# Joshua Motta

> Joshua Motta is the CEO and co-founder of Coalition, which combines commercial cyber insurance with security monitoring and incident response. His earlier career includes Microsoft, the CIA, Goldman Sachs and Cloudflare. He co-founded Coalition with John Hering in 2017.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Coalition, Inc.
- **Organizations:** Coalition, Inc., Cloudflare, Goldman Sachs, Central Intelligence Agency, Microsoft, Francisco Partners, Honeywell, Sprint
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** A.B., University of Chicago
- **Known for:** Co-founded Coalition in 2017 and continues to lead it as CEO., Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago., Led Coalition through its July 2022 announcement of $250 million in Series F funding.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Worked at Microsoft aged 15.
- **During university** — Worked for the CIA while studying at the University of Chicago.
- **After university** — Joined Goldman Sachs’s technology investment banking team in London; later worked in private equity.
- **2011** — Joined Cloudflare, later serving as CXO and Head of Special Projects.
- **2015** — Represented Cloudflare in its publicly announced Baidu partnership.
- **2017** — Co-founded Coalition with John Hering.
- **2020** — Coalition acquired internet-scanning company BinaryEdge.
- **2022** — Coalition announced its Active Insurance model and a Series F round at a $5 billion company valuation.
- **2026** — Coalition announced an expanded global cyber insurance partnership with Allianz Commercial.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Coalition in 2017 and continues to lead it as CEO.
- Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago.
- Led Coalition through its July 2022 announcement of $250 million in Series F funding.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Coalition’s chief revenue officer described a growing focus on large corporate accounts as the Allianz partnership scales.
- **2026-05** — Coalition and Allianz Commercial announced an expanded global cyber insurance partnership structured for at least ten years.
- **2026-05** — Motta said an IPO remained Coalition’s eventual path, declining to give a timetable.

## Links

- Website: https://www.coalitioninc.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuamotta
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/joshuamotta

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Last updated: 2026-10-23