Sutter Hill Ventures
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Seed–Late Stage · 7 people tracked
Also known as SUTTER HILL VENTURES, L.L.C.
Team · 7 people
from curated & public directories
Founder mafia
4 people who came through Sutter Hill Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 35 of 40 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×21Enterprise Software ×13SaaS ×11Hardware ×9Deep Tech ×8Data & Infrastructure ×7Cloud Computing ×6Future of Work ×6
HQs:United States×30
Investments · 40 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 92025 · 42024 · 62023 · 12017 · 42014 · 125 dated
Pure Storage provides data storage infrastructure that unifies data into a single virtual cloud of storage with automated, policy-driven management.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSanta Clara, US
Mike Speiser(Founding CEO, Investor & Board Member (Sutter Hill Ventures incubation))John Colgrove(Co-Founder, Chief Visionary Officer & Director)inJohn Hayes(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)Tarek A. Robbiati(Chief Financial Officer)Patrick Finn(Chief Revenue Officer)Ajay Singh(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investorsDag VenturesGlynn Capital ManagementGreylock PartnersIn-Q-TelIndex VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+5 more
AttoTude develops optical interconnect technology for data centers to support artificial intelligence and exascale computing applications.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareMenlo Park, US
David F. Welch(Co-founder)Joy Laskar(Co-founder)Dave Welch(Founder)in
BoardPeter Wagner(Director)Basil Alwan(Director)
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersThe Westly GroupMayfield FundNosTerra Venture CapitalOpen Field CapitalWing+1 more
Integrated Biosciences is a biotech company developing small molecule therapeutics for age-related diseases, using optogenetics, chemistry, and AI to study aging biology.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechLongevityRedwood City, US
Felix Wong(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel J. Anderson(Chief Scientific Officer)Themasap Khan(Director)
BoardKeith Loebner(Director)
Co-investorsCivilization Ventures Management, LlcIllumina Ventures
Luminary offers a platform that lets engineering teams encode physics into AI models, providing near-instant high-fidelity predictions of physical behavior across structural, fluids, thermal, and electromagnetics domains.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareSan Mateo, US
Jason Lango(Co-Founder & CEO)Peter Schlampp(Executive Officer, Director)inSudhir MenoninUtpal BhattinEdward Frye(CISO)in
BoardT.J. Rylander(General Partner at N47)
Neye is an AI technology company.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Ashish Vengsarkar(CEO)inTae Joon Seok(CTO & Co-Founder)inMing C. Wu(Chief Scientist & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsCapitalGRaptor GroupSocratic Partners
Observe provides observability software that helps engineers troubleshoot distributed applications, consolidating logs, metrics, and traces into a single platform built on Snowflake.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Qi Jin(Executive Officer)Keith Butler(Executive Officer)inJeremy Burton(Executive Officer, Director)inBrian Campbell(Executive Officer)Christine Dorrion(Executive Officer)Jacob Leverich(Executive Officer)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArtisanal VenturesBasecamp FundEvolution Equity PartnersHuman CapitalMadrona Venture Group+2 more
Sol is building an AI-native, agentic HR system for growing enterprises, designed to capture how work actually gets done and support decisions by both leaders and AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR Tech
Pete SchlamppinErin YanginJim StrattoninJon Ruggieroin
Co-investorsNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)
San Francisco, US
Jason Frantz(Executive Officer, Director)inRobert Woollen(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Woolen(Director)Michael Palmer(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Franz(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Speiser(Director)in
Board seatMike Speiser· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsAltimeter CapitalAltimeter Venture PartnersAvenir Growth CapitalDatabricks VenturesPrinceville CapitalServiceNow Ventures+2 more
Aria Networks builds network switches engineered from the ASIC level to capture high-resolution telemetry, combining network, host system, and ML workload signals into a unified context for issue detection.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHardwarePalo Alto, US
Mansour Karam(Executive Officer, Director)Steven J. Morgan(Executive Officer)Subhachandra Chandra(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardStefan A. Dyckerhoff(Director)Gavin Baker(Director)
Co-investorsAtreides ManagementEclipse VenturesValor Equity Partners
Augment builds an AI productivity platform (Augie) that automates repetitive tasks in supply chain operations, focusing on trucking and freight logistics.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Harish Abbott(CEO & Co-founder)Justin Hall(CCO & Co-founder)Artur Rivilis(CTO & Co-founder)
Co-investors8VCSocium Ventures9Yards CapitalDell Technologies CapitalIndex VenturesInnovation Endeavors+1 more
Augment offers a unified workspace for organizing, tracking, and sharing work.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorFlying Fish VenturesJAZZ Venture PartnersPortland Seed FundIndex VenturesInnovation Endeavors+1 more
Augment is an online business education program for entrepreneurs and executives, positioned as an MBA alternative for the AI era.
AI & Machine LearningEdTech
Co-investorsRTP Global8VCAutotech VenturesIndex VenturesInnovation EndeavorsLightspeed Venture Partners+1 more
Cosmos is a unified AI agents platform that enables enterprise development teams to automate software development workflows at scale, improving engineering throughput and reducing time-to-merge through intelligent agent coordination and codebase understanding.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US
Guy Gur-Ari(Founder)
Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersEvolution VC PartnersGlynn Capital ManagementIndex VenturesOperator CollectivePebblebed+3 more
BloomNation is an online flower marketplace that connects customers with local florists to order handcrafted arrangements for occasions such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, and sympathy.
ConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces
Farbod Shoraka(CEO & Co-founder)Gregg Weisstein(Co-founder)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzChicago VenturesSpark CapitalA.Capital VenturesLighter CapitalMucker Capital+4 more
Celero Communications develops coherent DSP (digital signal processor) technology for high-bandwidth, low-power optical connections used in AI and data center infrastructure.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsLaguna Beach, US
Oscar Agazzi(Executive Officer, Director)Nariman Yousefi(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRobert Abbott(Director)Stefan Dyckerhoff(Director)
Co-investorsCapitalGAtreides ManagementMaverick SiliconValor Equity Partners
Clumio provides cloud-native backup and recovery for AWS and Google Cloud, offering air-gapped, immutable backups with point-in-time recovery through a serverless, API-first platform.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureSan Jose, US
Woon Ho Jung(Director, Promoter)Poojan Kumar(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Kaustubh Sambhaji Patil(Director, Promoter)
BoardMichael L. Speiser(Director)Mark Leslie(Director)
Co-investorsHuman CapitalIndex VenturesNewView CapitalAltimeter Capital
Empower Delivery provides a timing and coordination software engine designed to optimize omnichannel operations for restaurant brands, enabling efficient order management and fulfillment across digital and in-person channels.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Dan McFaddenChris PfeifferDavid BaldwinKristopher ChambersLisa SangiorgioNakul Deo
Co-investorsHigh AlphaAllos VenturesCapitalGAtreides ManagementFidelity InvestmentsIndex Ventures+6 more
Empower Semiconductor designs power management and mixed-signal integrated circuits, including high-power and voltage regulation devices for the semiconductor industry.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Tim Phillips(Chief Executive Officer & President, Founder)inGene Sheridan(Founder)Trey Roessig(Chief Technology Officer & SVP Engineering)Kurt Redfield(Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer)
Co-investorsCapitalGRaptor GroupSamsung Catalyst FundSocratic PartnersAtreides ManagementFidelity Investments+6 more
Enfabrica develops networking silicon and infrastructure for AI and accelerated computing, using a multi-path switched fabric that connects CPUs, GPUs, and memory endpoints with fault tolerance and load distribution.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSemiconductorsMountain View, US
Shrijeet Mukerjee(Director)Rochan Sankar(Executive Officer, Director)inShrijeet Mukherjee(Founder)
BoardGavin Baker(Director)Stefan Dyckerhoff(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Cisco InvestmentsProsperity7 VenturesSamsung Catalyst Fund+7 more
Palo Alto, US
David Moran(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jamie Rapperport(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Max Silverstein(Executive Officer)
BoardBrian Jacobs(Director)inJames White(Director)
Co-investorsEmergence Capital PartnersEmergence Capital
Fathom provides AI-powered meeting intelligence that automatically captures notes, summaries, and transcripts while surfacing decisions and action items across Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Richard White(Founder)in
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesEarl Grey CapitalTelescope PartnersY CombinatorCharacterChemistry+1 more
Fathom is a workforce company developing talent management solutions centered on self-sovereign identity and data ownership for learners and workers.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEdTechFuture of WorkGovTechHR TechAntioch, US
Co-investorsTechstarsChemistryTelescope Partners
Fathom provides a platform that records and analyzes customer conversations, internal syncs, and strategy calls to give teams a shared view of information and identify patterns.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Richard White(Founder)in
Co-investorsACTAI VenturesImmeasurableMaven VenturesRackhouse Venture Management LpBoxOne VenturesChemistry+2 more
Glassdoor is a community platform that provides job seekers with access to company reviews, salary information, and job listings, while helping employers post jobs and manage their reputation.
B2B MarketplacesHR TechMarketplacesMill Valley, US
Robert Hohman(Executive Officer, Director)Adam Spiegel(Executive Officer)Christian Sutherland-Wongin
BoardJames White(Director)inNeeraj Agrawal(Director)inLee Fixel(Director)
Co-investorsAnsa CapitalBattery VenturesCapitalGDag VenturesFelicis VenturesDragoneer Investment Group+1 more
Infer provides software infrastructure for insurance agencies to manage their operations and client data.
Enterprise SoftwareSales TechPalo Alto, US
Urvin Soneta(Founder)inSuneel Matham(Founder)inVaibhav Saxena(Founder)inVik Singh(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSatish Dharmaraj(Director)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAndreessen HorowitzRedpoint Ventures
Instart was a Palo Alto-based web content delivery and application performance company whose assets Akamai acquired in 2020.
Hariharan Kolam(Founder)Manav Mital(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersGeodesic CapitalMillennium Technology Value PartnersStructural CapitalTenaya CapitalWing+4 more
Mountain View, US
Vikram Kapoor(Director)inSanjay Kalra(Director)Stefan Dyckerhoff(Executive Officer, Director)David Hatfield(Director)Robert Dunn(Executive Officer)
BoardSamuel Pullara(Director)
Co-investorsAurumBright Pixel CapitalEngineering CapitalHuman CapitalSINEWAVE VENTURESWebb Investment Network+1 more
LaunchDarkly provides a feature management platform that enables development teams to release code changes safely through feature flags, detect production issues in real time, and run experiments without redeploying applications.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSOakland, US
Edith Harbaugh(Co-founder; Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chair)inJohn Kodumal(Co-founder)in
Co-investors500 GlobalAlchemist AcceleratorBessemer Venture PartnersCervinFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcHeavybit+11 more
Molecule operates a blockchain-based platform supporting decentralized science (DeSci), funding research projects and connecting scientists and entrepreneurs.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCrypto & Web3
Paul Kohlhaas(Founder)in
Co-investorsCompoundLunar VenturesChemistryMercury Fund
Molecule is a trade and risk management (ETRM/CTRM) platform for energy and commodity trading operations, automating deal capture, market-data pricing, and calculation of positions, P&L, and risk.
EnergyFintechSaaSHouston, US
Co-investorsMercury FundChemistry
Emeryville, US
Ming Wu(Director)Tae Joon Seok(Executive Officer)Stuart Merkadeau(Executive Officer)Igor Khandros, Ph.D.(Director)Ming Wu, Ph.D.(Director)Eric Hayes(Director)
Co-investorsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)CapitalGMicron VenturesNVIDIASocratic Partners
Observe.AI builds an AI agent platform that enables businesses to deploy specialized autonomous agents to handle customer conversations, support frontline teams, and optimize contact center operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Swapnil Jain(Founder/CEO)inJithendra Vepa(Founder)
Co-investorsMenlo VenturesScale Venture PartnersNexus Venture Partners01 AdvisorsCommon OceanEMERGENT VENTURES+7 more
OpenDNS provides DNS and internet security services for consumers seeking safer and faster browsing at home, and formerly offered enterprise security products now branded under Cisco Umbrella.
ConsumerCybersecuritySan Francisco, US
David Ulevitch(Founder and CEO)Halsey Minor(Co-Founder / Early Investor (Minor Ventures))Nand Mulchandani(CEO (interim))Dan Hubbard(Chief Technology Officer)Dana Wolf(Head of Products)
BoardMichael Goguen(Board Member (representing Sequoia Capital))
Co-investorsCiscoCisco InvestmentsDag VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersGlynn Capital ManagementGreylock Partners+4 more
PINC develops the NanoPPLN platform, which integrates nonlinear optical circuits into photonic integrated chips (PICs) to make scalable nonlinear optics fully integrated.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsFREEFLOWQuantonationAccel-KKRQubits Ventures
Ramp offers a finance platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, and AI-driven automation for receipt capture, transaction coding, and reimbursements.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York, US
Karim Atiyeh(Co-Founder & Co-CEO (formerly CTO))inEric Glyman(CEO)Gene Lee(Co-Founder)Rahul Sengottuvelu(Chief Technology Officer)William (Will) Petrie(Chief Financial Officer)inGeoff Charles(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures8VCA*Alpha Wave GlobalAnti+46 more
SiFive develops processor IP based on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture, offering customizable and scalable chip designs.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Francisco, US
Yunsup Lee(Executive Officer, Director)Krste Asanovic(Director)Andrew WatermaninStefan A Dyckerhoff(Executive Officer, Director)Naveed Sherwani(Executive Officer)Patrick Little(CEO)
Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundCoatue ManagementIntel CapitalOUP (Osage University Partners)Prosperity7 VenturesQualcomm Ventures+6 more
Sila provides AI tools designed to increase company productivity.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York City, US
Mith Paresh Patel(Founder)inCarl Huang(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Sila Nanotechnologies engineers next-generation battery materials, particularly silicon anodes, for use in electric vehicles, wearables, and other energy-intensive applications.
Deep TechEnergyHardwareNew MaterialsSan Jose, US
Gleb Yushin(Co-Founder & CTO)Gene Berdichevsky(Executive Officer, Director)inO. Abbey Omokhodion(Executive Officer)Warren DeSouza(Executive Officer)
BoardMichael L. Speiser(Director)inByron Deeter(Director)in
Co-investors8VCBessemer Venture PartnersCoatue ManagementCongruent VenturesFoothill VenturesIn-Q-Tel+4 more
Smartsheet provides a cloud-based work management platform that enables teams and organizations to plan, capture, manage, automate, and report on work at scale across enterprises, nonprofits, and small businesses globally.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSBellevue, US
Brent Frei(Director)W. Eric Browne(Executive Officer, Promoter)Andrew Lientz(Executive Officer)Mike Arntz(Executive Officer)Mark Mader(Executive Officer, Director)inJennifer Ceran(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsGolub GrowthInsight PartnersMadrona Venture GroupSummit Partners
Sumo Logic provides an AI-powered cloud-native log analytics platform that unifies and analyzes enterprise data for development, security, and operations teams.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureRedwood City, US
Christian Beedgen(Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Director)Kumar Saurabh(Co-Founder & VP Engineering)Bruno Kurtic(Founding VP of Product / Chief Strategy Officer)Mark Ties(Chief Executive Officer)Chris DeBiase(Chief Financial Officer)Nello Franco(Chief Customer Officer)in
Co-investorsAccelBattery VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsFrancisco PartnersFranklin TempletonGlynn Capital Management+10 more
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioPure StorageNYSE: PSTG
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Sumo Logic · Cyber Trust Podcast (UK) · Aug 12, 2026
Sila · ycombinator.com · Aug 5, 2026
Sila Nanotechnologies · startupfortune.com · Jul 22, 2026
Empower · musiculture.in · Jul 18, 2026
LaunchDarkly · pulse2.com · Jul 17, 2026
Fathom · stocktitan.net · Jul 16, 2026
Fathom · stocktitan.net · Jul 16, 2026
Fathom · stocktitan.net · Jul 16, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Sutter Hill Ventures invest at?
- Sutter Hill Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
- What is Sutter Hill Ventures's typical check size?
- Sutter Hill Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What sectors does Sutter Hill Ventures focus on?
- Sutter Hill Ventures focuses on Biotech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Medical Devices, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors.
- Where is Sutter Hill Ventures located?
- Sutter Hill Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does Sutter Hill Ventures lead rounds?
- Sutter Hill Ventures has led 4 of the 22 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does Sutter Hill Ventures co-invest with?
- Sutter Hill Ventures most often shares deals with Greylock Partners, Glynn Capital Management, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners), among 63 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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Sutter Hill Ventures' Sam Pullara 'In The Studio'
TechCrunch · Sam Pullara
Co-investors · 54
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▶42 more co-investors
Insight PartnersIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tiger Global ManagementBattery VenturesMadrona Venture GroupOperator CollectiveTenaya CapitalCisco InvestmentsGeneral CatalystAccelKhosla VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Canaan PartnersSapphire VenturesWebb Investment NetworkQualcomm VenturesChicago VenturesDragoneer Investment GroupCongruent VenturesAltos VenturesBenchmarkBoxGroupKrakenCRV (Charles River Ventures)Union Square Ventures (USV)Plug and Play VenturesHCVCAdditionMeritech Capital PartnersPractical Venture CapitalTrinity VenturesDN CapitalHanabi Capital75 & SunnyCapital FactoryMorado Venture PartnersGlobal Innovation FundCyfrinAmazon Alexa FundMithril Capital ManagementSnowflake VenturesColle Capital Partners
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