Sam Pullara

Sam Pullara

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Managing Director

Bio

Sam joined Sutter Hill Ventures from Twitter where he was a senior infrastructure engineer and a strategic technology advisor. He came to Twitter via the acquisition of Bagcheck in 2011 where he was co-founder and CEO. Previously Sam was Chief Technologist of Yahoo! Responsible for technology strategy across the audience organization and platform team. Before Yahoo!, Sam was Chief Architect of Borland after the acquisition of Gauntlet Systems where he was also a co-founder and CEO. Sam came to Silicon Valley to work at WebLogic where he was the first server engineer after the founders and stayed on through the acquisition by BEA Systems.

He received his Master of Science degree in Physics from Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Science degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Location

Los Altos, California, United States, North America

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Primary Organization

Sutter Hill Ventures

Sutter Hill Ventures

Founded

1964

Investment

324

Lead investment

97

Exits

101

Employees

11-50

Industry

Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Business Development

Jobs history

3

Transposit

Investor

2016 - Current

Observe

Investor

2017 - Current

Benchmark

Limited Partner

2008 - Current

Board and Advisor Roles

0

N/A

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Profile Resume

Sam Pullara is the Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures, based in United States, North America. With a background in Financial Services, Sam Pullara has a rich history of leadership and innovation. Sam Pullara studied MS Physics @ Northwestern University. Explore their detailed professional journey, key connections, and contributions to the industry on our platform.

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Investment portfolio

Sam Pullara has made 3 investments. Their Latest investment was Seed Round - Polar on Feb 25, 2013

Number of investment

3

Number of exits

3

Personal investment

3

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundMoney Raised
Sep 20, 2010
OtherInbox OtherInbox
Series A - OtherInbox
1.5M
Jan 30, 2013
Tomfoolery Tomfoolery
Seed Round - Tomfoolery
1.7M
Feb 25, 2013
Polar Polar
Seed Round - Polar
1.2M

Partner investment

3

Annouced DateOrganization NameFunding RoundInvestor NameMoney Raised
May 01, 2013
Wavefront Wavefront
Seed Round - Wavefront
Wavefront Sutter Hill Ventures
2.0M
Feb 16, 2016
Wavefront Wavefront
Series A - Wavefront
Wavefront Sutter Hill Ventures
11.5M
Oct 24, 2016
Wavefront Wavefront
Series B - Wavefront
Wavefront Sutter Hill Ventures
52.0M

Exits

3

exit.name OtherInbox

OtherInbox

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