# NetApp

> NetApp is a VC fund in Sunnyvale backing Software and Cloud Storage. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sunnyvale, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/netapp
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/netapp
- Website: http://netapp.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NetApp

NetApp is a VC fund in Sunnyvale focused on Software and Cloud Storage. NetApp creates storage and data management solutions that are designed to help customers accelerate business breakthroughs and achieve outstanding cost efficiency.Their mission has always been to help their customers achieve what matters most to them.In 1993, they shipped their first data storage system to Patrick Mulrooney, who at thattime was a system administrator at Tandem Computers. The network appliance was designed to clean up his infrastructure sprawl. He loved its simplicity.“Patrick’s favorite attribute was that their system rebooted in 30 seconds instead of hours like their competitors,” says NetApp co-founder, Dave Hitz. “While solving his downtime problem, they also gave Patrick a competitive edge.”More than 20 years later, their story is still about delivering innovation that gives their customers an edge over their competitors. From the edge of the universe with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, to the edge of human endurance in Formula One auto racing, they help you do things you couldn’t before—at speeds you never thought possible.Throughout the world, leading organizations count on NetApp for software, systems, and services to manage and store their data. They help enterprises and service providers envision, deploy, and evolve their IT environments. Customers also benefit from their open collaboration with other technology leaders to create the specific solutions they need. their team is passionate about customer success. Their company culture and work environment support that dedication. Together with their global network of partners, they are united in one goal: to help their customers achieve the outcomes that matter most to them.They view their culture as a competitive advantage and a foundation for continued success. They proudly hire the world’s most talented and committed employees, who work hard to help their customers, partners, shareholders, and communities thrive.Their commitment to their values results in an award-winning culture of collaboration and trust. The Great Place to Work Institute recently named NetApp #4 on its "World's Best Multinational Workplaces 2015" - the world's first annual study of multinational workplace excellence. They have repeatedly earned a spot on FORTUNE magazine's list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in the United States, as well as top spots on "Great Place to Work" lists in locations around the world.Their operational philosophy and culture are defined by their commitment to delivering the best possible results for the communities they serve. At NetApp, they take pride in living a set of shared core values: trust and integrity, leadership, simplicity, adaptability, teamwork and synergy, go beyond, get things done.Since their beginning in 1992, they have been delivering technology and product firsts with one goal in mind: the success of their customers. They continually push the boundaries of what’s possible to provide efficient and flexible IT, so their customers’ budgets can go further and business can go faster. They have repeatedly set the industry standard with game-changing innovations that have the power to transform business.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for NetApp. Shizune tracks 13 team members at NetApp. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/netapp?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 75% |
| Cloud Storage | 2 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |
| Data Center | 1 | 25% |
| Web Hosting | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dave Hitz | Founder Emeritus | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dave-hitz |
| George Shaheen | Member of the Board of Directors | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-shaheen |
| James Lau | System Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-lau-38f6 |
| David Kristoff | Vice President, Total Rewards | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-kristoff |
| Morgan Boyer | Sales Operations Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morgan-boyer |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Diskover Data | Diskover Data is a web-based platform that specializes in cloud storage, data management, analytics, and software solutions. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 16, 2025 |  |
| Diskover Data | Diskover Data is a web-based platform that specializes in cloud storage, data management, analytics, and software solutions. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 16, 2025 |  |
| Portworx | Portworx is a cloud-native storage and data management company offering the industry’s first storage solution purpose-built for containers. With Portworx, they can manage any database or stateful service on any infrastructure using any container scheduler. It also enterprises depend on to reduce the cost and complexity of rapidly deployingcontainerized applications across multiple clouds and on-prem environments.Portworx creates a storage layer that allows developers to then access that data, no matter where it resides. The company solves the five most common problems DevOps teams encounter when running stateful services in production such as security, data automation, persistence, support, and high availability for multiple data stores and infrastructure.Portworx was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA, USA. | $27M | Series C | Mar 20, 2019 |  |
| Troika Networks | Troika Networks, Inc. provides storage network data protection and management integrated solutions, hosting platforms, and enabling technologies. Its integrated solutions, application hosting platforms, and embedded technology provide a cost-effective approach for implementing disaster recovery, backup, and volume management functionality throughoriginal equipment manufacturers and resellers worldwide. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in Westlake Village, California. | $41M |  | Jul 26, 2000 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Park Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/park-partners-c1d2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Snowflake Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/snowflake-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Hive](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-hive-palo-alto-california) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amerindo Investment Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amerindo-investment-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dynafund Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dynafund-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does NetApp invest in?

NetApp invests primarily in Software, Cloud Storage and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact NetApp?

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### Who are the partners at NetApp?

The team at NetApp includes Dave Hitz (Founder Emeritus), George Shaheen (Member of the Board of Directors) and James Lau (System Engineer), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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