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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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Experience
- Sutter Hill VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2012 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- Morado Venture PartnersLimited Partnercurrent2010 — presentPalo Alto, CA
- Benchmark CapitalLimited Partnercurrent2008 — present
- Benchmark CapitalEIR2010 — 2011
- AitiaAngel Investorcurrent2001 — present
- Observe, Inc.Investor2017 — 2026San Mateo, California
- Bench Computing, Inc.Co-Founder / Investor / Interim CTO2024 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- TranspositInvestor2016 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- LaceworkInvestor2015 — 2024Mountain View, CA
- Terrain Data (acquired by Confluent)Investor, Board of Directors2015 — 2018
- Nexenta SystemsAdvisor2008 — 2018
- CurbsideBoard of Directors, Investor2015 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
- Wavefront Inc.Founder, Board of Directors, Investor2013 — 2017Palo Alto, CA
- Boxer, Inc.Investor, Board of Directors2013 — 2015
- Pure StorageAngel Investor2010 — 2015
- FoundationDBInvestor, Board of Directors2013 — 2015
- TwitterAdvisor2012 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- TwitterSoftware Engineer2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- OtherInboxAngel Investor2010 — 2012
- Bagcheck, Inc.CTO/CEO & Co-founder2010 — 2011
- Terracotta Inc.Technical Advisor2006 — 2011
- Yahoo, Inc.Chief Technologist2009 — 2010
- Yahoo, Inc.VP Platforms2008 — 2009
- Yahoo, Inc.VP Platforms2008
- Yahoo, Inc.VP of Technology Strategy2006 — 2007
- 3TeraTechnical Advisor2005 — 2010
- Kenamea, Inc.Private Equity Investor2000 — 2006
- BorlandChief Architect2006
- Accel Venture PartnersVenture Consultant2005 — 2006
- Gauntlet Systems CorporationCEO2005 — 2006
- 4charity.comAngel Investor2001 — 2006
- Accel PartnersEIR2004 — 2005
- BEA SystemsStaff Engineer1998 — 2004
- NextMonet.comPrivate Equity Investor2000 — 2003
- Popular PowerAngel Investor2000 — 2001
- WebLogic, IncSoftware Engineer1996 — 1998
- Whitman-HartSoftware Engineer1996
- Transtech CorporationSoftware Engineer1995 — 1996
Skills & more
Java52Scala13Scalability99Twitter18Hadoop14hbase3Angel Investing10Venture Capital26HBase7Amazon EC28Web Services15Weblogic7
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FundingBig DataServer ArchitectureAgile MethodologiesPerformance TuningNoSQLSaaSEnterprise SoftwareOpen SourceRuby on RailsRubySOAP- Introducing Semantic Kernel: Building AI-Based Apps — LinkedIn
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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.
- Where did Sam Pullara go to school?
- Sam Pullara studied at Northwestern University (MS, Physics); Worcester Polytechnic Institute (BS, Physics).
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Also attended Northwestern University584
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Also attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute71
Steve VassalloInvestor at Foundation CapitalAbe MurrayGeneral Partner at AlleyCorpCharles White, Ph.D.Principal at Illumina VenturesJiong MaInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersJill GoldsteinPrincipal at Vida VenturesStephen MarcusCo-Founder and General Partner at Riot Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Benchmark Capital52
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkJess OynickHead of Talent at Union Square Ventures (USV)Michael TraskiInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Matt MocharyInvestor at Fortius Ventures
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Also worked at FoundationDB2
Also worked at Terracotta Inc.2
Also worked at Yahoo, Inc.429
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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