Zach Nelson
Angel Investor
San Mateo, United States
Zach Nelson is a seed investor in San Mateo focused on Security and News. Zach Nelson has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the high-tech industry, where he has held a variety of executive positions spanning marketing, sales, product development and business strategy with leading companies including Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and McAfee/Network Associates.Nelson has been CEO of NetSuite since 2002.Nelson led NetSuite's successful IPO in 2007 and its rise from start-up to the industry's leading provider of cloud computing business management software suites in the world. He was named to 2013 Business Insider's 50 Most Powerful People In Enterprise Tech list, and to Fortune magazine's 2012 Businessperson of the Year list.Nelson holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Security 2 (22%)
- News 1 (11%)
- Rental 1 (11%)
- Software 1 (11%)
- E-Commerce 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (33%)
- Angel 3 (33%)
- Series A 2 (22%)
- Series B 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| VinePair operates an online platform that enables wine consumers to discuss, share, and understand about wine and other beverages. It offers weekly titles, newsletters, blogs, and many others. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $1.5M / Seed / Feb 17, 2017 | ||
| Phantom is a purpose-built, community-powered security automation, and orchestration platform.The company's mission is to close the security gap by enabling enterprise security operations to be smarter, faster, and stronger. Phantom Cyber orchestrates key stages of security operations from prevention to triage and resolution, deliveringdramatic increases in security operations productivity and effectiveness. Codifying the “rules of engagement,” approval authorities, and escalations allows skilled first responders bring to bear all of their experience to make better decisions and act quickly and confidently.Phantom was established in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California. | $13.5M / Series B / Jan 10, 2017 | ||
| Phantom is a purpose-built, community-powered security automation, and orchestration platform.The company's mission is to close the security gap by enabling enterprise security operations to be smarter, faster, and stronger. Phantom Cyber orchestrates key stages of security operations from prevention to triage and resolution, deliveringdramatic increases in security operations productivity and effectiveness. Codifying the “rules of engagement,” approval authorities, and escalations allows skilled first responders bring to bear all of their experience to make better decisions and act quickly and confidently.Phantom was established in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California. | $6.5M / Series A / Sep 28, 2015 | ||
| Phantom is a purpose-built, community-powered security automation, and orchestration platform.The company's mission is to close the security gap by enabling enterprise security operations to be smarter, faster, and stronger. Phantom Cyber orchestrates key stages of security operations from prevention to triage and resolution, deliveringdramatic increases in security operations productivity and effectiveness. Codifying the “rules of engagement,” approval authorities, and escalations allows skilled first responders bring to bear all of their experience to make better decisions and act quickly and confidently.Phantom was established in 2014 and is based in Palo Alto, California. | $2.7M / Seed / Apr 14, 2015 | ||
| PandoDaily is a news site which covers the technology startup ecosystem. It was founded in 2012 by Sarah Lacy. | $1.2M / Series A / Feb 17, 2014 | ||
| PandoDaily is a news site which covers the technology startup ecosystem. It was founded in 2012 by Sarah Lacy. | $3M / Seed / May 29, 2013 | ||
| Immunet provides free community-based AntiVirus software that leverages the collective intelligence of cloud computing to protect the entire userbase from virus threats and malware.Instead of combating real-time threats with virus definition updates, Immunet monitors an entire network of users and when it is alerted that one user hasencountered something bad, it passes on protection to the rest of the network in real time.Immunet's community protection feature allows users to invite their friends to become part of a shared protection network. Each user adds strength to the Immunet Community by helping the company detect and prevent a greater number of threats for all users, a term they call "Collective Immunity". | Angel / Jan 01, 2008 | ||
| Curbed is a real estate blog that covers sales and rental prices, new developments, neighborhood trends, and celebrity deals in urban areas. It’s operations are based in New York, United States. | $1.5M / Angel / Oct 30, 2007 | ||
| Medstory's mission is to enable users to search complex fields on the Web intelligently, starting with health and medicine. | Angel / Jan 01, 2005 |
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FAQ
What does Zach Nelson invest in?
Zach Nelson invests primarily in Security, News and Rental startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 9 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 Zach Nelson last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Zach Nelson closed in Feb 2017. Shizune tracks 9 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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