Ira Cohen – Startup Investor Profile

Ira Cohen is an Operating Partner at Updata Partners with a focus on expansion-stage software companies. Updata Partners makes investments in various sectors and stages, including seed-stage, early-stage, growth-stage, and later-stage investments in the United States. The firm’s geographical preference is in the United States. Some of Updata Partners’ previous investments include Jobs2web, July Systems, LendKey, Merlin Technologies, Spectrum K12, and Uberflip. Ira Cohen’s professional career includes experience as a CFO at CGA Computer, Inc. and involvement with publicly-traded companies. Updata Partners typically invests between $10-20 million of equity in each opportunity. The partnership and collaboration style involves providing capital to accelerate growth and collaborating with management.

Location: Washington, DC

Country: United States of America

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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

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AI Reasoning: Found evidence Updata Partners (with which Ira Cohen is Operating Partner) announced an equity investment in PerformYard on Jan 9, 2024; PerformYard announced a $95M equity investment from Updata Partners per Ira D. Cohen LinkedIn post. From Nov 1, 2025, that investment is 21 months ago – however check: also Tracxn shows Updata active with rounds as of Oct 2025 and Ira Cohen posted about PerformYard in Jan 2024. The most recent identified investment involving Ira Cohen/Updata Partners is Jan 9, 2024 (PerformYard). That date is between 12 and 6 months? Wait: Jan 9, 2024 to Nov 1, 2025 is 21 months – which is >12 months, so classification should be low-active. But earlier there is Tracxn Oct 17, 2025 showing Updata active; no specific Ira Cohen deal found in 2025. No direct recent deal signed by Ira Cohen personally after Jan 2024 was found. Therefore last known investment tied to Ira Cohen is Jan 9, 2024 (PerformYard), which is >12 months ago; assign tag low-active.

Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.

Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.

Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.