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Mike Speiser

Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures

United States

Overview 

Mike Speiser is the Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures, with a background as the Founding CEO of Snowflake and Pure Storage. He has invested in notable companies like Snowflake, Sumo Logic, and Clumio, specializing in Series A and Seed stages in sectors like EnergyTech and SaaS within the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2008 - Current

    SHV partners with extraordinary people to build extraordinary companies.

Sutter Hill Ventures primarily invests in technology-based start-ups.

Raised $15,000,000.00.

  • Founding CEO, Investor, and Board Member

    2023

    AI for Creativity Reve makes image creation and editing feel like magic. CEO, Investor, Board: November 2023 - Present

  • Founding CEO, Investor, and Board Member

    2022

    AI for Code CEO: July 2022 - April 2023 Investor, Board Member: July 2022 - Present

The most context-aware Developer AI. With Augment, dev teams get up to speed and get more done.

Raised $252,000,000.00 from Evolution Equity Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Innovation Endeavors, Sutter Hill Ventures, Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

  • Founding CEO, Investor, and Board Member

    2012

    IPO (SNOW): September 2020 CEO: August 2012 - May 2014 Board, Investor: August 2012 - Present Lead Independent Director Chair Nomination & Governance Committee Chair M&A Committee Member Compensation Committee

Snowflake Ventures invests in growth-stage companies that demonstrate a commitment to mobilizing data.

  • Founding CEO, Investor, and Board Member

    2009

    IPO (PSTG): October 2015 CEO: 2009 - 2010 CEO Flashblade (spin-in started at SHV): 2013- 2015 Board Member: 2009 - 2019 Chairman: 2014-2017 Vice Chairman: 2017-2018 Investor: October 2009 - Present

  • Member Board of Directors

    2024

    Member Investment / M&A Committee

Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities.

Raised $230,550,000.00 from Janus Capital Group, Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price and Bezos Expeditions.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2022

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