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Sutter Hill Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 1962 · Palo Alto, United States

Investing for the long-term in great teams solving hard technology problems in big markets

144 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $15B invested · 313 investments · Investor rank #172 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 144 ↑ 11% 5y
Decacorns 9 ↑ 14% 5y
Thoroughbreds 30 ↑ 12% 5y
01 · Biggest holdings

Sutter Hill Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

The most valuable companies Sutter Hill Ventures still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names Sutter Hill Ventures directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 RampDecacorn · Fintech · USA $44.0B
  2. 2 DataRobotUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $6.3B
  3. 3 SiFiveUnicorn · Semiconductors · USA 18% $3.6B $657M
  4. 4 Sigma ComputingUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.5B
  5. 5 Sila NanotechnologiesUnicorn · Energy · USA 16% $1.2B $160M
  6. 6 AstronomerUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.1B
  7. 7 Augment CodeUnicorn · Enterprise Software · USA $1.0B
  8. 8 DemandbaseMarketing · USA $260M

Estimated value = Sutter Hill Ventures’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →

02 · Exits

Sutter Hill Ventures’ biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Sutter Hill Ventures’ transaction record.

$625M IPO · 1999
Entered SeedNow $5.4TGaming
$46M IPO · 2000
Now $129BHealth
$68B IPO · 2020
Entered Series ANow $114BHosting
$604M IPO · 2024
Entered Series B+Now $57BSemiconductors
$416M IPO · 2011
Entered Series ANow $28BHealth
IPO · 2015
Entered Series B+Now $22BSemiconductors
Corcept Therapeutics
$283M IPO · 2004
Entered Series ANow $12BHealth
$385M IPO · 2013
Entered Series ANow $12BHealth
IPO · 2024
Entered Series ANow $8.0BHealth
$990M IPO · 2018
Entered Series B+Now $7.2BEnterprise Software
$6.5B acquisition · 2025
Entered Series AConsumer Electronics
$1.5B IPO · 2021
Entered Series ANow $5.6BSemiconductors
03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Sutter Hill Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 144 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA141
  2. China3
  3. UK3
  4. Australia1
  5. Brazil1
  6. Ireland1
  7. New Zealand1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software48
  2. Health28
  3. Marketing20
  4. Security13
  5. Semiconductors12
  6. Fintech10
  7. Media10
  8. Telecom10
  9. Energy4
  10. Transportation4
  11. Hosting3
  12. Robotics3
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+83
  2. Series A50
  3. Seed10
By growth stageCount
  1. Late Growth64
  2. Breakout Stage62
  3. Early Growth21
  4. Mature3
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Sutter Hill Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 144 tracked.

Ramp
Fintech · Decacorn
$44B
Lacework
Security · Unicorn
$8.3B
GRAIL
Health · Unicorn
$8.0B
Sila Nanotechnologies
Energy · Unicorn
$1.2B
Snowflake
Hosting · Centicorn
$114B
DataRobot
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$6.3B
SiFive
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$3.6B
Sigma Computing
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.5B
Pure Storage
Semiconductors · Decacorn
$22B
Observe
Enterprise Software
$624M
Helix
Health · Unicorn
$1.0B
Astronomer
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.1B
Portola Pharmaceuticals
Health · Unicorn
$1.4B
Sumo Logic
Security · Unicorn
$1.2B
Pacific Biosciences
Health
$837M
Infinera
Telecom · Unicorn
$2.2B
Rigetti Computing
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$5.6B
Clumio
Enterprise Software
$675M
Menlo Security
Security
$400M
Augment Code
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Enfabrica
Semiconductors
$460M
io
Consumer Electronics · Unicorn
$6.5B
e-Rewards
Marketing
$60M
C3.ai
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.0B
Bracket Computing
Security
$186M
Ghost Autonomy
Transportation
$227M
Astera Labs
Semiconductors · Decacorn
$57B
Glassdoor
Media · Unicorn
$1.2B
Luminary Cloud
Enterprise Software
$575M
Vlocity
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.3B
Demandbase
Marketing
$260M
nEye Systems
Semiconductors
$320M
RedSeal
Security
$58M
Forty Seven
Health · Unicorn
$4.9B
Return Path
Marketing
$140M
Atmosic
Semiconductors
$360M
Celero Communications
Semiconductors
$400M
Everest Systems
Enterprise Software
$560M
Instart Logic
Marketing
$36M
E Scape Bio
Health
$292M
Acceleron Pharma
Health · Decacorn
$12B
AttoTude
Hosting
$208M
Intacct
Fintech
$850M
MATRIXX Software
Fintech
$200M
Artas
Health
$200M
Aria Networks
Hosting
$500M
Smartsheet
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$7.2B
youku
Media
$160M
Xoft
Health
$5.5M
Yext
Telecom
$707M
ThousandEyes
Telecom · Unicorn
$1.0B
Radiance Technologies
Security
$104M
TOA Technologies
Marketing
$264M
Kineto Wireless
Telecom
$62M
Platfora
Event Tech
$120M
Verinata Health
Health
$194M
ChoiceStream
Marketing
$56M
Gridcare
Security
$256M
SilverRail
Travel
$13M
Benu Networks
Telecom
$40M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where Sutter Hill Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.

113 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. United States92
  2. New Zealand2
  3. Argentina1
  4. Canada1
  5. Cuba1
  6. Germany1
  7. Greece1
  8. Israel1
  9. United Kingdom1
UniversityCount
  1. Stanford University13
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology6
  3. University of California, Berkeley6
  4. Harvard University3
  5. Princeton University3
  6. Case Western Reserve University2
  7. Cornell University2
  8. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay2
  9. Sorbonne University2
  10. The University of Chicago2
Previous companyCount
  1. Sutter Hill Ventures12
  2. Apple6
  3. Oracle6
  4. Sunopsis6
  5. Tangosol6
  6. Alphabet | Google5
  7. IBM5
  8. Microsoft5
  9. Stanford University5
  10. Juniper Networks4