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Jim White

Fellow at Stanford DCI

Palo Alto, California

Overview 

Jim White is a Fellow at Stanford DCI and a Limited Partner and Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures. With a Harvard MBA, he has made significant investments in companies like Glassdoor and Digital Chocolate, showcasing expertise in venture capital and strategic partnerships. Highlights of Jim White's career include serving on the board of Smartsheet and being a founding Limited Partner at The Hit Forge LP, demonstrating a strong track record in executive management and start-up ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Limited Partner

    2021

  • Managing Director

    2000 - 2021

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

Raised $15,000,000.00.

  • Board Member

    2014

    IPO April 2018: NYSE: SMAR https://www.smartsheet.com/customers-home

Smartsheet is a cloud-based work management platform that empowers collaboration, drives better decision-making, and accelerates innovation.

Raised $3,352,212,627.00 from Benefit Street Partners, Teachers’ Venture Growth, Elliott Investment Management, Brinley Partners, Hercules Capital, Farallon Capital Management, GoldenTree Asset Management, Monroe Capital and Canyon Partners.

  • Investor

    2009

    IPO December 2020 NYSE: AI https://c3.ai/

  • Founding Limited Partner

    2007

    Naval Ravikant Web 2.0 Seed Fund

  • Co Founder

    2004

    https://www.lumindidsc.org/

  • Board Member

    2009

    Acquired by Expedia: NASDAQ: EXPE https://www.expediagroup.com/brands/silverrail/ https://www.silverrailtech.com/

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2020

    acquired by Salesforce NYSE: CRM https://cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2020/feb/27/salesforce-acquires-vlocity-133bn-all-cash-deal-amid-executive-shuffle/ https://vlocity.com/newsroom/cloud-sherpas-acquisition https://vlocity.com/

Vlocity provides industry-specific cloud and mobile software that drives digital transformation for companies.

Raised $162,800,000.00 from Bessemer Venture Partners, Accenture, Salesforce Ventures, New York Life Investment Management, Sutter Hill Ventures and Savant Growth.

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2020

    https://eversightlabs.com/ Acquired by Instacart https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/01/instacart-is-acquiring-ai-powered-pricing-and-promotions-platform-eversight/

Eversight provides Offer Innovation solutions that help retailers and consumer goods manufacturers.

Raised $24,200,001.00 from Moai Capital, Bow Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Emergence.

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2019

Markov Corporation is an application of artificial intelligence to solve problems.

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