Sam Pullara, Sutter Hill Ventures

Sam Pullara is a Managing Director and CTO at Sutter Hill Ventures. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Sam Pullara

Sam Pullara is a Managing Director and CTO at Sutter Hill Ventures, where he has invested for over 21 years while partnering with engineering teams building enterprise infrastructure, cloud enablement, and security platforms. His investment thesis targets enterprise infrastructure startups, specifically focusing on application performance monitoring, DevOps platforms, and anomaly detection within the technology sector. While specific check sizes and lead/follow behavior are not publicly detailed in available sources, he is also an active angel investor and Limited Partner at Morado Venture Partners involved in seed-round investments. Notable portfolio companies include Observe (an application performance monitoring service), Transposit (a DevOps platform), and Lacework (an anomaly detection startup). Pullara founded the companies Bagcheck and Wavefront, giving him a distinctive operator perspective as he supports founders tackling complex technological challenges in large markets. He has discussed Sutter Hill’s flexible investment model that avoids set time periods, enabling the firm to incubate companies without time pressure.

Sam Pullara at a glance

Role
Managing Director
Organization
Sutter Hill Ventures
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Investor type
Venture Capital
Focus areas
Business Development, Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Software, Biotechnology, SaaS, Health Care

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Where is Sam Pullara based?
Sam Pullara is based in Palo Alto, CA.

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