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Peter Sonsini

Venture Advisor, NEA

Menlo Park, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Skills

OEM
Product Strategy
Strategy Development
Mergers
Go-to-market Strategy
Product Management
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Enterprise Software
Product Marketing
Sales
Analytics
Strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mobile Devices
Strategic Partnerships
Business Alliances
Growth Capital
SaaS
Executive Management
Entrepreneurship

Work Experience

  • Venture Advisor

    2023

  • General Partner, Head of Software Investing

    2005 - 2023

    Venture investor focused on enterprise software companies. Current investments include: Anyscale, Conviva, Databricks, Forethought, Granica, Instabase, Matroid, Perplexity. Past exits include Nginx (F5), Streamsets (SoftwareAG), StormPath (OKTA), XenSource (Citrix), Pentaho (HDS), Eucalyptus (HP), Lithium (Vista), Teracent (Google) and Upstart (UPST).

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Board Member

    2014

  • Board Member

    2016

  • Board Member

    2020

2005

  • Board Member

    2005

2016

  • Board Member

    2016

2001 - 2005

  • Senior Director, Strategic Alliances

    2001 - 2005

    Established OEM relationships and negotiated resale and support agreements with all major hardware vendors, worldwide. Grew sales through OEMs from $0 to $40M in four years.

Mirapoint

1998 - 2001

  • Director of Product Management

    1998 - 2001

1996 - 1998

  • WW Product Marketing Manager

    1996 - 1998

    Managed mid-range Intel-based server product line.