Shirish Sathaye
General Partner @ Cervin Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Shirish Sathaye is a Series A investor at Cervin Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Shirish Sathaye General PartnerShirish Sathaye focuses on investments in next-generation enterprise software, cloud-based software, wireless and wireline networking, storage infrastructure and systems. Prior to Cervin, Shirish was a General Partner at Formation 8. He was also a General Partner at Khosla Ventures from 2010 to 2013 and a GeneralPartner at Matrix Partners from 2001 to 2010. Shirish’s prior investments include Aruba Networks (NASDAQ:ARUN), Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX), Grandis (acquired by Samsung), Solidcore Systems (acquired by McAfee), Aviatrix, and Vectra.AI. Shirish’s investing career was preceded by a long operating career at technology companies. He helped build two venture-backed companies, FORE Systems (NASDAQ:FORE) and Alteon Websystems (NASDAQ:ATON), and led the design and development of their core products. Both companies pioneered important new product categories and had very successful IPOs. Shirish ran the Engineering Group at FORE Systems, a pioneer in ATM Switched Networks. FORE went public in 1994 and was eventually sold to Marconi for $4B. In 1997 Shirish joined Alteon Websystems, which created the server-load-balancer product category, as its VP of Engineering and later, its CTO. Alteon went public in 1999 and was acquired by Nortel for $7.8B. Shirish began his career at Digital Equipment Corporation first in the Semiconductor group and then in the Network Architecture & Software Group.
- Total investments:
- 41
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
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Industries Shirish Sathaye invests in
Stages Shirish Sathaye invests in
Countries Shirish Sathaye invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 9 (22%)
- Information Technology 8 (20%)
- Artificial Intelligence 5 (12%)
- Cyber Security 4 (10%)
- Big Data 3 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 12 (29%)
- Series B 11 (27%)
- Series C 6 (15%)
- Series D 5 (12%)
- Seed 3 (7%)
Investments
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Anvilogic
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Anvilogic powers the modern Security Operations Center across Data Management, Detection Engineering & Maintenance, and Investigations & Response. By decoupling complex security workflows from data storage, breaking away from the traditional SIEM model, it solves: 1) Security Risks in reducing MTTD/MTTR, detection gaps, alert overload,data quality, detection maintenance & lack of data visibility 2) Accelerates the ability to complete tasks to the equivalent of having 9.5 additional analysts 3) Saves significant storage costs on data storage flexibility (while reducing vendor lock-in) 4) Automate & Orchestrate the most complex security organizational specific workflows. | $45M / Series C / Apr 17, 2024 | |
Bolster AI
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Bolster AI protects against phishing and scams across multiple channels, such as the open web, social media, app stores, and even the dark web. Bolster protects companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500s. With a patented detection engine built for speed, scale, and accuracy, Bolster identifies online records, apps, and accountsinfringing on your brand in milliseconds and automates their takedown with Large Language Models (LLMs) for instant response and reducing the need for manual review by over 80%RedMarlin’s team has more than 40 years of combined cybersecurity experience from industry-leading companies including Cisco, Symantec, and McAfee. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Altos, California, | $15M / Series A / Oct 18, 2022 | |
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Anvilogic
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Anvilogic powers the modern Security Operations Center across Data Management, Detection Engineering & Maintenance, and Investigations & Response. By decoupling complex security workflows from data storage, breaking away from the traditional SIEM model, it solves: 1) Security Risks in reducing MTTD/MTTR, detection gaps, alert overload,data quality, detection maintenance & lack of data visibility 2) Accelerates the ability to complete tasks to the equivalent of having 9.5 additional analysts 3) Saves significant storage costs on data storage flexibility (while reducing vendor lock-in) 4) Automate & Orchestrate the most complex security organizational specific workflows. | $25M / Series B / Jul 20, 2022 | |
Airgap Networks
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Ransomware threat is growing rapidly. While there are a whole bunch of security companies that are trying to prevent ransomware from getting into your network, Airgap's "Zero Trust Isolation Platform" protects your organization even if your perimeter is breached or if you have unpatched vulnerable servers inside your data center.Additionally, Airgap's "Ransomware Kill Switch" is the most potent ransomware response for the IT organization. Airgap can be deployed in minutes without any agents, forklift upgrades, or design changes. The company is founded by highly experienced cybersecurity experts and the solution is trusted by large enterprises and service providers. For more details, check out https://airgap.io | $13.4M / Series A / Apr 05, 2022 | |
Cape Analytics
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Cape Analytics uses deep learning and geospatial imagery to provide instant property intelligence for buildings across the United States. Cape Analytics enables insurers and other property stakeholders to access valuable property attributes at the time of underwriting—with the accuracy and detail that traditionally required an on-site inspection,but with the speed and coverage of property record pre-fill. | $44M / Series C / Jul 14, 2021 | |
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Anvilogic
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Anvilogic powers the modern Security Operations Center across Data Management, Detection Engineering & Maintenance, and Investigations & Response. By decoupling complex security workflows from data storage, breaking away from the traditional SIEM model, it solves: 1) Security Risks in reducing MTTD/MTTR, detection gaps, alert overload,data quality, detection maintenance & lack of data visibility 2) Accelerates the ability to complete tasks to the equivalent of having 9.5 additional analysts 3) Saves significant storage costs on data storage flexibility (while reducing vendor lock-in) 4) Automate & Orchestrate the most complex security organizational specific workflows. | $10M / Series A / May 11, 2021 | |
Privacera
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Privacera is a SaaS data security and governance platform that enable data sharing without compromising regulatory compliance.It provides security for sensitive data across multiple cloud services such as AWS, Azure, Databricks, GCP, and Snowflake. The platform is utilized by Fortune 500 customers across finance, insurance, retail, media, andconsumer industries to automate sensitive data discovery and easily manage high-fidelity policy management at a petabyte-scale on-prem and in the cloud. Privacera's backer includes Insight Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Battery Ventures, Accel, Cervin Ventures, and Point 72 Ventures.The San Francisco, California-headquartered company was established in 2016 by Balaji Ganesan and Don Bosco Durai. | $50M / Series B / Mar 09, 2021 | |
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Privacera
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Privacera is a SaaS data security and governance platform that enable data sharing without compromising regulatory compliance.It provides security for sensitive data across multiple cloud services such as AWS, Azure, Databricks, GCP, and Snowflake. The platform is utilized by Fortune 500 customers across finance, insurance, retail, media, andconsumer industries to automate sensitive data discovery and easily manage high-fidelity policy management at a petabyte-scale on-prem and in the cloud. Privacera's backer includes Insight Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Battery Ventures, Accel, Cervin Ventures, and Point 72 Ventures.The San Francisco, California-headquartered company was established in 2016 by Balaji Ganesan and Don Bosco Durai. | $13.5M / Series A / Jul 15, 2020 | |
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Privacera
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Privacera is a SaaS data security and governance platform that enable data sharing without compromising regulatory compliance.It provides security for sensitive data across multiple cloud services such as AWS, Azure, Databricks, GCP, and Snowflake. The platform is utilized by Fortune 500 customers across finance, insurance, retail, media, andconsumer industries to automate sensitive data discovery and easily manage high-fidelity policy management at a petabyte-scale on-prem and in the cloud. Privacera's backer includes Insight Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Battery Ventures, Accel, Cervin Ventures, and Point 72 Ventures.The San Francisco, California-headquartered company was established in 2016 by Balaji Ganesan and Don Bosco Durai. | $3.8M / Seed / Oct 10, 2018 | |
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Cape Analytics
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Cape Analytics uses deep learning and geospatial imagery to provide instant property intelligence for buildings across the United States. Cape Analytics enables insurers and other property stakeholders to access valuable property attributes at the time of underwriting—with the accuracy and detail that traditionally required an on-site inspection,but with the speed and coverage of property record pre-fill. | $17M / Series B / Jun 22, 2018 | |
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Co-Investors
About Cervin Ventures
Cervin Ventures is a early-stage venture capital firm investing in founders to build good startups and great companies. Cervin partners with disciplined entrepreneurs that are building tools, applications and infrastructure products to address massive, fast-growing markets. For more than a decade, Cervin has leveraged the operating backgrounds ofits investors to help founders build enduring companies and avoid short-lived hype cycles. Cervin has invested in more than 50 companies including LaunchDarkly, Paystand, and Celona, with more than a dozen successful exits from companies such as Punchh and Tynker.
Cervin Ventures Contacts
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Preetish Nijhawan
Co-Founder & General Partner
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Shirish Sathaye
General Partner
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Courtney McKee
Director of Finance
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Daniel Karp
Partner
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Neeraj Gupta
Co-Founder & General Partner
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What does Shirish Sathaye invest in?
Shirish Sathaye invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 41 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Shirish Sathaye last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Shirish Sathaye closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 41 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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