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Larry Augustin

Investor

Investor at EPIC VENTURES Β· Venture Partner at Tau Ventures

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.

Experience

  1. Brief - Executive IntelligenceCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2026 β€” presentSanta Clara County, California, United States
  2. Augustin VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2005 β€” presentLos Altos, California, United States
  3. Amazon Web Services (AWS)VP Applications2019 β€” 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
  4. SugarCRMCEO2009 β€” 2019
  5. DotNetNuke CorporationMember of the Board of Directors2008 β€” 2017
  6. AppceleratorMember of the Board of Directors2008 β€” 2016
  7. PentahoMember of the Board of Directors2005 β€” 2009
  8. Hyperic, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors2006 β€” 2009
  9. JBossMember of the Board of Directors2005 β€” 2006
  10. XenSourceMember of the Board of Directors2005 β€” 2006
  11. MedsphereCEO2005
  12. Azure Capital PartnersVenture Partner2002 β€” 2004
  13. VA Linux Systems (SourceForge) NASDAQ: LNUXCEO1993 β€” 2002

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityPh.D., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science1987 β€” 1992
  2. Stanford UniversityMSEE, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science1984 β€” 1985
  3. University of Notre DameBSEE, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science1980 β€” 1984

Skills & more

Fundraising99Open Source Licensing74Start-ups99Business Development99Venture Capital99CRM99Cloud Computing99Mobile Devices99Entrepreneurship99Online Marketing11Marketing Strategy28Web Applications44
+12 moreBusiness AlliancesWeb DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsCompetitive AnalysisNew Business DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceIntegrationExecutive ManagementStrategyLeadershipManagementStrategic Planning

Languages English

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Deals Β· 2

LalithaBoard seat

via Tau Ventures Β· filed Dec 2025 Β· $16.6M raise

AppceleratorBoard seat

via Tau Ventures Β· filed Aug 2015 Β· $10M raise

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