Sutter Hill Ventures
VC Fund
Palo Alto, United States
Sutter Hill Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto focused on Software and Enterprise Software. Sutter Hill Ventures has financed technology-based start-ups and assisted entrepreneurs in building companies since 1962. Through their decades of experience, they have developed strong industry networks, considerable operating and venture capital experience, and an understanding of the challenges that early-stage and high-growth companies face.They offer expertise in developing business strategies and partnerships, building management teams, and financing companies in both public and private markets.They have experienced operating executives who love building companies. Their approach is straightforward. They have a collegial and uncomplicated operating style that is direct and results-driven. They work as a team to respond quickly to new investment proposals and to their portfolio companies needs. Once they invest in a company, they bring to bear their time, expertise, and extensive industry networks to help these companies succeed. Building companies is their top priority and their favorite occupation.They have structured Sutter Hill to allow them to invest in a focused portfolio of early-stage companies and build value for the long term. They are always available to their CEOs and founders as advisors and mentors ready with practical and strategic advice from their own venture capital and operating experiences. They don't insist on winning every argument, but they will always tell you what they think. They also have a network of executives, advisors, and support infrastructure to help their portfolio get going in the right direction quickly. As former line managers themselves, they know the vision, energy, and commitment that building a successful company requires. They strive to build partnerships with entrepreneurs that combine dedicated support from Sutter Hill with trust that the teams they back can make good decisions and execute on the details.Their limited partners have committed long-term support to their evergreen fund which allows them to make long-term commitments to their companies. In addition, a significant portion of every dollar they invest in their own money, and each one of them participates in every investment. This direct investment reinforces each partner's commitment to every company in their portfolio and ensures that they bring every available resource to bear in helping their companies succeed.
- Total investments:
- 282
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
- Fund size:
- $750M
- Last fund:
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Industries Sutter Hill Ventures invests in
Stages Sutter Hill Ventures invests in
Countries Sutter Hill Ventures invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 47 (17%)
- Enterprise Software 22 (8%)
- SaaS 18 (6%)
- Biotechnology 17 (6%)
- Information Technology 16 (6%)
Stage
- Series B 62 (22%)
- Series C 52 (18%)
- Series A 34 (12%)
- Series D 30 (11%)
- Funding Round 20 (7%)
Country
- United States 125 (44%)
- China 3 (1%)
- United Kingdom 2 (1%)
- New Zealand 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Sheehan
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 13 | Find email | |
Dave Anderson
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Doug Mohr
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Len Baker
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Mike Speiser
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 46 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSpeed is a telecommunications company that offers datacenter connectivity services. | $145M / Series C / Sep 30, 2026 | ||
| Ridge Bio platform uses proprietary machine learning models built on massive cell-free datasets to design precision enzymes | $13M / Seed / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| Celero Communications develops coherent digital signal processor (DSP) technology that enables high-bandwidth, energy-efficient optical links for AI infrastructure. Their platform targets data center networks and AI acceleration clusters, supporting scalable and power-optimized interconnects. The company combines expertise in analog design, digitalsignal processing, and system architecture to deliver connectivity solutions tailored for next-generation AI computing environments. With a strong technical team, they aim to help customers overcome bandwidth, cost, and energy limits in modern AI data centers. | $275M / Series C / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
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Integrated Biosciences
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Integrated Biosciences is the first company in history to be able to virtually stress cells. | $68.4M / Series A / Aug 05, 2026 | |
| Sila Nanotechnologies is an electronics company that offers new battery materials chemistry. It works directly with leading consumer electronics and automotive OEMs to help accelerate product roadmaps, and partners with battery manufacturers commercial cell production. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in California, United States. | $300M / Private Equity / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| AttoTude develops interconnect technology for artificial intelligence and hyperscale data center environments. The company designs terahertz (THz) communication solutions that enable high-speed data transfer between computing systems and network components. Its technology focuses on addressing bandwidth, power consumption, scalability, andconnectivity challenges associated with large-scale AI processing and data-intensive workloads. | $52M / Series C / Jun 15, 2026 | ||
| Sigma Computing develops cloud-based analytics and business intelligence software for data exploration and analysis. The company provides a spreadsheet-style interface that allows users to work with large datasets using familiar formulas, tables, and reporting workflows. Its platform supports live data analysis, dashboard creation, embeddedanalytics, workflow automation, and collaborative data applications. Sigma Computing also offers AI-powered capabilities for querying data, building applications, and integrating machine learning models within analytics processes. The platform connects directly to cloud data infrastructure, helping teams manage, visualize, and interact with operational and business data without requiring data movement or coding expertise. | $80M / Series E / May 18, 2026 | ||
| GridCARE provides energy security and resilience at a never-before-seen pace, making it the indispensable one-stop power solution for AI data centers. | $64M / Series A / May 14, 2026 | ||
| Fathom Therapeutics, previously known as Atommap, is a biotechnology company focused on designing therapeutic molecules through computational drug discovery approaches. The company develops models that simulate biomolecular and protein motion to better understand how proteins behave and interact, enabling the identification of new therapeuticstrategies. Its platform combines generative design, predictive modeling, and computational assays to create and evaluate molecular candidates for their binding affinity and functional effects. By leveraging these simulations, it supports drug discovery processes such as hit identification, lead optimization, and the design of targeted molecules, including degraders and molecular glues. The company also collaborates with partners by providing molecular designs, predictive insights, and co-development opportunities for advancing therapeutic candidates. | $47M / Series A / Apr 27, 2026 | ||
nEye
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NEye Systems develops programmable photonic integrated circuits that integrate high-radix optical circuit switching on silicon chips. These optical switches aim to address challenges in AI and machine learning systems by reducing power requirements and facilitating network expansion. The company's technology, based on over a decade of researchfrom Professor Ming Wu's lab at UC Berkeley, utilizes MEMS-based silicon photonics to create wafer-scale optical circuit switches. These switches are designed to provide direct optical connections among GPUs and memory units, potentially enhancing performance and scalability in data centers. NEye Systems has secured funding from investors, including CapitalG, M12, Micron Ventures, and NVIDIA. | $80M / Series C / Apr 14, 2026 | |
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What does Sutter Hill Ventures invest in?
Sutter Hill Ventures invests primarily in Software, Enterprise Software and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 282 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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