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Mike Speiser

Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures

United States

Overview 

Mike Speiser is the Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures, with a background as the Founding CEO of Snowflake and Pure Storage. He has invested in notable companies like Snowflake, Sumo Logic, and Clumio, specializing in Series A and Seed stages in sectors like EnergyTech and SaaS within the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2008 - Current

    SHV builds extraordinary products and companies. We also incubate new products in partnership with our existing portfolio companies to ensure that they stay on the cutting edge. Current projects include Augment, Bench, and Observe, and Reve

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

Raised $15,000,000.00.

  • Founding CEO, Investor, and Board Member

    2023

    AI for Creativity. Reve is building an AI creativity suite featuring our own foundational AI models. Our first release, Reve Image, excels at prompt adherence, aesthetics, and typography.

  • Founding CEO, Investor, and Board Member

    2012

    IPO (SNOW): September 2020 CEO: August 2012 - May 2014 Board, Investor: August 2012 - Present Lead Independent Director Chair Nomination & Governance Committee Chair M&A Committee Member Compensation Committee

Snowflake Ventures invests in growth-stage companies that demonstrate a commitment to mobilizing data.

  • Founding CEO, Investor, and Board Member

    2009

    IPO (PSTG): October 2015 CEO: 2009 - 2010 CEO Flashblade (spin-in started at SHV): 2013- 2015 Board Member: 2009 - 2019 Chairman: 2014-2017 Vice Chairman: 2017-2018 Investor: October 2009 - Present

  • Member Board of Directors

    2024

    Member Investment / M&A Committee

Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities.

Raised $230,550,000.00 from Janus Capital Group, Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price and Bezos Expeditions.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2022

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