6 posts and columns on Sutter Hill Ventures

Flash Madness Part 3: Pure Storage Comes Out of Stealth

in News on August 23, 2011 at 5:35 am PT

The summer that flash memory began to transform the data center continues as Pure Storage unleashes an all-flash storage array.
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Travel Search Gets Granular With Room 77

in Social on February 24, 2011 at 9:07 am PT

If you’re really serious about travel, you don’t just want the best hotel, you also want the best hotel room. A new start-up called Room 77 is focusing on exactly that detail.

Digital Chocolate Dips Into Investors' Pockets, Raises $12 Million for Social Games

in Commerce on February 22, 2011 at 3:33 pm PT

Mobile-game turned social-games developer Digital Chocolate, led by Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, has raised $12 million in additional venture capital.

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Glassdoor Takes $12M for Job Review Site

in Social on February 10, 2011 at 8:39 am PT

Glassdoor, perhaps the only gossip site that can actually improve your quality of life, has raised $12 million in Series C funding led by new investor Battery Ventures and including existing investors Benchmark Capital and Sutter Hill Ventures. The company has user-contributed (and moderator-reviewed, before posting) salary data and employer reviews on 110,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Launched right before the recession hit in 2008, the site has grown to 3.5 million monthly uniques, and CEO Robert Hohman said he thinks it’s “time to lean into it as the economy is recovering.”

Yahoo Hires Adobe Vet Lamkin to Run Communications and Communities Unit as Dietzen Moves to Strategy Post

in News on April 24, 2009 at 11:43 pm PT

More musical chairs at Yahoo, which BoomTown predicted recently, as top execs at the company move in and out of jobs, and new ones from the outside move in. Perhaps the most important change to occur is the replacement this week of SVP Scott Dietzen–who had been in charge of all communications and communities products at Yahoo–by former Adobe Systems exec Bryan Lamkin, several sources said. And there’s even more…
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