Jon Sakoda

Founder at Decibel Partners LLC

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Jon is the Founding Partner of Decibel, a newly formed independent venture firm that invests in early-stage technology companies.
An entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, Jon has worked alongside dozens of founders and has a passion for helping startups find their unique advantage.
Previously a General Partner at New Enterprise Associates, Jon was an early stage investor and started NEA’s seed program.
While at NEA, he worked with the founding teams of BlueJeans Network (acquired by Verizon), Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), HackerOne, MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), Opower (acquired by Oracle), and ScienceLogic.
Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Jon was an entrepreneur and co-founder of IMlogic, Inc., serving as its Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Products, through its acquisition by Symantec Corporation.
He was previously with Goldman Sachs in their private equity group.
Jon graduated from Harvard College and is passionate about entrepreneurship and family.

Jon Sakoda active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Decibel Partners LLC Decibel Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Decibel Partners LLC (Decibel Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jon Skoda. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.	Founder	2018-09-30
Cube Dev, Inc. Cube Dev, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Statsbot, Inc. operates a data platform. It helps users to pull metrics from data sources, including Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Stripe and SQL databases, such as Postgres, Redshift, BigQuery and SQL databases. The company was founded by Artyom Keydunov, Pavel Tinuov and Mikhail Melanin and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Director/Board Member	2021-08-05

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Former positions of Jon Sakoda

Companies	Position	End
NEA Management Co. LLC NEA Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.	Private Equity Investor	2018-08-31
IMlogic, Inc. IMlogic, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services IMlogic, Inc. used to provide real-time solutions for archiving, querying and reporting on instant messaging. It used to deliver enterprise-class infrastructure software that helps companies control and leverage the use of Instant Messaging (IM). Its strategic vision used to provide organizations a comprehensive approach for incorporating IM capabilities in business-critical communications and applications. It was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Waltham, MA	Founder	2006-08-31

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IMlogic, Inc. IMlogic, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services IMlogic, Inc. used to provide real-time solutions for archiving, querying and reporting on instant messaging. It used to deliver enterprise-class infrastructure software that helps companies control and leverage the use of Instant Messaging (IM). Its strategic vision used to provide organizations a comprehensive approach for incorporating IM capabilities in business-critical communications and applications. It was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Waltham, MA	Technology Services
NEA Management Co. LLC NEA Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.	Finance
Cube Dev, Inc. Cube Dev, Inc. Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Statsbot, Inc. operates a data platform. It helps users to pull metrics from data sources, including Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Stripe and SQL databases, such as Postgres, Redshift, BigQuery and SQL databases. The company was founded by Artyom Keydunov, Pavel Tinuov and Mikhail Melanin and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.	Technology Services
Decibel Partners LLC Decibel Partners LLC Investment ManagersFinance Decibel Partners LLC (Decibel Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Jon Skoda. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.	Finance

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