Derek Zanutto
InvestorGeneral Partner at CapitalG
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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505 people in our graph share verified history with Derek — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Michael McBrideunlockedDerek: together at Cribl (2024–2026)
×2Derek: together at Databricks
×2Derek: together at Verkada
Derek: together at Dataiku
About
Derek Zanutto blends operating experience at LinkedIn and Netflix with disciplined, data-driven growth investing in enterprise software and data-centric, post–product-market-fit companies, especially AI and data products for security and construction.
Invests in
ConsumerCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech
Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at Harvard College (AB) Studied at Harvard Business School (MBA)
- Awards
- Zanutto graduated from Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar.
- Hobbies
- Zanutto is an avid runner and guitar player.
- Family
- Zanutto lives with his wife and three children in the Bay Area.
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Experience
- CapitalGGeneral Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, California
- NinjaOneBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Bedrock RoboticsBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)Board Membercurrent2024 — present
- CollibraBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
- DatabricksInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- Grafana LabsInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- HadrianInvestorcurrent2026 — present
- VerkadaInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- CriblInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- DataikuInvestorcurrent2019 — present
- Ping IdentityInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- MXBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- New RelicInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- ArmisBoard Member2020 — 2026
- GICSenior Vice President2017 — 2018San Francisco, California
- Hellman & FriedmanDirector2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Renaissance LearningBoard Member2015 — 2017
- Lynda.comInvestor2015
- AirbnbInvestor2014 — 2015
Skills & more
Private Equity14Mergers1
From Derek's professional profile.
Investments
Per curated public sources.
Colleagues at CapitalG
Network11
Dharmesh ThakkerScout
General Partner at Battery Ventures
Jackson Georges, Jr.Scout
Cofounder and Managing Partner at BAG Ventures
Jeremiah GordonScout
General Counsel / Chief Compliance Officer at CapitalG
Richard SeewaldScout
Founder and Managing Partner at Evolution Equity Partners
Alex Nichols
Investor at CapitalG
Army Tunjaicon
Vice President at CapitalG
Chengpeng Mou
Partner at CapitalG
David Lawee
General Partner at CapitalG
Derrick Chow
Partner at S32
Drew Goydan
Investor at CapitalG
Gene Frantz
General Partner at CapitalG
Investors connected to Derek in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Derek Zanutto?
- Derek Zanutto blends operating experience at LinkedIn and Netflix with disciplined, data-driven growth investing in enterprise software and data-centric, post–product-market-fit companies, especially AI and data products for security and construction.
- Where does Derek Zanutto work?
- Derek Zanutto is General Partner at CapitalG.
- What does Derek Zanutto invest in?
- Derek Zanutto invests in Consumer, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech.
- What check size does Derek Zanutto write?
- Derek Zanutto typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies has Derek Zanutto invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Armis, Bmi, Collibra, Cribl, Databricks, Dataiku, Grafana Labs, Hadrian, NinjaOne, Ping Identity, Verkada, Armis, and 6 more.
- Where did Derek Zanutto go to school?
- Derek Zanutto studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); Harvard University (A.B.).
- What awards has Derek Zanutto received?
- Zanutto graduated from Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar.
- Does Derek Zanutto lead rounds?
- Yes — Derek Zanutto has led 11 tracked investments.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Bedrock Robotics14
Sriram KrishnanStartup builder and investorSunil ChhayaFounder at Kearny JacksonShaun ChaudhuriPartner at The Westly GroupAidan Madigan-CurtisPartner at Eclipse VenturesRyan GibsonVP of Finance at Eclipse VenturesKevin SpainGeneral Partner at Emergence Capital Partners
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