Stephen Cole
InvestorVenture Partner at Trammell Venture Partners (TVP) · Venture Partner at Tvp
Phoenix, Arizona
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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About
A computer science graduate who spent a decade in Silicon Valley leading web technology teams at companies including eBay as well as at startups.
Venture Partner at Tvp
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Experience
- CastleCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Independent ProfessionalAngel Investorcurrent2017 — presentPhoenix, Arizona, United States
- Trammell Venture PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2021 — present
- Code to InspireAdvisory Board Member2019 — 2022
- Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel)Manager, Cloud DevOps2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Cloudscaling (acquired by EMC)Director, Cloud Operations2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- CloudscalingManager, Cloud Operations2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- CloudscalingCloud Operations Engineer2012San Francisco Bay Area
- eBaySystems Engineer2011 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- eBayChange and Problem Manager2009 — 2011
- eBayAssociate Systems Engineer2008 — 2009
- Leggett & PlattNetwork Security Analyst2007 — 2008
Skills & more
Bitcoin31Cryptocurrency4Cloud Computing47High Availability44Agile Methodologies31Scalability30Data Center25Shell Scripting17Distributed Systems13TCP/IP16Nagios10Network Security9
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DNSSystem AdministrationLoad BalancingVirtualizationSoftware DevelopmentDevOpsStorageChange ManagementApacheUnixLinuxBashFrom Stephen's professional profile.
Colleagues at Trammell Venture Partners (TVP)
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Alexander LloydScout
Founder & Managing Director at Accelerator Ventures
Allen GannettScout
General Partner at BHP Development
Daniel HaScout
Cofounder at Antigravity Capital
David HendricksonScout
Founding Partner at Helium-3 Ventures
Eden ChenScout
Investor at Omni Creator Products
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stephen Cole?
- A computer science graduate who spent a decade in Silicon Valley leading web technology teams at companies including eBay as well as at startups.
- Where does Stephen Cole work?
- Stephen Cole is Venture Partner at Trammell Venture Partners (TVP) and Venture Partner at Tvp.
- What check size does Stephen Cole write?
- Stephen Cole typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Stephen Cole go to school?
- Stephen Cole studied at Missouri Southern State University (Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Science).
Same school
Also attended Missouri Southern State University2
Shared employers
Also worked at Castle1
Also worked at eBay240
Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalLogan GreenCo-founder of LyftKen HoweryCo-founder of PayPal and Founders FundClément DelangueCo-founder & CEO of Hugging FaceRon GuraCo-founder & CEO of EmpathyYonatan BergmanCo-founder & CTO of Empathy
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Also worked at eBay207
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC; co-founder of Palantir and AddeparMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VC
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