General Partner at InterWest Partners
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Board Member at Offerpal Media
- Board Member at Varolii Corporation
- Board Member at Brand.net
- Board Member at Marketo
- Board Member at INVIDI
- General Partner at InterWest Partners
- Past
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- Business Development at Amazon.com
- Corporate Finance at Goldman Sachs
- Education
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- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- Dartmouth College
- CCDS
- Connections
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500+
connections
- Industry
- Venture Capital & Private Equity
- Websites
Doug Pepper’s Summary
Doug invests in technology-enabled services, digital media and consumer internet businesses. Pepper has led several investments, including: Active Reasoning (ORCL), Achates, Marketo, OfferPal Media, INVIDI Technologies, Lombardi Software, and Varolii. In addition, Doug serves as a board observer at ePocrates and Markettools.
Previously, Doug has worked in business development at Amazon.com, helping launch Amazon's Auction and Z-Shops businesses. Prior to Amazon.com, Doug worked in Corporate Finance at Goldman Sachs in New York. In this role, Doug spent time in Hong Kong, advising clients in China, India and Korea.
Doug received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, and his M.B.A. from Stanford University.
Doug Pepper’s Specialties:
SaaS, advertising infrastructure, enterprise s/w applications, internet, customer notifications
Doug Pepper’s Experience
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Board Member
Offerpal Media
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
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Board Member
Varolii Corporation
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
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Board Member
Brand.net
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2007 — Present (2 years )
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Board Member
Marketo
(Information Technology and Services industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
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Board Member
INVIDI
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
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General Partner
InterWest Partners
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
September 2000 — Present (9 years 4 months)
Investor in SaaS, digital media & consumer internet businesses
Representative investments include:
- Varolii (SaaS for Automated Customer Communications)
- Lombardi Software (Business Process Mgmt Software)
- INVIDI Technologies (Targeted Television Advertising)
- Marketo Corporation (SaaS for Marketing Automation)
- OfferPal Media (Social Media Monetization)
- Active Reasoning (IT Compliance Software) - (ORCL)
- Achates (Diesel Engine) -
Business Development
Amazon.com
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; AMZN; Internet industry)
May 1999 — October 1999 (6 months)
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Corporate Finance
Goldman Sachs
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GS; Investment Banking industry)
August 1995 — July 1998 (3 years )
Financial Analyst advising clients in a variety of industries on M&A and equity financing opportunities. Locations: New York & Hong Kong
Doug Pepper’s Education
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA , 1998 — 2000
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Dartmouth College
BA , 1991 — 1995
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CCDS
Additional Information
Doug Pepper’s Websites:
Doug Pepper’s Interests:
windsurfing, skiing, road biking, flying, new internet ideas
Doug Pepper’s Groups:
Alpine Peaks Residents' Association
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Dartmouth College Alumni -
ERA = Cloud-PaaS-SaaS-Web 2.0
Doug Pepper’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
