Paul Sagan Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 13

  • Portfolio
  • 3

  • Exits
  • 10

Exits

Paul Sagan General Information

Description

Mr. Paul Sagan is the Chief Executive Officer at e-Media and serves as Chairman at ProPublica. He was previously the Executive Vice Chairman of the Board at Akamai Technologies. He serves as Board Member at airSlate WorkFlow. He is a Board Member at VMware, where he also chairs the Compensation Committee and serves on the Nominating, Governance, and Related Persons Transactions Committee. He holds board positions at Bugcrowd, Section 4, Casana, Moderna Therapeutics, and Vade, and was formerly a Board Member at Jana Mobile. He has been a director of VMware since April 2014 and was elected Lead Director in February 2015. Mr. Sagan served as a director of EMC from December 2007 until the Dell acquisition in September 2016. He has been an Advisor at General Catalyst, a venture capital firm, since January 2014. Joining Akamai in October 1998 as Vice President and COO, he was appointed by President Obama in December 2010 to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Prior to this, Mr. Sagan was a Senior Advisor to the World Economic Forum from July 1997 to August 1998 and held senior executive roles at Time Warner Cable, Time Inc., and CBS, Inc. He holds a BS in Journalism from Northwestern University. He served as Board Member at Zorus.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Boston, MA
  • United States
+1 (877)

Paul Sagan Investments (13)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
RiskRecon 07-Aug-2018 Early Stage VC Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Contrast Security 28-Sep-2016 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
B12 25-Jul-2016 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Preempt Security 21-Apr-2016 Network Management Software Generating Revenue
Rocana 30-Apr-2015 Database Software Startup
Outlearn 24-Nov-2014 Social/Platform Software Startup
Superpedestrian 02-Sep-2014 Automotive Bankruptcy: Liquidation
Indico Data 15-Aug-2014 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Domo 13-Jul-2011 Early Stage VC Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue/Not Profitable
Jana Mobile 11-Apr-2011 Early Stage VC Media and Information Services (B2B) Out of Business

Paul Sagan Exits (10)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Superpedestrian 01-Dec-2023 Bankruptcy: Liquidation
Preempt Security 30-Sep-2020
RiskRecon 06-Jan-2020
Jana Mobile 01-Jun-2019
Domo 29-Jun-2018
RingGuides 01-Jan-2018
Rocana 06-Oct-2017
Outlearn 23-Sep-2016
Global News Enterprises 30-Oct-2015 Merger/Acquisition
Akamai Technologies 29-Oct-1999 IPO

Paul Sagan Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Paul Sagan FAQs

  • Who is Paul Sagan?

    Paul Sagan is an angel Investor who has made 13 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Paul Sagan?

    Paul Sagan is an angel investor.

  • What does Paul Sagan do?

    As an angel investor, Paul Sagan invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Paul Sagan hold?

    Paul Sagan holds 2 board seats including Bugcrowd and Moderna.

  • What has Paul Sagan invested in?

    Paul Sagan has made numerous investments in companies like RiskRecon, Contrast Security, and B12 within the Network Management Software and Business/Productivity Software industries.

  • What has Paul Sagan invested in recently?

    Paul Sagan's latest investment was on 07-Aug-2018 in RiskRecon, a company within the Network Management Software industry.

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