Where does Tyler Jewell work?

Tyler Jewell is Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital and Founder at Lightbend.

What check size does Tyler Jewell write?

Tyler Jewell typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.

What companies did Tyler Jewell found?

Tyler Jewell founded Lightbend.

Tyler Jewell

InvestorFounder

Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital · Board director at Lightbend

Palo Alto, California

Writes $5M – $25M checks · typically $12.5M

FoundedLightbend

About

Tyler Jewell is CEO and President of Akka and a four-time CEO/COO with 28 years of experience in enterprise software and developer-platform companies. He has served as board director or advisor for 10 acquisitions and deployed over $150M in venture capital across 25+ portfolio companies at Dell Technologies Capital and Toba Capital, achieving a 3.4× cash-on-cash return. His expertise spans agentic AI, developer tools, open-source ecosystems, and cloud infrastructure.

Board director at Lightbend

Intro paths

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In turn, Tyler can intro founders to Lightbend's investors below.

Lightbend's investors · 1

Dell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $50M checks

Co-founders at Lightbend

Jonas BonesDirector

William LehmannDirector

Mark BrewerExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

AkkaCEO & Presidentcurrent2023 — presentPortland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
Toba CapitalPartner2012 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
Dell Technologies CapitalManaging Director2019 — 2023Palo Alto, CA
WSO2CEO2017 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
CodenvyCEO & Founder2012 — 2017San Francisco, CA
OracleVP, Oracle Public Cloud2011 — 2012Redwood Shores, CA
Quest SoftwareVP, Product Management2005 — 2011
SymantecCOO/CEO2003 — 2004Moutain View, CA
BEA SystemsDirector1997 — 2003

Education

Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science1994 — 1998

Skills & more

Enterprise Software51SaaS72Java17Open Source4Oracle11Software as a Service (SaaS)18Product Management62Business Development24Mergers5Marketing4Cloud Computing93PaaS23

+12 more

Start-upsGo-to-market StrategyEvangelismMergers & AcquisitionsVirtualizationCRMSoftware DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentBig DataVenture CapitalAgile MethodologiesIntegration

Private Aircraft Pilot, Instrument Rated - ASEL — FAA

From Tyler's professional profile.

Colleagues at Dell Technologies Capital

Barrel Kfir

Partner at Dell Technologies Capital

Chris Falloon

Portfolio Development at Dell Technologies Capital

Chris Hillock

VP, Portfolio Development at Dell Technologies Capital

Daniel Docter

Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital

Deepak Jeevankumar

Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital

Diana Kontsevaia

Associate at Dell Technologies Capital

Elana Lian

Partner at Dell Technologies Capital

Gregg Adkin

Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital

Frequently asked questions

Where does Tyler Jewell work?: Tyler Jewell is Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital and Founder at Lightbend.
What check size does Tyler Jewell write?: Tyler Jewell typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.
What companies did Tyler Jewell found?: Tyler Jewell founded Lightbend.