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Rob Ward
General Partner at Meritech Capital
Palo Alto, California
Overview
Rob Ward is the Co-founder and General Partner at Meritech Capital in Palo Alto, California, with a strong background in venture capital and corporate development. Notable career achievements include investments in successful companies like DataRobot and Snowflake, as well as serving on the boards of Pigment and Atlan.
Rob Ward has made impactful investments in companies such as DataRobot and Snowflake, and has held board positions at Pigment and Atlan, showcasing his expertise in venture capital and corporate development. His role as Co-founder and General Partner at Meritech Capital highlights his leadership in strategic partnerships and investments within the tech industry.
Work Experience
Co-founder and General Partner
1999 - Current
Investments include Acclarent, Alteryx, Anaplan, Astronomer, Atlan, Aviatrix, BigFix, Cloudera, Cornerstone OnDemand, Counterpane, DataRobot, Forescout, Fortinet, Greenplum, Imperva, Looker, Netezza, NetSuite, Pendo, Pigment, PopCap Games, Proofpoint, Quigo, Rally Software, Segment, Sendbird, ServiceMax, Snowflake, Tableau Software, Veracode, Verkada, Willow, Yugabyte and Zipcar.
Meritech Capital provides late-stage venture capital to technology companies.
Board Observer
2024
Board Member
2022
Investor
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 Observer
2021
Astronomer develops a data orchestration platform that helps with the deployment, management, and scaling of distributed airflow services.
Raised $282,900,000.00 from Meritech Capital Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Insight Partners, Sierra Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, JP Morgan, K5 Global, Venrock and FirstMark.
Investor
2021
Aviatrix® is the cloud networking expert. It is on a mission to make cloud networking simple so companies stay agile.
Raised $340,800,000.00 from CrossWork.us.
Investor
2020
Sendbird developed a messaging-as-a-service API that provides chat, voice, and video messaging for mobile apps and websites.
Raised $220,720,000.00 from Capstone Partners, Empede Capital and Ballpark Ventures.
Board Observer
2019
Verkada is a cloud-based physical security platform provider helping enterprises operate safer, smarter buildings.
Raised $444,299,996.00 from Felicis, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Alkeon Capital, Section Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Friends & Family Capital, Quiet Capital, Sequoia Capital, Linse Capital and Felicis.
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.
Investor
2018
Snowflake Ventures invests in growth-stage companies that demonstrate a commitment to mobilizing data.