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Sam Diener
InvestorManaging Partner at Early Light Ventures
Washington, District of Columbia
Writes $100K – $500K checks · typically $400K
About
Sam Diener, a former paramedic and white-hat hacker, backs underdog founders on merit and leverages sales-and-engineering experience at venture-backed SaaS firms that drove tens of millions in annual revenue.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSaaS
Experience
- Early Light VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2019 — presentWashington D.C. Metro Area
- Riptide VenturesInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- privateCOO/CIO/advisorcurrent2023 — present
- ZoomdataSr. Director, Strategic Partnerships and Technology2014 — 2019Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Logi AnalyticsSenior Sales Engineer2012 — 2014McLean, VA
- Adstrategist (Numeric)GTM Strategy & Execution2009 — 2012Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- EnterpriseManagement Training Program2007 — 2009
- FreelanceParamedic1998 — 2006
Education
- University of Maryland Baltimore County
Skills & more
Marketing Strategy34Team Building2Strategic Planning3Strategic PartnershipsMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)New Business Development4PresalesSoftware as a Service (SaaS)4Business Process ImprovementBusiness Intelligence (BI)1Team DevelopmentTeam Leadership
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Technical SalesFinanceInvestmentsVenture CapitalInvestor RelationsFundraisingDue DiligenceSalesLeadershipEnterprise SoftwareUnixMySQL- CISSP — ISC
- OSCP — Offensive Security Institute
From Sam's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Maryland Baltimore County14
Beth ThorpeAdministrative Manager at JMI EquityKatie WillgingSenior Alternative Investments Analyst at NextGen Venture PartnersStephanie C. HillPresident, Rotary and Mission Systems at Lockheed Martin VenturesGreg CangialosiVenture Partner at Early Light VenturesMatt DimariaDirector at Innovation StudioCurtis SchicknerPresident at Diamond Edge Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Zoomdata1
Also worked at Enterprise7
Kristin BeachCFO at Theory VenturesAbbie MosleyBroker Manager at Time FinanceErnie HoltzheimerManaging Partner at Garden State Venture PartnersSam PerrySoftware Engineer at OUTPOST VENTURESGeorge Fisher-WilsonHead of Marketing at Bek VenturesRoy SmithState Manager - WA, SA & NT at Radium Capital
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