Number of Portfolio Companies 6
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Zach Nelson has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the high-tech industry, where he has held a variety of executive positions spanning marketing, sales, product development and business strategy with leading companies including Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and McAfee/Network Associates.

Nelson has been CEO of NetSuite since 2002.

Nelson led NetSuite's successful IPO in 2007 and its rise from start-up to the industry's leading provider of cloud computing business management software suites in the world. He was named to 2013 Business Insider's 50 Most Powerful People In Enterprise Tech list, and to Fortune magazine's 2012 Businessperson of the Year list.

Nelson holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University.

Number of Investments 9
Zach Nelson has made 9 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - VinePair on Feb 17, 2017, when VinePair raised
$1.5M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 17, 2017
VinePair
Seed Round - VinePair
$1.5M
Jan 10, 2017
Phantom
No
Series B - Phantom
$13.5M
Sep 28, 2015
Phantom
Series A - Phantom
$6.5M
Apr 14, 2015
Phantom
Seed Round - Phantom
$2.7M
Feb 17, 2014
PandoDaily
Series A - PandoDaily
$1.2M
May 29, 2013
PandoDaily
Seed Round - PandoDaily
$3M
Jan 1, 2008
Immunet Corporation
Angel Round - Immunet Corporation
Oct 30, 2007
Curbed.com
Angel Round - Curbed.com
$1.5M
Jan 1, 2005
Medstory
Angel Round - Medstory
Number of Exits 
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Zach Nelson has exits. Their most notable exits are PhantomMedstory, and Immunet Corporation.
  • Phantom Phantom is a purpose-built, community-powered security automation, and orchestration platform.
  • Medstory Medstory is a search startup offering a vertical search engine for health-related information.
  • Immunet Corporation Immunet offers free community-based antivirus software to protect against threats, and uses community awareness for intelligent protection.
Number of Past Jobs 4
Zach Nelson has had 4 past jobs including General Manager, Network Management Division at McAfee.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
McAfee
General Manager, Network Management Division19962001
Oracle
Vice President, Worldwide Marketing19921996
Sun Microsystems
Director of Marketing19891992
NetSuite
President and Chief Executive Officer2002
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Zach Nelson holds 2 board and advisor roles as Board Member at PagerDuty and Member of the Board of Directors at NetSuite.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Data.ai
Board MemberNov 2017Oct 2018
Joyent
Member of the Board of Directors
Number of Events 4
Zach Nelson has participated in 4 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Web Summit 2016 on Nov 7, 2016.