4 Form Ds with the SEC since 2019, most recently in Feb 2023 ($1.1 million sold to 21 investors).
Cohere secondary market activity
11 secondary trades in Cohere shares are on record, between Dec 2023 and May 2025. Exact dates, prices and structures are available to Pro members.
A monthly secondary-market price series for Cohere runs from May 2023 to Jan 2026 (33 months); the most recent quote is from Jan 2026.
Institutional holders and vehicles
In the last 12 months, 2 investment vehicles were formed to buy Cohere shares, reporting $47.1 million sold to 29 investors across 2 sponsors, per SEC Form D filings (most recent Mar 2026).
Cohere investors
52 investors are on record for Cohere, including Alumni Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab, Index Ventures and BDC Capital. By type, the record holds 19 venture capital firms and 3 growth equity firms. The Series D1 in Sep 2025 drew 14 investors.
Comparable companies
Comparable business/productivity software names by valuation on PrivateMarketView: FluidStack ($7.5 billion), Glean ($7.2 billion) and Celestial AI ($6 billion).
About Cohere
Developer of a natural language processing software designed to build machines that understand the world and to make them safely accessible to all. The company's software provides access to language models that read multiple web pages, which also teach users to understand the meaning, sentiment, and tone of the words, enabling businesses to improve comprehension capabilities to build personalized user experiences.
- Industry
- Business/Productivity Software
- Sector
- Information Technology
- HQ
- Toronto, Canada
- Founded
- 2019
- Employees
- 450
- Website
- cohere.com/
- Ownership
- Privately Held (backing)
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