Cresta

Helps the daring build legendary companies, from idea to IPO and beyond.

Aims to generate world-class investment returns over the long term in a way that makes our partners and portfolio companies proud, as they build a unique, global investment platform.

Invests in entrepreneurs that focus on consumer, crypto, and enterprise software companies across all stages.

Built by and for cybersecurity startups and investors For over 35 years, our work in the field has granted us exclusive insights into the evolution of the cyber threat landscape. We believe that the most important action we can take today is to empower the world’s greatest cybersecurity entrepreneurs with our collective experience, network, and passion.

Prior to a16z, Ben was cofounder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion in 2007, and was appointed vice president and general manager of Business Technology Optimization for Software at HP. Earlier, he was vice president and general manager of America Online’s E-commerce Platform division, where he oversaw development of the company’s flagship Shop@AOL service. Previously, Ben ran several product divisions at Netscape Communications. He also served as vice president of Netscape’s widely acclaimed Directory and Security product line. Before joining Netscape in July 1995, he held various senior product marketing positions at Lotus Development Corporation. Ben serves on the board of Anyscale, Caffeine, Databricks, Mayvenn, Medium, NationBuilder, Okta ($OKTA), Sisu, Tanium, TripActions, and UnitedMasters.

He partners with entrepreneurs at the seed and early stages who are focused on new opportunities in applied AI, cybersecurity, data and machine learning infrastructure, and SaaS. At Greylock, Saam has led investments in and sits on the board of security companies, and others in stealth; application companies; data & analytics companies, and infrastructure companies that are also still operating in stealth.

Led investments in private cloud software companies across stages. He also has a $10 billion public software portfolio.