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Les Yetton

Investor

Operating Partner at Stage 1 Ventures

Boston

About

Les Yetton is an investor and advisor focused on early-stage AI, data, and enterprise technology startups. As an Operating Partner at Stage 1 Ventures, he brings experience from executive roles including CEO and Head of Sales at venture-backed companies, with a track record of one IPO and three exits. His expertise spans go-to-market strategy, sales enablement, and ecosystem development across cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and SaaS solutions.

Experience

  1. NomadGo, Inc.Advisor and Investorcurrent2025 — presentBoston, MA
  2. STAGE 1 VENTURESOperating Partnercurrent2020 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  3. Cedar Point VenturesAngel Investorcurrent2015 — presentGreater Boston
  4. CHAOSSEARCHCo-Founder and CEO2017 — 2020Greater Boston
  5. Deep Software FoundationCEO2015 — 2016Greater Boston Area
  6. LogMeInSVP and GM of Xively (acquired by Google)2012 — 2014Greater Boston Area
  7. DynamicOpsCMO of DynamicOps (acquired by VMware)2011 — 2012Greater Boston
  8. IntelCEO of Neocleus (acquired by Intel)2009 — 2010Cambridge, MA
  9. VMwareVP Sales, Marketing, and BD of Desktone (acquired by VMware)2007 — 2009Chelmsford, MA
  10. MicrosoftVP Sales and Business Development of Softricity (acquired by Microsoft)2000 — 2007Greater Boston
  11. Axis CommunicationsGM of the Americas (NASDAQ OMX NORDIC: AXIS IPO 1999)1991 — 1999Greater Boston
  12. UnisysSales and Sales Management1982 — 1987

Education

  1. Norwich UniversityBA, Government and Economics

Skills & more

Go-to-market Strategy59Forecasting12Recruiting8Deferred Compensation4Cloud Computing88Start-ups91Virtualization34Product Management32Solution Selling22Account Management5Entrepreneurship15Business Development24
+11 moreStrategic PartnershipsBusiness AlliancesBusiness StrategyPre-salesSecurityLeadershipStrategyManagementEnterprise SoftwareSaaSChannel

From Les's professional profile.

Colleagues at Stage 1 Ventures

Alfonso Carrillo
Operating Partner at Stage 1 Ventures
David Baum
Managing Director at Stage 1 Ventures
David Mathews
Advisor at Stage 1 Ventures
Jim Walsh
Advisor at Stage 1 Ventures
John Hartnett
CEO and Founder at SVG Ventures | THRIVE
John Sheehan
Advisor at Stage 1 Ventures
Jonathan Gordon
Managing Director at Stage 1 Ventures
Joseph Pianelli
Operating Partner at Stage 1 Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Where does Les Yetton work?
Les Yetton is Operating Partner at Stage 1 Ventures.

Founder mafias

Norwich University mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Rory GramanStrategic Studies & Defense AnalysisFounded Charge Running

Stage 1 Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Ralph RodriguezAdvisorFounded Invenio

Same school

Also attended Norwich University4

Patrick HenshawManaging Director at Render CapitalBrian CoburnPrincipal at Eos Venture Partners LimitedBrendan FallisManaging Director at Leawood Venture Capital LlcRory GramanFounder at Charge Running

Shared employers

Also worked at NomadGo, Inc.2

Jim CohenCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate VenturesMark PoagCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate Ventures

Also worked at CHAOSSEARCH5

Graham BrooksPartner at .406 VenturesKevin C. WangPrincipal at .406 VenturesRudina SeseriFounder and Managing Partner at Glasswing VenturesKleida MartiroManaging Director at Glasswing VenturesAndrew BurtonCEO, commercetools at Venture Guides Management, L.P.

Also worked at DynamicOps3

Sahir AzamInvestor at Index VenturesMark FernandesManaging Partner at Sierra VenturesMichael WasserFounder/CEO at BloomAPI

Also worked at Intel331

Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesKarim FarisInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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