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Mike Speiser

Investor

Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures

San Francisco, CA

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Mike Speiser practices a rare incubation style of venture at Sutter Hill, where he has co-created companies inside the firm and served as their first CEO — most famously Snowflake, which he ran from 2012 to 2014 before its record-setting 2020 software IPO. His other incubations include Pure Storage, Sigma Computing, Observe and Lacework. The model has made him a fixture near the top of the Midas List, including a No. 5 finish in 2021.

Experience

  1. Sutter Hill VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2008 — presentSilicon Valley, CA
  2. SnowflakeFounding CEO, Investor, and Board Membercurrent2012 — presentSilicon Valley, CA
  3. WorkdayMember Board of Directorscurrent2024 — presentSilicon Valley, CA
  4. ReveFounding CEO, Investor, and Board Membercurrent2023 — presentSilicon Valley, CA
  5. Pure StorageFounding CEO, Investor, and Board Membercurrent2009 — presentSilicon Valley, CA
  6. Institute for Advanced StudyMember Board of Trusteescurrent2021 — presentPrinceton, NJ
  7. McLaren RacingAdvisory Board Membercurrent2022 — presentWoking
  8. YahooVice President of Products2005 — 2008Silicon Valley, CA
  9. Veritas Technologies LLCVice President of Products2001 — 2005Silicon Valley, CA
  10. EpinionsCo-Founder1999 — 2001Silicon Valley, CA
  11. McKinsey & CompanyAssociate1998 — 1999Silicon Valley, CA
  12. Credit SuisseAnalyst1993 — 1996New York, NY

Skills & more

Product Management99Product Marketing96Start-ups79Entrepreneurship43Venture Capital42Mobile Devices32Analytics31Cloud Computing20Marketing10Go-to-market Strategy9User Experience6Sales4
+4 moreStrategic PartnershipsStrategySaaSEnterprise Software

From Mike's professional profile.

Shared employers

Deals · 1

Sigma ComputingBoard seat

via Sutter Hill Ventures · filed Jan 2018 · $20M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Mike Speiser

Finding the Right Problems: How Sutter Hill Ventures’ Mike Speiser Creates Great Companies

Goldman Sachs

How Mike Speiser and Sutter Hill are changing the rules for venture investing

cnbc.com

Colleagues at Sutter Hill Ventures

Network1

Investors connected to Mike in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.