Sam Palmisano Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 12

  • Portfolio
  • 10

  • Exits
  • 2

Exits

Sam Palmisano General Information

Description

Mr. Sam Palmisano serves as Independent Advisor at Wickr. He also serves as an Advisor at ClosedLoop.ai and Elemental Cognition. Palmisano was appointed president and chief operating officer (COO) of IBM; effective in October 2000. He was promoted to CEO in March 2002, while retaining the title of president, and named chairman effective January 1, 2003 until October 1, 2012. In May 2013 Bloomberg LP appointed Palmisano as an independent advisor for the company's privacy and data standards. In February 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Palmisano as the Vice Chairman of a new White House cybersecurity commission tasked with helping the country better defend itself against and withstand cyber attacks, The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity.

Contact Information

Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Primary Office
  • 254 West 31st Street
  • New York, NY 10001
  • United States
+1 (415) 000-0000

Sam Palmisano Investments (12)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Elemental Cognition 17-Aug-2023 Later Stage VC 0000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 000 000000000
000000 0000 10-Feb-2023 00000 00000 Other Commercial Services Startup 000 000000000
00000000 21-Sep-2022 00000 00000 000.00 Wireless Communications Equipment Generating Revenue 000 000000000
0000+ 10-May-2022 0000 00000 00.000 Entertainment Software Profitable 000 000000000
000000000 16-Mar-2022 0000 00000 000 Enterprise Systems (Healthcare) Generating Revenue 000 000000000
00000 31-Aug-2021 00000 00000 0000 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 000 000000000
0000000000 17-Aug-2021 00000 00000 0000 Other Healthcare Technology Systems Generating Revenue 000 000000000
00000000 000000000 07-Jul-2021 00000 00000 00.00 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue 000 000000000
Craft (Media and Information Services) 21-Aug-2020 Later Stage VC 0000 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue 000 000000000
Expanse 01-Apr-2019 Later Stage VC 0000 Network Management Software Generating Revenue 000 000000000

Sam Palmisano Exits (2)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
AWS Wickr 25-Jun-2021 Merger/Acquisition
0000000 15-Dec-2020 000000000000000000 00000

Sam Palmisano Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

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Sam Palmisano Team (1)

Name Title Deals Funds Boards Office
Sam Palmisano Angel Investor 00 New York, NY

Sam Palmisano Co-Investors (94)

Name With Exits Lead Partner Series Industry
Breyer Capital 7 0 Series chart Industry bar
Greycroft 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Calm Ventures 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
Gaingels 0 0 Series chart Industry bar
TPG 0 0 0 Series chart Industry bar