Sutter Hill Ventures

755 Page Mill Road, Suite A-200
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1005


Firm Size

  • Assets Under Management (AUM):$2.3 Billion
  • Number of Funds:1
  • Employees:
  • Firm Type:Venture Capital
  • Focus Areas: Software & Technology


Description

Sutter Hill Ventures is a prominent venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 1964, it has a long and successful track record of investing in early-stage technology companies. The firm primarily focuses on backing startups in sectors such as software, networking, semiconductor, and biotechnology. Sutter Hill Ventures is known for its patient and hands-on approach to investing. It typically invests in companies during their early stages and provides long-term support, often serving on their boards of directors. The firm has a reputation for backing companies with disruptive technologies and strong entrepreneurial teams. Over the years, Sutter Hill Ventures has made numerous successful investments, including major hits like NVIDIA, Pure Storage, Tesla, and Informatica. Its expertise and connections within the Silicon Valley ecosystem enable them to identify and support promising startups that have the potential to become industry leaders. Sutter Hill Ventures manages a substantial portfolio of companies and continues to actively seek out new opportunities. As a trusted and experienced investor, the firm plays a crucial role in fueling innovation and growth in the technology industry.

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Mar 27, 2024: Observe Announces $115 Million In Series B Financing
Observe, Inc. the SaaS observability company reinventing the way machine-generated data is stored, managed and analyzed, today announced the Company has closed a Series B funding round of $115 million led by Sutter Hill Ventures with participation from existing investors Capital One Ventures and Madrona and new investor Snowflake Ventures.

Mar 13, 2024: Luminary Cloud Emerges from Stealth, Empowering R&D with Realtime Engineering
Luminary Cloud , a pioneer in realtime engineering, today announced its official launch out of stealth. A computer-aided engineering (CAE) SaaS platform, Luminary empowers smarter and faster design cycles, allowing engineers to develop better products in a fraction of the time. Backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, which led its $115 million funding, Luminary's customers span industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, sporting goods, industrial equipment, and more.

Oct 05, 2023: Observe Inc. Unveils Hubble - The Only Observability Platform to Deliver Real-Time Insights at Petabyte-Per-Day Scale
Observe, Inc. the SaaS observability company reinventing the way machine-generated data is stored, managed and analyzed, today announced Hubble, its biggest and most innovative product release to date. Hubble improves user productivity with a completely revamped Explorer interface, which includes numerous generative AI features, facilitating product help, coding, RegEx generation, incident workflow and more. Also announced today is $50 million in Series A3 financing led by Sutter Hill Ventures, bringing total funding raised to date to $164.5 million .

May 22, 2023: Appen appoints former Pivotal Software and Astronomer SaaS executive Andrew Ettinger to lead worldwide sales