Ating / Cloud Capital

Ating / Cloud Capital is a financial technology company based in San Francisco and London that provides a SaaS platform to help corporate finance teams forecast, manage, and reduce cloud infrastructure costs. Founded in 2025 by Edward Barrow, Spencer Pingry, and Zack Liscio, the startup automates cloud commitments for growing enterprises, drawing on the team's prior experience managing over five hundred million dollars in cloud spending. The organization operates in partnership with major cloud hyperscalers such as AWS to serve clients across the artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and fintech sectors. To support its growth, the firm is backed by prominent venture capital investors including Connect Ventures, Backed Ventures, and Middlegame Ventures. In April 2025, the company emerged from stealth mode after securing more than seven million dollars in early venture financing across initial and seed rounds.

Direct answer: I can’t find credible, public information linking the name “Ating” to a specific company called “Ating / Cloud Capital.” The available authoritative records describe a firm named Cloud Capital (a data‑center investment manager) and a different Cloud Capital (a cloud‑FinTech startup) — but I find no reliable source that shows a single entity called “Ating / Cloud Capital.”[2][4][3]

Essential context and supporting details

• Cloud Capital (data‑center investment manager) — summary: Cloud Capital is a specialized global investment management firm focused on acquiring, managing, and operating high‑quality data centers; it was founded around 2020 and has grown a multi‑billion dollar portfolio and executed large securitizations backed by stabilized assets in major markets.[4][2] This description and firm identity are supported by Cloud Capital’s own About page and its 2024 press release about a $1.325 billion ABS issuance led by Guggenheim and Goldman Sachs.[4][2]

• Cloud Capital (cloud FinTech startup) — summary: A separate early‑stage company named Cloud Capital emerged from stealth in 2025 as an AI/FinTech platform to forecast and underwrite cloud spend, founded by Edward Barrow, Spencer Pingry and Zack Liscio, and raised pre‑seed funding led by Connect Ventures.[3]

• No authoritative sources linking the name “Ating” to either Cloud Capital or to a combined “Ating / Cloud Capital” entity were found in the search results or in the above company pages.[1][6] RootData and PERE describe Cloud Capital (data centers) but do not mention “Ating.”[1][6]

If you meant one of the following, here’s how I can proceed

• If you meant Cloud Capital (data‑center investment firm): I can write the requested high‑level overview, origin story, core differentiators, role in the tech landscape, and quick take based on the firm materials and press coverage (I have sources for founding year, leadership, portfolio size, ABS transaction, offices and strategy).[4][2][6]
• If you meant Cloud Capital (cloud FinTech startup from 2025): I can prepare the same profile focused on their product (cloud spend forecasting and underwriting), founders, early funding and product positioning using the 2025 press report.[3]
• If you meant a company named Ating (separate from Cloud Capital): please share any additional identifiers (website, industry, founders) — I couldn’t locate a public company called Ating in the results and will search further with your guidance.

Which of the three paths above should I develop into the full structured profile you requested?