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Sam Parker

Investor

Head of Executive Partnerships at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Sam Parker leads IVP's Executive Partnerships function, connecting portfolio companies with the firm's network for recruiting, customer, and board-level introductions. Grew up in Silicon Valley and began his career at Apple as a product design engineer working on the first-generation AirPods and AirPods Pro.

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Experience

  1. IVPHead of Executive Partnershipscurrent2026 — present
  2. Wing Venture CapitalPartner, Market Development2022 — 2026Palo Alto, CA
  3. Bain & CompanyConsultant & Summer Associate2019 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Grove CollaborativeSummer Operations Intern2019San Francisco Bay Area
  5. AppleProduct Design Engineer2014 — 2018
  6. Vecna RoboticsMechanical Engineering Intern2013Cambridge, MA
  7. Neato RoboticsMechanical Engineering Intern2012

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration - MBA
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering
  3. Menlo School

Skills & more

Solidworks2Matlab11Python7Mathematica2LaTeX2SolidWorks6Robotics15CAD2Product Design4Programming2Entrepreneurship2

From Sam's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,150

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,144 more

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

+ 843 more

Also attended Menlo School28

Jack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture GroupDaniel BreyerInvestor and founder in San FranciscoTed BreyerPartner at Breyer CapitalBuzz FannInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Jenn Kranz GuillenInvestor at Mucker CapitalMatt MurphyGeneral Partner at Electric Feel Ventures Llc

+ 22 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Wing Venture Capital25

Nikki TatalovichSenior Manager, Events & Partnerships at Founders Circle CapitalPeter WagnerPartner at WingGaurav GargPartner at WingZach DeWittPartner at WingJake FlomenbergPartner at WingSara ChoiPartner at Wing

+ 19 more

Also worked at Bain & Company593

Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpIan MarshInvestor at DN CapitalSanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzonePascual Cortes-MonroyPrincipal at Northzone

+ 587 more

Also worked at Grove Collaborative5

Nikki FarbInvestor at HeadlineLee HowerCo-founder and Partner at NextView VenturesDuncan DavidsonGeneral Partner, Co-Founder at Bullpen CapitalJeff CroweSenior Managing Partner at Norwest Venture PartnersKara KitchenDirector, Recruiting at Deerpath

Also worked at Apple229

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index VenturesNicolas MetzkeInvestor at DaphniTed KummertVenture partner at Madrona focused on enterprise infrastructure, data, and intelligent applications

+ 223 more

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Alexander Lim
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Alexandria Simcox
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Amelia Gale
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Andrew Hsu
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Andrew Reed
Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)