Larry Augustin
InvestorInvestor 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
- Brief - Executive IntelligenceCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2026 β presentSanta Clara County, California, United States
- Augustin VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2005 β presentLos Altos, California, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)VP Applications2019 β 2021Seattle, Washington, United States
- SugarCRMCEO2009 β 2019
- DotNetNuke CorporationMember of the Board of Directors2008 β 2017
- AppceleratorMember of the Board of Directors2008 β 2016
- PentahoMember of the Board of Directors2005 β 2009
- Hyperic, Inc.Member of the Board of Directors2006 β 2009
- JBossMember of the Board of Directors2005 β 2006
- XenSourceMember of the Board of Directors2005 β 2006
- MedsphereCEO2005
- Azure Capital PartnersVenture Partner2002 β 2004
- VA Linux Systems (SourceForge) NASDAQ: LNUXCEO1993 β 2002
Education
- Stanford UniversityPh.D., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science1987 β 1992
- Stanford UniversityMSEE, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science1984 β 1985
- University of Notre DameBSEE, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science1980 β 1984
Skills & more
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Business AlliancesWeb DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsCompetitive AnalysisNew Business DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceIntegrationExecutive ManagementStrategyLeadershipManagementStrategic PlanningLanguages English
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Also attended Stanford University1,575
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Shared employers
Also worked at SugarCRM7
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Also worked at DotNetNuke Corporation2
Also worked at Pentaho6
Also worked at XenSource2
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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