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Jai Das

Backing Visionary CEO's who are building Companies of Consequence in Enterprise Software. 14 IPO's.

Menlo Park, California

Overview 

Jai Das, based in Menlo Park, California, is the President, Partner, and Co-Founder of Sapphire Ventures, with a focus on backing visionary CEOs in building impactful enterprise software companies, having led investments in 14 IPOs. His career highlights include serving on the boards of companies like ThoughtSpot and Netskope, and investing in successful companies such as Defense Unicorns, Clari, and ThoughtSpot.

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

    2024

  • Investor

    2024

Glean develops an AI-based search engine software that connects enterprise data and generates answers through a tool in any company.

Raised $618,200,000.00 from Coatue, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, ICONIQ Growth, Cacti, Latitude Capital, Craft Ventures, Altimeter, Lightspeed Venture Partners and SoftBank Vision Fund.

  • Board Member

    2024

Defense Unicorns is a software startup that provides open-source software and AI capabilities for National Security systems.

Raised $35,504,329.00 from Ansa Capital and Sapphire Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2024

Cohesity is a data management technology firm that offers hyper-converged secondary storage solutions for backups, files, and analytics.

Raised $955,000,000.00 from NVIDIA and IBM.

  • 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.

  • Investor

    2023

Huntress is the leading cybersecurity partner for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and the managed service providers that support them.

Raised $309,760,000.00 from Meritech Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins and Sapphire Ventures.

  • 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.

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