Greg Sands focuses on software, internet services, and advertising, marketing and media technologies and services across channels. He looks for important business functions the internet can revolutionize or replace, complex and scalable software, and high margin, defensible business models.

Greg Sands joined Sutter Hill Ventures in 1998 from Netscape Communications. As the company's original product manager, he co-authored the company's original business plan and launched and shipped its initial products, working closely with both engineering and sales. He then created and led the SuiteSpot business unit, growing it from $0 to $150M. He also worked previously at Cisco Systems and at Corporate Decisions (now Mercer Management Consulting).

Greg serves as a director for Authentic Response, ChoiceStream, Connection Engine, Guardian Analytics, Inflection, Intacct, Merced Systems, Nexxo Financial, QuinStreet, and Return Path. Greg is also a board observer at MyNewPlace. Previous investments include AllBusiness (DNB), Closedloop (LWSN), and FeedBurner (GOOG).

Greg is President of Stanford University DAPER Investment Fund and President of the Western Association of Venture Capitalists.

He earned an AB in government from Harvard College in 1989 and received an MBA at Stanford in 1994.