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Sutter Hill Ventures

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Palo Alto · Seed–Late Stage · 7 people tracked

Also known as Sutter Hill · SUTTER HILL VENTURES, L.L.C.

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Seed–Late Stage
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$100K – $5M
HQ
Palo Alto, CA, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1964
Last 12 months
15 investments
AUM
$200M
VC funds
2
Tracked investments
71
Unicorns
13
IPOs
5
Acquisitions
12

Team · 7 people

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15 people who came through Sutter Hill Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

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What they invest in

from 56 of 71 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×31Enterprise Software ×17Hardware ×15Data & Infrastructure ×14SaaS ×14Biotech ×9Cloud Computing ×9Deep Tech ×9

HQs:United States×51Brazil×1United Kingdom×1Japan×1

Investments · 71 tracked

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Astera Labsasteralabs.comin𝕏NASDAQ: ALAB

Astera Labs develops connectivity solutions for hyperscale data centers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHardwareSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US

Gajendra Sanjay Akkasalamakki(Executive Officer, Director)Jitendra Mohan(Executive Officer, Director)Jitendra M.(Founder)inSanjay Gajendra(Founder)inCasey Morrison(Founder)inDesmond Lynch(Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investorsIntel CapitalState of Mind VenturesValor Equity PartnersAtreides Management

C3 AIc3.aiin𝕏NYSE: AIJan 2018

C3 AI develops an enterprise AI platform that unifies data, intelligent agents, and domain-specific AI models to help large organizations make faster and better operational decisions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSector AgnosticSan Jose, US

Thomas M. Siebel(Founder, Chairman, and CEO)inThomas Siebel(CEO and Chairman)inPaul Phillips(Executive Officer)inEd Abbo(Executive Officer, Director)inChristopher Werner(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Dana Jurika(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Co-investorsBreyer CapitalConstellation Technology VenturesThe Rise FundTPG

Pure Storagepurestorage.comin𝕏NYSE: PSTGAug 2011

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))inJohn Colgrove(Co-Founder, Chief Visionary Officer & Director)inJohn Hayes(Co-Founder & Chief Architect)inTarek A. Robbiati(Chief Financial Officer)inPatrick Finn(Chief Revenue Officer)Ajay Singh(Chief Product Officer)in

Co-investorsDag VenturesGlynn Capital ManagementGreylock PartnersIn-Q-TelIndex VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)+6 more

Rigetti Quantum Computingrigetti.comin𝕏NASDAQ: RGTISeries A

Rigetti develops quantum computing hardware and systems, leveraging superconducting quantum processing units cooled by dilution refrigerators to enable advanced quantum computation capabilities.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareQuantum ComputingRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Chad Rigetti(Founder/CEO)inDr. Subodh Kulkarni(President and CEO)

Co-investorsAlchemist AcceleratorAlpha Intelligence CapitalAME Cloud VenturesAndreessen HorowitzBessemer Venture PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)+32 more

Snowflakesnowflake.comin𝕏NYSE: SNOWSeries A · Aug 2012 · $5M

Snowflake is a fully managed cloud data platform that integrates data ingestion, processing, analysis, and AI application development across multiple cloud providers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Mateo, US

Benoit Dageville(Co-founder and President of Products)inMarcin Zukowski(Co-founder)inThierry Cruanes(Co-founder and CTO)inJeffrey T. Balaguras(Executive Officer)Matthew Glickman(Executive Officer)inBarbara Walkowski(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsArtisanal VenturesCoatue ManagementData TechEQUIAMFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcHuman Capital+12 more

Ancora Biotechancorabiotech.comin✓ verified

Ancora Biotech is a privately held biotherapeutics developer overseeing the manufacturing and clinical development of three multi-specific antibodies held in separate spin-offs.

BiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersSR One Capital Management

AttoTudeattotude.cominMay 2026✓ verified

AttoTude develops optical interconnect technology for data centers to support artificial intelligence and exascale computing applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareMenlo Park, US

Joy Laskar(AttoTude Founder and CTO)inDave Welch(AttoTude Founder and CEO)in

BoardPeter Wagner(Director)inBasil Alwan(Director)

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersThe Westly GroupMayfield FundNosTerra Venture CapitalOpen Field CapitalWing+1 more

Integrated Biosciencesintegratedbiosciences.comin𝕏Jul 2026✓ verified

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)inThemasap Khan(Director)

BoardKeith Loebner(Director)

Co-investorsCivilization Ventures Management, LlcIllumina VenturesOverlap Holdings

Integratedbiointegratedbio.comin𝕏✓ verified

Integrated Biosciences is a biotech company developing treatments and interventions for aging-related diseases using a combination of medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, aging biology, and artificial intelligence.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechLongevity

Daniel J. Anderson(Chief Scientific Officer)inSean Brown(Head of Medicinal Chemistry)inDan Whalen(Head of Biochemistry)inSatotaka Omori(Head of Aging Biology)inAlex Peysakhovich(Head of AI)in

Co-investorsPage One Ventures

Luminary Cloudluminary.aiin𝕏Sep 2025 · $72M✓ verified

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)inPeter Schlampp(Executive Officer, Director)inSudhir MenoninUtpal BhattinEdward Frye(CISO)in

BoardT.J. Rylander(General Partner at N47)in

Co-investorsNext47NVenturesNVIDIA

Neyeneye.aiin✓ verified

Neye is an AI technology company.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsEmeryville, US

Ming Wu(Director)inAshish Vengsarkar(CEO)inTae Joon Seok(CTO & Co-Founder)inMing C. Wu(Chief Scientist & Co-Founder)inStuart Merkadeau(Executive Officer)inIgor Khandros, Ph.D.(Director)

Co-investorsCapitalGM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Raptor GroupSocratic PartnersMicron VenturesNVIDIA

Observeobserveinc.comin𝕏Series A · May 2025 · $35M✓ verified

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)inKeith Butler(Executive Officer)inJeremy Burton(Executive Officer, Director)inBrian Campbell(Executive Officer)inChristine Dorrion(Executive Officer)inJacob Leverich(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArtisanal VenturesBasecamp FundEvolution Equity PartnersHuman CapitalMadrona Venture Group+5 more

Solmeetsol.comin𝕏✓ verified

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)DeVCGeneral CatalystNexus Venture Partnerspeercheque

Sigmasigmacomputing.comin𝕏Dec 2017 · $80M

Sigma Computing provides a warehouse-native analytics platform that lets business teams build, deploy, and govern AI applications on live data warehouse data without moving it, using spreadsheet-style input tables, embedded agents, and automated actions.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Robert Woolen(Director)Rob Woollen(CTO/Co-founder)inJason Frantz(Chief Architect/Co-founder)inMike Palmer(CEO)inChristina Liu(CFO)inEran Davidov(SVP Engineering)in

Board seatMike Speiser· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAvenir Growth CapitalNewView CapitalPrinceville CapitalAltimeter CapitalAltimeter Venture PartnersDatabricks Ventures+5 more

Aria Networksarianetworks.comin𝕏Apr 2026 · $125M

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)inSteven J. Morgan(Executive Officer)Subhachandra Chandra(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardStefan A. Dyckerhoff(Director)inGavin Baker(Director)in

Co-investorsAtreides ManagementEclipse VenturesValor Equity Partners

Atmosicatmosic.comin𝕏Dec 2019 · $28.5M

Atmosic designs ultra-low-power wireless connectivity and compute chips for connected devices, aiming to extend battery life or enable battery-free operation.

HardwareIoTSemiconductorsCampbell, US

David Su(Founder)inMasoud Zargari(Founder)in

Co-investorsClear VenturesDolby Family VenturesWalden International

Augmentgoaugment.comApr 2024 · $227M

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)inJustin Hall(CCO & Co-founder)inArtur Rivilis(CTO & Co-founder)in

Co-investors8VCAutotech VenturesDell Technologies CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersRoar VenturesSocium Ventures+4 more

Augmentaugment.coinApr 2024 · $227M

Augment offers a unified workspace for organizing, tracking, and sharing work.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSeattle, US

Geoff Harris(Director)Jordan Ritter(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorFlying Fish VenturesJAZZ Venture PartnersPortland Seed FundIndex VenturesInnovation Endeavors+1 more

Augmentaugment.orgin𝕏Apr 2024 · $227M

Augment offers an online MBA-style business education program taught by founders and operators from companies such as YouTube, Waze, Wikipedia, Shazam, OpenAI, Google, and Nike, delivered through 800+ video classes, weekly live sessions, and a global community.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of Work

Ariel Renous(Co-Founder & CEO)inRoy Wellner(Co-Founder & COO)in

Co-investorsAutotech VenturesRedpoint VenturesRTP Global8VCIndex VenturesInnovation Endeavors+1 more

Augmentaugment.marketin𝕏Apr 2024 · $227M

Augment Markets is a technology company that provides software and data services for private market investments, offering brokerage and investment advisory services to qualified institutional and accredited investors.

FintechMarketplacesSaaSAustin, US

NoelAdam

Co-investorsVeridical VenturesIndex VenturesInnovation EndeavorsLightspeed Venture Partners

Augment Codeaugmentcode.comin𝕏Series A · Apr 2024 · $227M

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)in

Co-investorsEvolution Equity PartnersEvolution VC PartnersGlynn Capital ManagementIndex VenturesMotier VenturesOperator Collective+4 more

Benu NetworksinSep 2013Acquired

Massachusetts developer of cloud-native subscriber management and virtual broadband network gateway software, acquired by Ciena in 2022.

Billerica, US

Dino Di Palma(Executive Officer, Director)inFrancis J. Cusick(Executive Officer)

BoardTodd Dagres(Director)inStefan Dyckerhoff(Director)Louis Toth(Director)Bruce McClelland(Director)

Co-investorsComcast VenturesSpark Capital

BloomNationbloomnation.comin𝕏

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)inGregg Weisstein(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzChicago VenturesSpark CapitalA.Capital VenturesLighter CapitalMucker Capital+6 more

Celerocelero.com.brinNov 2025 · $140M

Celero is a data infrastructure platform for legal entities (PJs) in Latin America that uses artificial intelligence to help financial institutions gain comprehensive customer insights and optimize credit expansion for business customers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechSão Paulo, BR

João Henrique Tosin(Founder)inPedro Chaves(Founder)in

Co-investorsAllievo CapitalCapitalGHoney Island CapitalAtreides ManagementMaverick SiliconValor Equity Partners

Celero Communicationscelero.incinNov 2025 · $140M

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)inNariman Yousefi(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardRobert Abbott(Director)inStefan Dyckerhoff(Director)inJames Luo(Director)inGavin Baker(Director)in

Co-investorsCapitalGAtreides ManagementMaverick SiliconValor Equity Partners

Clumioclumio.comin𝕏Series A · Nov 2017 · $75M

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)inKaustubh Sambhaji Patil(Director, Promoter)

BoardMichael L. Speiser(Director)Mark Leslie(Director)

Co-investorsHuman CapitalIndex VenturesNewView CapitalAltimeter Capital

DataRobotdatarobot.comin𝕏Jul 2021

DataRobot develops an AI and machine learning platform that automates model development and deployment for enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US

Jeremy Achin(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inTom de Godoy(Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer)in

BoardHarry Weller(Director)Christopher Lynch(Director)in

Co-investorsAMK Investment OfficeB Capital GroupB4 CapitalBallistic VenturesCisco InvestmentsConnetic Ventures+41 more

Empowerempower.deliveryApr 2024 · $227M

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 McFaddeninChris PfeifferDavid BaldwininKristopher ChambersLisa SangiorgioNakul Deo

Co-investorsHigh AlphaAllos VenturesCapitalGFidelity InvestmentsIndex VenturesInnovation Endeavors+2 more

Empowerempowersemi.cominApr 2024 · $227MAcquired

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)inTrey Roessig(Chief Technology Officer & SVP Engineering)Kurt Redfield(Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer)

Co-investorsCapitalGRaptor GroupSamsung Catalyst FundSocratic PartnersAtreides ManagementFidelity Investments+6 more

Enfabricaenfabrica.netin𝕏Jun 2023 · $125MAcquired

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)in

BoardGavin Baker(Director)inStefan Dyckerhoff(Director)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundCastor VenturesCisco InvestmentsProsperity7 VenturesSamsung Catalyst Fund+7 more

Eversightinacquired by Instacart · Sep 2022

Eversight was an AI-powered SaaS platform that helped CPG brands and retailers test and optimize pricing and promotions in real time.

Palo Alto, US

David Moran(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jamie Rapperport(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMax Silverstein(Executive Officer)in

BoardBrian Jacobs(Director)inJames White(Director)

Co-investorsEmergence Capital Partners

Fathomfathom.aiin𝕏Apr 2026 · $47M

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 CapitalImmeasurableMaven VenturesRackhouse Venture Management LpSoma Capital+17 more

Fathomfathompbc.orgin𝕏Apr 2026 · $47M

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

Forty Seven Incfortyseveninc.comin𝕏Oct 2017acquired by Gilead · Mar 2020

Gilead discovers, develops, and delivers therapeutic medicines for life-threatening diseases, with focus on virology, oncology, and inflammation across 35+ countries.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US

Ravindra Majeti(Director)Irving Weissman(Director)Eric Jensen(Executive Officer)

BoardChristopher Schaepe(Director)inJeffrey Bird(Director)Dennis Henner(Director)

Co-investorsBluebird VenturesGV (Google Ventures)Lightspeed Venture PartnersSofinnova VenturesClarus VenturesWellington Management

Ghosttryghost.aiin𝕏Jul 2021 · $100M

Ghost builds dedicated consumer hardware and software for running personal AI agents on infrastructure the user owns, rather than on cloud providers.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerHardware

Co-investorsAudaciousBackwards CapitalCathay InnovationEqual VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)Coatue Management+3 more

Ghost LocomotioninJul 2021 · $100M

Mountain View, US

John M. Hayes(Co-Founder & CEO)inVolkmar Uhlig(Co-Founder & VP Engineering)in

BoardVinod Khosla(Director)inKeith Rabois(Director)inMichael L. Speiser(Director)Gene Berdichevsky(Director)in

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementFounders FundKhosla Ventures

Glassdoorglassdoor.comin𝕏Apr 2016Acquired

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)inAdam Spiegel(Executive Officer)inChristian Sutherland-Wongin

BoardJames White(Director)inNeeraj Agrawal(Director)inLee Fixel(Director)in

Co-investorsAnsa CapitalBattery VenturesCapitalGDag VenturesFelicis VenturesBenchmark+3 more

Inferinfer.soinNov 2014

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 CombinatorAhead VCAndreessen HorowitzParadigm Shift CapitalRedpoint VenturesStellaris Venture Advisors 2 Llp

Inphiinphi.comin𝕏Sep 2026 · $275Macquired by Marvell Technology · Oct 2020 · $10B

Marvell designs custom silicon and provides interconnect and network switch products for AI data-center infrastructure, serving hyperscalers, enterprise networks, and 5G carriers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors

Loi Nguyen, PhD(Founder)in

Co-investorsGFT VenturesICCP Venture PartnersMayfield FundWalden CatalystAtreides ManagementCapitalG+3 more

Instart Logicinstartlogic.comAcquired

Provides a digital experience cloud that dramatically improves web application consumer experience, engagement and revenue.

Hariharan Kolam(Founder)Manav Mital(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersGeodesic CapitalMillennium Technology Value PartnersStructural CapitalTenaya CapitalWing+5 more

Laceworklacework.comSeries A · Oct 2025 · $175M

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-investorsAlumni VenturesAurumBright Pixel CapitalEngineering CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Human Capital+7 more

LaunchDarklylaunchdarkly.comin𝕏

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 PartnersBloomberg BetaCervinChemistry+13 more

Luminarywithluminary.cominMar 2024 · $15M

Luminary builds AI-powered software that helps wealth, legal, and tax advisors manage trust and estate planning by automating data extraction from documents and enabling modeling, visualization, and reporting of tax-efficient wealth transfer strategies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York, US

David Barnard(Co-founder)inJoe Lonsdale(Co-founder)inIan Lyons(Founder)in

Co-investors2.12 Angels8VCLightbankGilgamesh Ventures

Moleculemolecule.xyz𝕏Apr 2026 · $47M

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-investorsAtria VenturesBackedBoxGroupCompoundFifty YearsInflection.xyz+12 more

Moleculemolecule.ioinApr 2026 · $47M

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

Sameer Soleja(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardBlair Garrou(Director)inChristian Stewart(Director)Nate Quinn(Director)Doug Wendler(Director)

Co-investorsMercury FundChemistry

Nutcracker Therapeuticsnutcrackerx.comSep 2020Acquired

RNA therapeutics company with a chip-based mRNA manufacturing platform; acquired by Medici Therapeutics in November 2025.

BiotechEmeryville, US

Igor Khandros(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors+ND CapitalARCH Venture PartnersBluebird VenturesCraft VenturesFounders FundParadigm+1 more

Observeobserve.techJul 2025 · $156M

Observe built a monitoring system for aquaculture that used underwater cameras and computer vision to follow fish behaviour, feeding, and biomass growth in sea pens.

AgTechLondon, GB

Hemang Rishi(CEO)inPieter Fabry(CTO)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstAlumni VenturesCapital One Ventures

Observe.AIobserve.aiin𝕏Jul 2025

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(CEO & Co-Founder)inJithendra Vepa(CTO & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsMenlo VenturesScale Venture PartnersNexus Venture Partners01 AdvisorsCommon OceanEMERGENT VENTURES+14 more

OpenDNSopendns.comin𝕏May 2014 · $35MAcquired

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-investorsCisco InvestmentsDag VenturesEvolution Equity PartnersGlynn Capital ManagementGreylock PartnersLumia Capital+4 more

PINCpinctech.comin

PINC develops nonlinear photonic circuits and devices based on periodically poled thin-film lithium niobate (NanoPPLN) technology for applications ranging from UV to mid-infrared wavelengths.

Deep TechHardwareNew MaterialsSemiconductors

Co-investorsFREEFLOWQuantonationAccel-KKRQubits Ventures

Rampramp.comin𝕏Nov 2025

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)inGene Lee(Co-Founder)inScott Bulua(Executive Officer)inRahul Sengottuvelu(Chief Technology Officer)inWilliam (Will) Petrie(Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures8VCA*Alpha Wave GlobalAnti+56 more

Ruckus Wireless, Inc.jscom.jp𝕏Sep 2005Acquired

JS Communications provides network integration services, infrastructure solutions, and security technologies for enterprise IT systems.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIoTTokyo, JP

William Kish(Executive Officer, Director)Victor Shtrom(Executive Officer)Selina Lo(Executive Officer, Director)James Hennessy(Executive Officer)愛須 康之(代表取締役会長 (Representative Director & Chairman))渡邉 辰夫(代表取締役社長 (Representative Director & President))

Co-investorsMitsui Global InvestmentMobile Internet Capital, Inc.WingSequoia Capital

SiFivesifive.comin𝕏Mar 2017 · $400M

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)inKrste Asanovic(Director)inAndrew WatermaninStefan A Dyckerhoff(Executive Officer, Director)inNaveed Sherwani(Executive Officer)inPatrick Little(CEO)in

Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundCoatue ManagementIbex InvestorsIntel CapitalOUP (Osage University Partners)Prosperity7 Ventures+8 more

Sigmasigmaco.cominMay 2026 · $80M

SIGMA manufactures water infrastructure products including fittings, restraints, castings, and enclosures for municipal and utility applications.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechConstruction TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainNew Materials

Victor Pais(Founder)Siddharth Bhattacharji(Founder)in

Co-investorsWind Point PartnersAltimeter CapitalAvenir Growth CapitalDatabricks VenturesK5 GlobalNewView Capital+4 more

Silasilahq.comin𝕏Series A · Sep 2011 · $5M

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 CombinatorRevolution

Sila Nanotechnologiessilanano.comin𝕏Jul 2026

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)inGene Berdichevsky(Co-Founder & CEO)inAlex Jacobs(Co-Founder & VP, Engineering)inO. Abbey Omokhodion(Executive Officer)inWarren DeSouza(Executive Officer)in

BoardMichael L. Speiser(Director)in

Co-investors8VCBessemer Venture PartnersCoatue ManagementCongruent VenturesFoothill VenturesIn-Q-Tel+4 more

Smartsheetsmartsheet.comin𝕏May 2017

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)inW. Eric Browne(Executive Officer, Promoter)inAndrew Lientz(Executive Officer)inMike Arntz(Executive Officer)inMark Mader(Executive Officer, Director)inJennifer Ceran(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsFrontier Venture CapitalGolub GrowthHoneywell VenturesInsight PartnersMadrona Venture GroupMadrona Venture Labs+2 more

Sumo Logicsumologic.comin𝕏Jan 2012Acquired

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)inKumar Saurabh(Co-Founder & VP Engineering)inBruno Kurtic(Founding VP of Product / Chief Strategy Officer)inMark Ties(Chief Executive Officer)inChris DeBiase(Chief Financial Officer)Nello Franco(Chief Customer Officer)in

Co-investorsAccelBattery VenturesCross Creek AdvisorsFrancisco PartnersFranklin TempletonGlynn Capital Management+10 more

ThousandEyesthousandeyes.comMar 2014 · $50M

San Francisco, US

Ricardo Oliveira(Executive Officer, Director)inMohit Lad(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAaref Hilaly(Director)inStefan Dyckerhoff(Director)Sanjit Biswas(Director)Michael Tuchen(Director)

Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Sequoia CapitalTenaya CapitalUS Venture PartnersW Capital PartnersSalesforce Ventures+1 more

Tomfoolerytomfoolery.comSeed · Jan 2013 · $2M

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AtommapFoundationDBGhost AutonomyGuardian AnalyticsIdun PharmaceuticalsMerganser BiotechOtherInboxRakuten ReadySwitch TechX (formerly Twitter)

Exits · 17

5 IPOs · 12 acquisitions · showing 8

Astera LabsNASDAQ: ALABC3 AINYSE: AIPure StorageNYSE: PSTGRigetti Quantum ComputingNASDAQ: RGTISnowflakeNYSE: SNOWEversightacq. by InstacartForty Seven Incacq. by GileadInphiacq. by Marvell Technology

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

IPO stake values · per SEC filings

Value of this firm's stake in each portfolio company at its IPO price, from the prospectus principal-stockholder table.

CompanyOwnedIPO priceAt IPOStake value
Astera Labs12.6%$36.00Mar 2024$806.6M

Source: SEC S-1 / 424B prospectus filings. Stake value = shares beneficially owned × the initial public offering price, as disclosed — a market value at IPO, not a return multiple (the firm's original cost is not disclosed).

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Sutter Hill Ventures made?
Sutter Hill Ventures has 71 tracked investments, 17 of which have exited, including 19 dated in the last 24 months.
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 11 of the 46 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 66 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Finding the Right Problems: How Sutter Hill Ventures’ Mike Speiser Creates Great Companies

Goldman Sachs · Mike Speiser

How Mike Speiser and Sutter Hill are changing the rules for venture investing

Mike Speiser · cnbc.com

Sutter Hill Ventures' Sam Pullara 'In The Studio'

TechCrunch · Sam Pullara

Co-investors · 54

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

$4.4M – $214M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

$1.7M – $87M
Redpoint Ventures

Since 1999, Redpoint Ventures has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones. The firm invests early in startups building category-defining companies, from AI and infrastructure to security. Redpoint has backed hundreds of companies, including Netflix, Snowflake, Stripe, Ramp, Twilio, Ramp, and Hims, and today backs the next generation of AI leaders like OpenAI, Legora, Modal, Abridge and Physical Intelligence. Redpoint is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Woodside. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/

$100K – $10M
Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across industries and geographies, emphasizing the people behind ideas as much as the businesses themselves.

$540K – $10.8M
Spark Capital

Spark Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders, known for early investments including leading Twitter's Series B in 2008.

$500K – $25M
CapitalG

CapitalG is Alphabet's independent growth fund, investing capital and operational expertise to help growth-stage consumer and enterprise technology companies scale.

$75M – $100M
Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.

$100K – $200M
Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management operates public equity strategies (long/short, long-focused and crossover) and a private equity business investing in early- through late-stage growth companies across new and existing industries.

$1M – $100M
Wing

Wing Venture Capital is an early-stage venture fund backing founders building the AI-first economy across infrastructure, enterprise, physical, domain-specific, security, and healthcare AI.

$200K – $20M
Altimeter Capital

Altimeter is a technology-focused investment firm that partners with founders to help build enduring companies. It manages multiple funds investing across both public and private markets and aims to support companies through all stages of growth, including their transition into public markets.

$1M – $25M
Tenaya Capital

Tenaya Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs building enduring companies, focusing on growth-stage investments.

$5M – $10M
General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.

Both backed · 3
$30M
▶42 more co-investors

Khosla VenturesAlumni VenturesInsight PartnersInnovation EndeavorsMadrona Venture GroupNext47Cisco InvestmentsSnowflake VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Sapphire VenturesBattery VenturesMeritech Capital PartnersOperator CollectiveAccelBenchmarkBoxGroupUnion Square Ventures (USV)Canaan PartnersWebb Investment NetworkQualcomm VenturesChicago VenturesDragoneer Investment GroupCongruent VenturesAltos VenturesKrakenCRV (Charles River Ventures)Plug and Play VenturesHCVCAdditionPractical Venture CapitalTrinity VenturesDN CapitalHanabi Capital75 & SunnyCapital FactoryMorado Venture PartnersGlobal Innovation FundCyfrinAmazon Alexa FundMithril Capital ManagementColle Capital Partners

Firms observed investing alongside Sutter Hill Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Sutter Hill Ventures's recorded portfolio.

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