# Standish O'Grady

> Standish O'Grady is a Series B investor at Granite Ventures backing Advertising. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Granite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/granite-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Dec 2017
- Lead investor: 42%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/standisho
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/shogrady

Standish O'Grady is a Series B investor at Granite Ventures in San Francisco focused on Advertising and Software. Standish is a co-founder of Granite Ventures and joined the Anaplan board in January 2012 when Granite invested as part of Anaplan’s Series B financing round. Standish co-founded Granite as the early-stage venture capital group within Hambrecht & Quist in 1992, and co-led establishing Granite as an independent firm in 1998 growing Granite toover $1 billion of funds under management.Standish previously served in various positions within Hambrecht & Quist’s venture capital business from 1984 to 1998. He focuses on investments in software companies. Standish currently serves on the Board of Directors for Anaplan, Crowd Science, HyTrust and SellPoint.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advertising | 3 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 17% |
| Sales | 1 | 8% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 25% |
| Series C | 2 | 17% |
| Series D | 2 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Series E | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anaplan | Anaplan is driving a new age of connected planning. Large and fast-growing organizations use Anaplan’s cloud platform in every business function to make better-informed plans and decisions and drive faster, more effective planning processes. Anaplan also provides support, training, and planning transformation advisory services. Anaplan is aprivately held company based in San Francisco with 16 offices and over 150 expert partners worldwide. To learn more, visit anaplan.com. | $60M | Series F | Dec 05, 2017 |  |
| Anaplan | Anaplan is driving a new age of connected planning. Large and fast-growing organizations use Anaplan’s cloud platform in every business function to make better-informed plans and decisions and drive faster, more effective planning processes. Anaplan also provides support, training, and planning transformation advisory services. Anaplan is aprivately held company based in San Francisco with 16 offices and over 150 expert partners worldwide. To learn more, visit anaplan.com. | $90M | Series E | Jan 16, 2016 |  |
| HyTrust | HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption.The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk ofcatastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud.HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures. | $25M | Series D | Apr 01, 2015 |  |
| HyTrust | HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption.The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk ofcatastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud.HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures. | $25M | Series D | Apr 01, 2015 |  |
| Anaplan | Anaplan is driving a new age of connected planning. Large and fast-growing organizations use Anaplan’s cloud platform in every business function to make better-informed plans and decisions and drive faster, more effective planning processes. Anaplan also provides support, training, and planning transformation advisory services. Anaplan is aprivately held company based in San Francisco with 16 offices and over 150 expert partners worldwide. To learn more, visit anaplan.com. |  | Series D | May 13, 2014 |  |
| HyTrust | HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption.The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk ofcatastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud.HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures. | $18.5M | Series C | Aug 26, 2013 |  |
| Anaplan | Anaplan is driving a new age of connected planning. Large and fast-growing organizations use Anaplan’s cloud platform in every business function to make better-informed plans and decisions and drive faster, more effective planning processes. Anaplan also provides support, training, and planning transformation advisory services. Anaplan is aprivately held company based in San Francisco with 16 offices and over 150 expert partners worldwide. To learn more, visit anaplan.com. |  | Series C | Mar 05, 2013 |  |
| Anaplan | Anaplan is driving a new age of connected planning. Large and fast-growing organizations use Anaplan’s cloud platform in every business function to make better-informed plans and decisions and drive faster, more effective planning processes. Anaplan also provides support, training, and planning transformation advisory services. Anaplan is aprivately held company based in San Francisco with 16 offices and over 150 expert partners worldwide. To learn more, visit anaplan.com. | $11.4M | Series B | Jan 19, 2012 |  |
| HyTrust | HyTrust was founded by veterans in the enterprise infrastructure and security space who recognized early on not only that virtualization and the cloud were going to dramatically transform the data center, but also that security would be a critical inhibitor to cloud adoption.The mission behind HyTrust has always been to mitigate the risk ofcatastrophic data center failure and data breaches — especially in light of the concentration of risk that occurs within virtualized and cloud environments. Organizations can now confidently expand virtualization to mission critical applications and take full advantage of the cloud.HyTrust has assembled a world-class team of company builders and innovators and has earned venture backing from the biggest players in the next-generation datacenter: Cisco, VMware, Intel, Fortinet, and In-Q-Tel, the funding arm of the US intelligence community. Further venture investment has come from highly respected firms such as Trident Capital, Sway Ventures, Epic Ventures, Advanced Venture Partners and Granite Ventures. | $10.5M | Series B | Feb 24, 2010 |  |
| Sellpoints | Sellpoints is an e-commerce optimization platform that enables brands and retailers to engage consumers with targeted shopping experiences that help them make their desired purchase decision. Sellpoints enables brands to share their product stories on retail websites through interactive content experiences that engage, inform, and inspire shoppers.In addition, Sellpoints provides robust data and insights to help their clients make informed business decisions on how to optimize their product pages. The results are increased sales and a reduction in costly product returns.Sellpoints allows clients to fully enrich their SKUs with interactive content experiences that include marketing content such as videos, product tours, image galleries, 360 views, short animations, customer reviews, product comparison charts, and much more. |  |  | Feb 27, 2008 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [EPIC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/epic-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Shasta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shasta-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Trident Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trident-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [VMware](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vmware) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Brookside Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brookside-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cisco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cisco) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Granite Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Granite Ventures has been helping early-stage technology companies build solid foundations for success since 1992. T Granite has invested over $1 billion in more than 90 private companies. They partner with promising and successful entrepreneurs to create businesses that have a competitive edge and help them achieve category leadership.

5 contacts available at Granite Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher McKay | Managing Director | — |
| Jackie Berterretche | CFO, Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jackie-berterretche |
| Isaac Ruiz | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isaac-ruiz |
| Jeff Cooke | President & Managing Director | — |
| Standish O'Grady | Managing Director & Co-Founder | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Standish O'Grady invest in?

Standish O'Grady invests primarily in Advertising, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Standish O'Grady last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Standish O'Grady closed in Dec 2017. Shizune tracks 12 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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