Sam Pullara
Managing Director & CTO at Sutter Hill Ventures
Sam Pullara
Managing Director & CTO at Sutter Hill Ventures
Los Altos, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director
2012 - Current
Investing in and helping amazing founders solving hard technology problems in big markets.
Investor
2017
Limited Partner
2010
Seed round investors in teams and ideas. Morado Venture Partners provides the resources entrepreneurs need to launch successful enterprises. Our partnership with our portfolio companies goes far beyond simply offering seed funding. We offer companies insights gained from experience, share their passion, and connect them to industry leaders who can help them Morado Venture Partners provides the resources entrepreneurs need to launch successful enterprises. Our partnership with our portfolio companies goes far beyond simply offering seed funding. We offer companies insights gained from experience, share their passion, and connect them to industry leaders who can help them
Limited Partner
2008
EIR
2010 - 2011
I'm now an E but not IR.
Angel Investor
2001
I made an angel investment in gene network sciences when systems biology was still in its infancy. You can see their website at http://www.gnsbiotech.com
Investor
2016 - 2024
Investor
2015 - 2024
Looking for engineers with experience in front-end, stream processing, distributed systems, operating systems and data science. Two blocks from the Caltrain in Mountain View. Currently less than 10 people.
Investor, Board of Directors
2015 - 2018
Advisor
2008 - 2018
Founded in 2005, Nexenta is the developer of NexentaStor, the leading OpenStorage, enterprise-class storage solution available today. NexentaStor uses open standards and protocols that have been accepted across industries and, with its open architecture, the system can be upgraded easily, significantly reducing costs by sidestepping proprietary hardware that only can be sourced from a single vendor.
Board of Directors, Investor
2015 - 2018
Acquired by Rakuten. Curbside makes it easy to find, buy and pickup products at nearby stores.
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
4hoursearch — faster, simpler, more powerful using YQL
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Android Dalvik VM performance is a threat to the iPhone
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Building OpenJDK 1.7.0 for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Talks about OpenJDK 1.7.0, Mac OS X 10.6 and Snow Leopard