CG

Charles Giancarlo

CEO and Chairman at Pure Storage

Mountain View, California

VC
Investor
CEO
Founder

Invests in

Stages:

Seed
Pre-seed

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Cisco Technologies
Ethernet
Switches
Networking
Start-ups
Go-to-market Strategy
Strategic Partnerships
SaaS
Product Management
Cloud Computing
Marketing Strategy
Business Development
Mergers
Product Marketing
Strategy

Education

Investments

Asato

Seed

Total Funding: $8M

PlushCare

Series A

Total Funding: $32M

ItsOn

Series B

Total Funding: $42M

Work Experience

Pure Storage

2017

  • CEO and Chairman

    2017

Digital Dollar Foundation

2020

  • Co-Founder

    2020

Zscaler

2016

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2016

Arista Networks, Inc.

2013

  • Board Member

    2013

    Technology leader in Data Center Switching

UC Berkeley College of Engineering

2003

  • Advisory Board Member

    2003

Vectra Networks, Inc.

2014

  • Board Director

    2014

    The first anomaly based enterprise threat detector for post breach detection.

Operator Collective 🔆

2022

  • Limited Partner

    2022

    Operator Collective is a venture fund and dream team community of operator LPs. OpCo brings together 200+ of tech’s most exceptional executives from diverse backgrounds to invest in and supercharge the next generation of enterprise tech.

US Startups & Inventors for Jobs (USIJ)

2014

  • Chairman

    2014

    USIJ (www.usij.org) promotes the strong support for patents and for patent holders, especially in the hands of individuals, small companies and research institutions.

Brown University

2016 - 2022

  • Member Board Of Trustees

    2016 - 2022

Attivo Networks, Inc.

2016 - 2021

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2021

    Post Breach Detection and capture. Advanced threat detection, trapping and analysis. Purchased by SentinelOne.