Stephen Cole
InvestorVenture Partner at Trammell Venture Partners (TVP)
Phoenix, Arizona
Writes $100K β $5M checks Β· typically $1.5M
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.
Experience
- CastleCo-Foundercurrent2025 β present
- Independent ProfessionalAngel Investorcurrent2017 β presentPhoenix, Arizona, United States
- Trammell Venture PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2021 β present
- Code to InspireAdvisory Board Member2019 β 2022
- Nervana Systems (acquired by Intel)Manager, Cloud DevOps2015 β 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- Cloudscaling (acquired by EMC)Director, Cloud Operations2013 β 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- CloudscalingManager, Cloud Operations2012 β 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- CloudscalingCloud Operations Engineer2012San Francisco Bay Area
- eBaySystems Engineer2011 β 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- eBayChange and Problem Manager2009 β 2011
- eBayAssociate Systems Engineer2008 β 2009
- Leggett & PlattNetwork Security Analyst2007 β 2008
Education
- Missouri Southern State UniversityBachelor of Science, Computer Information Science2004 β 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)
Network3
Alexander LloydScout
Founder & Managing Director at Accelerator Ventures
Daniel HaScout
Cofounder at Antigravity Capital
David HendricksonScout
Founding Partner at Helium-3 Ventures
Investors connected to Stephen in public investor directories β a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Stephen Cole work?
- Stephen Cole is Venture Partner at Trammell Venture Partners (TVP).
- What check size does Stephen Cole write?
- Stephen Cole typically writes checks of $100K β $5M.
Same school
Also attended Missouri Southern State University1
Shared employers
Also worked at Castle1
Also worked at eBay153
Josh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalHannah SealInvestor at Index VenturesMike FridgenVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupRajan MehraPartner at March Capital PartnersErik RannalaCo-Founder & Partner at Mucker CapitalWilliam HsuCo-Founder & Partner at Mucker Capital
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Also worked at eBay136
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockRoelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesJoe LonsdaleFounder & Managing Partner of 8VC
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