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Adam Liu
Vice President, Sapphire Ventures
Adam Liu
Vice President, Sapphire Ventures
Location
Menlo Park, CA
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Adam Liu is a Vice President on the Growth investment team at Sapphire Ventures, where he focuses on infrastructure software, AI/ML, developer tools, data, and cybersecurity. Since joining in 2021, Adam has been involved in investments including Cyera, Rewst, Weights & Biases, Glean, Defense Unicorns, Tractian, Zesty, Yugabyte, and Constructor. He currently serves as a board observer for Rewst, Zesty, and Defense Unicorns.

Prior to Sapphire, Adam worked in Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Technology Investment Banking Group, advising on multi-billion dollar IPOs and M&A transactions across the software and internet sectors. He also brings operating and investing experience from roles at Light Street Capital, Yahoo!, and early-stage startups.

Adam graduated with distinction from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Business Administration. From Palo Alto, he’s an avid marathon runner, triathlete, golfer, and watch enthusiast.

Focus Areas
  • Infrastructure
  • Data
  • Developer Tools
  • DevOps
  • Security
Investments
  • ALL
  • Current
  • Exited
  • Zesty

    The world’s first AI-driven cloud management technology.
  • Yugabyte

    Open source, high-performance distributed SQL database.
  • Alation

    Enterprise collaborative data platform empowering enterprise employees.
  • Constructor

    AI-powered search and product discovery platform
  • Cyera logo_color

    Cyera

    Data security designed for the data-driven enterprise.
  • Defense Unicorns

    Continuous software delivery for national security missions.
  • Glean_blue logo

    Glean

    The Work AI platform connected to all your data.
  • JupiterOne

    A cyber asset management and governance solution company.
  • JumpCloud

    Providing people secure access to the resources they need to do their jobs.
  • ThoughtSpot

    The leader in search & AI-driven analytics for enterprises.
  • Dremio

    Dremio reimagines the data lake service to deliver fast time to analytics.
  • Rewst

    Rewst is a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platform that integrates your tools. No coding or agents required.
  • StackHawk

    Empowering engineers to easily find and fix application security bugs at any stage of software development.
  • M&A

    Weights & Biases

    The developer-first MLOps platform.
  • Tractian logo

    Tractian

    Industrial operating systems company that addresses over 5% of global GDP.