Peter Sonsini
Co-founder and General Partner, Laude Ventures
Menlo Park, California
Invests in
Locations:
Min Investment:
$5,000.00Max Investment:
$50,000.00Target Investment:
$25,000.00
Skills
Education
- NU
- Uo
Lists including Peter
Investments
AI Squared
Total Funding: $20M
Perplexity AI
Total Funding: $170M
Granica
Total Funding: $45M
Instabase
Total Funding: $180M
Antimatter
Total Funding: $12M
Forethought
Total Funding: $92M
Anyscale
Total Funding: $260M
Datafold
Total Funding: $20M
Sisu
Total Funding: $130M
Databricks
Total Funding: $5B
Rocket.Chat
Total Funding: $32M
Splashtop
Total Funding: $120M
Matroid
Total Funding: $34M
StreamSets
Total Funding: $69M
NGINX
Total Funding: $81M
MapR Technologies
Total Funding: $250M
Radiance Labs
Total Funding:
Tintri
Total Funding: $260M
Lattice Engines
Total Funding: $63M
GuideSpark
Total Funding: $42M
Lithium Technologies
Total Funding: $200M
Embrane
Total Funding: $32M
Audience
Total Funding: $30M
Engine Yard
Total Funding: $38M
HDmessaging
Total Funding: $20M
PortAuthority Technologies
Total Funding: $31M
Work Experience
2024
Co-founder and General Partner
2024
Laude Ventures is an early-stage firm investing in deeply technical entrepreneurs with research roots. We invest early, at the moment of discovery, then help founders turn their breakthroughs into breakout companies.
2024
Founding Advisor
2024
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).
2023
Investor
2023
Board Member
2023 - 2025
2014
Board Member
2014
2016
Board Member
2016
2020
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.