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Sam Pullara

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Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures · Board director at Sigma

Los Altos, California, United States

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Joe GreensteinunlockedSam: together at Kenamea, Inc. (2001–2002)
Sam: together at Curbside
Sam: together at Morado Venture Partners
×6Sam: together at Sutter Hill Ventures

About

Sam Pullara is a Managing Director and CTO at Sutter Hill Ventures, where he focuses on investments in AI applications and infrastructure, enterprise infrastructure technologies including databases and storage, and cloud enablement software. His background spans venture capital, systems architecture, and software development, with particular expertise in scaling, performance optimization, and open source technologies.

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Board director at Sigma

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Sigma's investors · 10

Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026Altimeter Venture PartnersBoston · since 2025Avenir Growth CapitalNew York · since 2026Databricks VenturesSan Francisco · since 2026NewView CapitalBurlingame · since 2024Princeville CapitalSan Francisco · since 2026ServiceNow VenturesSanta Clara · since 2026Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks · since 2026Sutter Hill VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $5M checks · since 2017Workday VenturesSan Francisco · since 2026

Co-founders at Sigma

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Robert WoolenDirector
RWRob Woollen
Rob WoollenCTO/Co-founder
JFJason Frantz
Jason FrantzChief Architect/Co-founder

Experience

  1. Sutter Hill VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2012 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. Morado Venture PartnersLimited Partnercurrent2010 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  3. Benchmark CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2008 — present
  4. Benchmark CapitalEIR2010 — 2011
  5. AitiaAngel Investorcurrent2001 — present
  6. Observe, Inc.Investor2017 — 2026San Mateo, California
  7. Bench Computing, Inc.Co-Founder / Investor / Interim CTO2024 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
  8. TranspositInvestor2016 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  9. LaceworkInvestor2015 — 2024Mountain View, CA
  10. Terrain Data (acquired by Confluent)Investor, Board of Directors2015 — 2018
  11. Nexenta SystemsAdvisor2008 — 2018
  12. CurbsideBoard of Directors, Investor2015 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
  13. Wavefront Inc.Founder, Board of Directors, Investor2013 — 2017Palo Alto, CA
  14. Boxer, Inc.Investor, Board of Directors2013 — 2015
  15. Pure StorageAngel Investor2010 — 2015
  16. FoundationDBInvestor, Board of Directors2013 — 2015
  17. TwitterAdvisor2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
  18. TwitterSoftware Engineer2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
  19. OtherInboxAngel Investor2010 — 2012
  20. Bagcheck, Inc.CTO/CEO & Co-founder2010 — 2011
  21. Terracotta Inc.Technical Advisor2006 — 2011
  22. Yahoo, Inc.Chief Technologist2009 — 2010
  23. Yahoo, Inc.VP Platforms2008 — 2009
  24. Yahoo, Inc.VP Platforms2008
  25. Yahoo, Inc.VP of Technology Strategy2006 — 2007
  26. 3TeraTechnical Advisor2005 — 2010
  27. Kenamea, Inc.Private Equity Investor2000 — 2006
  28. BorlandChief Architect2006
  29. Accel Venture PartnersVenture Consultant2005 — 2006
  30. Gauntlet Systems CorporationCEO2005 — 2006
  31. 4charity.comAngel Investor2001 — 2006
  32. Accel PartnersEIR2004 — 2005
  33. BEA SystemsStaff Engineer1998 — 2004
  34. NextMonet.comPrivate Equity Investor2000 — 2003
  35. Popular PowerAngel Investor2000 — 2001
  36. WebLogic, IncSoftware Engineer1996 — 1998
  37. Whitman-HartSoftware Engineer1996
  38. Transtech CorporationSoftware Engineer1995 — 1996

Skills & more

Java52Scala13Scalability99Twitter18Hadoop14hbase3Angel Investing10Venture Capital26HBase7Amazon EC28Web Services15Weblogic7
+12 moreFundingBig DataServer ArchitectureAgile MethodologiesPerformance TuningNoSQLSaaSEnterprise SoftwareOpen SourceRuby on RailsRubySOAP
  • Introducing Semantic Kernel: Building AI-Based Apps — LinkedIn

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Investments

Investor

BoxerFoundationDBOtherInboxPolarRakuten ReadyTerracottaTomfooleryWavefrontX (formerly Twitter)

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Colleagues at Sutter Hill Ventures

Jeffrey Bird
Managing Director at Bluebird Ventures
Jim White
Managing Partner at Sutter Hill Ventures
Keith Loebner
Investor at Sutter Hill Ventures
Kevin Kwok
Partner at Sutter Hill Ventures
Len Baker
Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures
Mike Speiser
Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sam Pullara?
Sam Pullara is a Managing Director and CTO at Sutter Hill Ventures, where he focuses on investments in AI applications and infrastructure, enterprise infrastructure technologies including databases and storage, and cloud enablement software. His background spans venture capital, systems architecture, and software development, with particular expertise in scaling, performance optimization, and open source technologies.
Where does Sam Pullara work?
Sam Pullara is Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures and Board director at Sigma.
What companies has Sam Pullara invested in?
Investments tracked here include Boxer, FoundationDB, OtherInbox, Polar, Rakuten Ready, Terracotta, Tomfoolery, Wavefront, X (formerly Twitter).
Where did Sam Pullara go to school?
Sam Pullara studied at Northwestern University (MS, Physics); Worcester Polytechnic Institute (BS, Physics).

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