Larry Augustin
InvestorInvestor at EPIC VENTURES · Venture Partner at Tau Ventures · Board director at Lalitha · Board director at Appcelerator
San Francisco Bay Area
About
Larry Augustin is CEO and co-founder of Brief - Executive Intelligence. Previously, he served as VP of Applications at AWS overseeing services including Contact Center, Marketing Automation, and Productivity applications, and as CEO of SugarCRM, where he grew the company from $10M to $100M in revenue before its 2018 acquisition by Accel-KKR. He has invested in and served on boards of multiple technology companies including GitLab, JBoss, XenSource, and VA Linux, which he founded in 1993 and took public in 1999; he holds degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and the University of Notre Dame.
Board director at Lalitha
Intro paths
In turn, Larry can intro founders to Lalitha's investors below.
Lalitha's investors · 1
Co-founders at Lalitha
Board director at Appcelerator
Intro paths
In turn, Larry can intro founders to Appcelerator's investors below.
Appcelerator's investors · 7
Co-founders at Appcelerator
Experience
- Brief - Executive IntelligenceCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentSanta Clara County, California, United States
- Augustin VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2005 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)VP Applications2019 — 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- SugarCRMCEO2009 — 2019
- DotNetNuke CorporationMember of the Board of Directors2008 — 2017
- AppceleratorMember of the Board of Directors2008 — 2016
- PentahoMember of the Board of Directors2005 — 2009
- Hyperic, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors2006 — 2009
- JBossMember of the Board of Directors2005 — 2006
- XenSourceMember of the Board of Directors2005 — 2006
- MedsphereCEO2005
- Azure Capital PartnersVenture Partner2002 — 2004
- VA Linux Systems (SourceForge) NASDAQ: LNUXCEO1993 — 2002
Skills & more
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Business AlliancesWeb DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsCompetitive AnalysisNew Business DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceIntegrationExecutive ManagementStrategyLeadershipManagementStrategic PlanningLanguages English
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Deals · 2
LalithaBoard seat
via Tau Ventures · filed Dec 2025 · $16.6M raise
AppceleratorBoard seat
via Tau Ventures · filed Aug 2015 · $10M raise
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Colleagues at EPIC VENTURES
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Larry Augustin?
- Larry Augustin is CEO and co-founder of Brief - Executive Intelligence. Previously, he served as VP of Applications at AWS overseeing services including Contact Center, Marketing Automation, and Productivity applications, and as CEO of SugarCRM, where he grew the company from $10M to $100M in revenue before its 2018 acquisition by Accel-KKR. He has invested in and served on boards of multiple technology companies including GitLab, JBoss, XenSource, and VA Linux, which he founded in 1993 and took public in 1999; he holds degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University and the University of Notre Dame.
- Where does Larry Augustin work?
- Larry Augustin is at EPIC VENTURES and Board director at Lalitha and Board director at Appcelerator.
- What boards does Larry Augustin sit on?
- Larry Augustin holds tracked board seats at Appcelerator, Lalitha.
- Where did Larry Augustin go to school?
- Larry Augustin studied at Stanford University (Ph.D., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science); Stanford University (MSEE, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science); University of Notre Dame (BSEE, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science).
Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Also attended University of Notre Dame298
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Shared employers
Also worked at SugarCRM9
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Also worked at DotNetNuke Corporation2
Also worked at Pentaho7
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