Jai Das
Backing Visionary CEO's who are building Companies of Consequence in Enterprise Software. 14 IPO's.
Menlo Park, California
Overview
Work Experience
President, Partner & Co-Founder
2019 - Current
Managing Director
2006 - 2018
Sapphire is a leading global technology-focused venture capital firm with more than $10.2 billion in AUM and team members across Menlo Park, San Francisco, London and Austin. For more than two decades, Sapphire has partnered with visionary management teams to help build Companies of Consequence. Since its founding, Sapphire has invested in more than 170 companies globally resulting in more than 30 Public Listings and 45 acquisitions. Leveraging over two decades of experience and an extensive global enterprise network, Sapphire invests capital, resources and expertise to enable its portfolio companies to scale rapidly. Sapphire offers a powerful platform for business development, talent acquisition and operational excellence to help portfolio companies accelerate growth. Our approach is collaborative, agile and efficient, providing support when a portfolio company needs it.
Sapphire is a global software venture capital firm backing companies of consequence.
Board Member
2018
AI-powered Analytics
ThoughtSpot is the AI-Powered Analytics company. Its mission is to create a fact-driven world with the easiest to use analytics platform.
Raised $663,700,000.00 from 2Shares and IPOSharks.
Investor
2017
Netskope is an IT firm that specializes in real-time security, stopping threats, protecting data, and network management services.
Raised $1,441,100,000.00 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and CPP Investments.
Board Member
2018
DataRobot provides AI technology and ROI enablement services to global enterprises.
Raised $1,050,598,000.00 from Salesforce Ventures, Ballistic Ventures, Page One Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, Altimeter Capital, ServiceNow Ventures, Counterpoint Global, Franklin Templeton, Tiger Global Management and J17 Capital.
Board Member
2023
Simpplr is an AI-powered employee experience platform that provides personalized experiences that inspire and engage employees.
Raised $131,100,000.00 from Salesforce Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Tola Capital and Norwest Venture Partners.
Board Member
2021
Yugabyte is an open-source distributed SQL database for customers in industries such as cybersecurity, financial markets, and IoT.
Raised $291,000,000.00 from Dell Technologies Capital, Alkeon Capital, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, 8VC, Sapphire Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Wipro Ventures.
Board Member
2021
JumpCloud is an open directory platform for secure, frictionless access from any device to any resource, anywhere.
Raised $416,817,501.00 from Atlassian Ventures, CrowdStrike Falcon Fund, Steadfast Capital Management, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, OurCrowd, Waterman Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, H.I.G. Growth Partners, Owl Rock Capital and Sands Capital Ventures.
Board Member
2021
Board Member
2019
Board Member
2020
Verbit is a comprehensive verbal intelligence platform for speech-intensive industries
Raised $569,000,000.00 from Invest City Capital.