Number of Portfolio Companies 3
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Sam joined Sutter Hill Ventures from Twitter where he was a senior infrastructure engineer and a strategic technology advisor. He came to Twitter via the acquisition of Bagcheck in 2011 where he was co-founder and CEO. Previously Sam was Chief Technologist of Yahoo! Responsible for technology strategy across the audience organization and platform

team. Before Yahoo!, Sam was Chief Architect of Borland after the acquisition of Gauntlet Systems where he was also a co-founder and CEO. Sam came to Silicon Valley to work at WebLogic where he was the first server engineer after the founders and stayed on through the acquisition by BEA Systems.

He received his Master of Science degree in Physics from Northwestern University and his Bachelor of Science degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Number of Investments 3
Sam Pullara has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Polar on Feb 25, 2013, when Polar raised
$1.2M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 25, 2013
Polar
Seed Round - Polar
$1.2M
Jan 30, 2013
Tomfoolery
Yes
Seed Round - Tomfoolery
$1.7M
Sep 20, 2010
OtherInbox
Series A - OtherInbox
$1.5M
Number of Exits 
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Sam Pullara has exits. Their most notable exits are TomfooleryPolar, and OtherInbox.
  • Tomfoolery Tomfoolery is a mobile app lab that provides a conversation platform, Anchor, to share and communicate with colleagues.
  • Polar Polar is an iPhone app that enables users to create and vote on photo polls.
  • OtherInbox OtherInbox is a company that builds technology to automatically organize emails enabling users to focus on messages based on their priority.
Number of Current Jobs 4
Number of Past Jobs 14
Sam Pullara has 4 current jobs including Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures, Limited Partner at Morado Ventures, and Angel Investor at Pure Storage. Additionally, Sam Pullara has had 14 past jobs including Senior Infrastructure Engineer at X (formerly Twitter).
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
X (formerly Twitter)
Senior Infrastructure EngineerAug 2011Oct 2012
OtherInbox
Angel InvestorMay 2010Jan 2012
Bagcheck
Co-founderAug 2011
Yahoo
Chief TechnologistFeb 2009Mar 19, 2010
Yahoo
VP Platforms2008Feb 1, 2009
Yahoo
Platform Group2008Feb 1, 2009
Kenamea Inc.,
Private Equity InvestorOct 2000Nov 2006
Access Venture Partners
Venture ConsultantSep 2005Jul 2006
Borland
Chief Architect2006Jul 1, 2006
Accel
EIROct 2004Aug 2005
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 3
Sam Pullara holds 6 board and advisor roles including Investor at Observe, Investor at Transposit, and Investor at Lacework.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Terracotta
Technical AdvisorMay 2006May 2011
3Tera
Technical AdvisorApr 2005Feb 2010
X (formerly Twitter)
Advisor-Engineering & Corporate DevelopmentNov 2012
Number of Events 2
Sam Pullara has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, TechCrunch Early Stage SF 2020 on Jul 21, 2020.