Steve Herrod - Co-Founder @ Lanai - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title Co-Founder
Primary Organization
Lanai

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Website steveherrod.vc
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Steve Herrod is a Venture Partner at General Catalyst. He was the CTO and Sr. VP of R&D at VMware and was named InfoWorld’s CTO of the Year in 2009. Steve holds a Ph.D. and a master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University, and a B.A. with distinction in computer science from the University of Texas, Austin.

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Arrcus	General Catalyst	—	Series D - Arrcus	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Arrcus	General Catalyst	—	Series D - Arrcus	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ona	General Catalyst	—	Series A - Ona	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Prosimo	General Catalyst	—	Series B - Prosimo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Render	General Catalyst	No	Series A - Render	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Contrast Security	General Catalyst	—	Series E - Contrast Security	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Arrcus	General Catalyst	—	Series C - Arrcus	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Ona	General Catalyst	Yes	Venture Round - Ona	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Prosimo	General Catalyst	Yes	Series A - Prosimo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Armorblox	General Catalyst	—	Series B - Armorblox	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Steve Herrod

has

current jobs as

Venture Partner

General Catalyst

and

Co-Founder

Lanai

. Additionally,

Steve Herrod

has had

past jobs including

Managing Director

General Catalyst

General Catalyst Venture PartnerAug 2022
Lanai Co-Founder

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
General Catalyst	Managing Director	Mar 2013	Aug 2022
VMware	CTO	2008	Feb 1, 2013
VMware	VP of R&D	2005	2008
Transmeta	Sr. Director of Software Engineering	1998	2001

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Steve Herrod

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

SignalFx

Board Member

Curai Health

, and

Board Member

Corelight

SignalFx Board MemberMay 2018
Curai Health Board MemberFeb 2018
Corelight Board Member2018
Impira Board DirectorJul 2017
Contrast Security Board MemberMay 2016
Catalina Labs Board MemberJan 2016
Runscope Board MemberApr 10, 2014
Illumio Board MemberSep 2013
Menlo Security Board Member
Arrcus Board Of Directors

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Education

Steve Herrod

studied at

Stanford University

, and

The University of Texas at Austin

Stanford University MSComputer Science1994
Stanford University Ph.DComputer Science1998
The University of Texas at Austin BAunknown1992

Events

Number of Events

Steve Herrod

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

RSA Conference 2017

Feb 13, 2017

RSA Conference 2017 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaFeb 13, 2017
Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2016 Speaker Aspen, Colorado, United States, North AmericaJul 11, 2016
Structure 2015 Speaker San Francisco, California, United States, North AmericaNov 18, 2015

Recent News and Activity

Number of News Articles

170

News•

Nov 1, 2019