Investing Profile

Kevin Diestel

VCInvestor
Partner at Sapphire Ventures, LLC
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University of California, Los Angeles Network
68 CONNECTIONS
Merrill Lynch Network
51 CONNECTIONS
Stanford Graduate School of Business Network
30 CONNECTIONS
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$10.0M - $100.0M
$25.0M
21
$1.4B
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
project44
Series UnknownNov 2022$80M
Series FJan 2022$420M
Series DDec 2020$100M
Series COct 2018$45M
$890M
Co-investors: Gabe Greenbaum (B Capital Group), Joe Floyd (Emergence Capital), Stuart Larkins (Chicago Ventures), Scott Dorsey (High Alpha), Eric Tobias (High Alpha), Seth Corder (High Alpha), Mike Fitzgerald (High Alpha), Kristian Andersen (High Alpha), Ross Devor
Culture Amp
Series FJul 2021$100M
Series ESep 2019$81M
Series DJul 2018$40M
Series CJun 2017$20M
$260M
Co-investors: Neil Rimer (Index Ventures), Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Nick Crocker (Blackbird Ventures Australia), Robert Keith (Salesforce Ventures), Steven Ji (Sequoia Capital China), Bill Bartee (Main Sequence Ventures), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins)
Degreed
Series DApr 2021$150M
$350M
Co-investors: Sid Krommenhoek (Album VC), Brandon Tidwell (Signal Peak Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Ian Chiu (Owl Ventures), Jason Corsello (Acadian Ventures), Michael McMahon (Jump Capital), Don Burton (LearnStart), Chris Eyre
SunBasket
Series EMay 2019$30M
Series DJan 2018$43M
Series CFeb 2017$15M
$100M
Co-investors: Nino Marakovic (Sapphire Ventures), Atul Rustgi (Accolade Partners)
Tradewind Markets
Series UnknownApr 2018$11M
$11M
Co-investors: David Hartwig (Sapphire Ventures), Nino Marakovic (Sapphire Ventures)
Convercent
Series EDec 2017$25M
Series DFeb 2017$10M
Series CJun 2016$11M
Series BOct 2013$10M
$66M
Co-investors: Doug Higgins (Sapphire Ventures), Cameron Lester
Inkling Systems
Series EDec 2016$25M
$89M
Co-investors: Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Aydin Senkut (Felicis Ventures), Nino Marakovic (Sapphire Ventures), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Ram Shriram (Sherpalo Ventures), Tom Banahan (Tenaya Capital), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Vineet Madan
IEX Group
Series UnknownMay 2015
$75M
Co-investors: Alex Finkelstein (Spark Capital), David Hartwig (Sapphire Ventures), Matthew Harris (Bain Capital Ventures)
Partner Sapphire Ventures, LLC2012 - Present
Business and Corporate Development Rhythm NewMedia2011 - 2011
Associate Shamrock Capital Advisors2008 - 2010
Analyst Merrill Lynch2006 - 2008
Stanford Graduate School of Business Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of California, Los Angeles Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Business Economics