Invested in SolidFire
New Enterprise Associates
(NEA): Is a leading venture capital firm focused on
helping entrepreneurs create and build major new enterprises that
use technology to improve the way we live, work and play.
Practicing classic venture capital for over 25 years, NEA focuses
on early stage investments, playing an active role in assisting
management to build companies of lasting value. With $6 billion
under management, NEA's experienced management team has invested in
over 500 companies, of which more than 145 have gone public and
more than 185 have been acquired.
Valhalla
Partners: Is a trusted partner and advisor to technology
entrepreneurs in their quest to build world-class companies. Based
in Vienna, Virginia, the firm's management team has made more than
120 investments over the past 20 years and produced almost $1
billion of investment proceeds. Valhalla prefers investments where
the mission of the company is to innovate, challenge and
fundamentally change the dynamics of new and existing markets.
Investments by Valhalla's team include Advertising.com, BDMetrics,
CareerBuilder.com, Clarify, EnterpriseDB, Epicor, Exchange
Solutions, JumpTap, LeftHand Networks, Mobius, NextLink, Nirvanix,
Progress Software, Proxicom, RealOps, Register.com, Riverbed
Technologies, SafeNet, SEPATON, ServiceBench, Trilogy, and
webMethods. Valhalla Partners brings the full power and network of
its experienced team to every investment it makes, helping
companies grow faster and smarter regardless of size or
maturity.
Novak
Biddle Venture Partners: Was established in 1997 to
provide equity financing and assistance to the management of young,
information technology companies. NBVP is backed by a number of the
country's most prestigious limited partners, and has over $580
million under management. We seek investment opportunities where
the combination of ideas, dollars, experience, and relationships
can create long-term, sustainable value. While we believe that the
vast majority of business plans we receive have many of the makings
of viable companies, we are looking for additional key features in
the businesses in which we invest.
INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS / ADVISORS
Frank
Slootman: Frank brings 25 years of experience as an
enterprise software entrepreneur and executive to ServiceNow. As
the CEO of Data Domain, Frank blazed new trails creating a
high-growth enterprise storage company that went public on NASDAQ
in 2007. After Data Domain was acquired in 2009 by EMC, Frank went
on to serve for 18 months as a division executive at EMC. Prior to
joining Data Domain in 2003, Frank was senior vice president of
product operations at Borland Software where he ran the company's
engineering and product management function. Frank also spent seven
years at Compuware as general manager of UNIFACE in Amsterdam and
general manager of the EcoSystems division in Campbell, Calif. He
started his career at Burroughs Corporation in Detroit and holds
undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Netherlands School of
Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam in his native Holland.
Currently, Frank also serves as a venture partner with Greylock
Partners and in an advisory role with the Backup Recovery Systems
(BRS) division of EMC.
David Schneider: David has
more than 20 years of experience in sales and sales management.
Prior to joining ServiceNow, he was an Executive in Residence at
Greylock and NEA (New Enterprise Associates). Prior to this
David was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at EMC BRS
Division leading a $2 billion business. Before EMC acquired Data
Domain, David served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
where he developed and executed the global sales strategy and
oversaw all sales, pre-sales and professional services. Prior to
Data Domain, David was with TogetherSoft Corporation (later
acquired by Borland Software Corporation) where he was Vice
President of Western United States Sales. From 1999 to 2002, Mr.
Schneider served as Western Regional Manager of Iona Technologies,
Inc. David graduated from the University of California, Irvine.
Greg Papadopoulos:
With more than twenty years' experience in the technology industry,
Greg Papadopoulos has held several executive positions, most
recently serving as Chief Technology Officer at Sun Microsystems,
where he directed the company's $2B R&D portfolio. Along with
having been a practicing engineer with HP and Honeywell, Greg has
also help found a number of his own companies, from video
conferencing (PictureTel) to computational fluid dynamics (Exa
Corporation). Greg was also an Associate Professor of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, where he conducted
research in scalable systems, multithreaded/data flow processor
architecture, functional and declarative languages, and
fault-tolerant computing. He holds a bachelor's degree in systems
science from the University of California at San Diego, as well as
master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering and
computer science from MIT.
