Casber is a Partner at Sapphire Ventures where he is focused on security, enterprise infrastructure, and data and analytics. Born in China to parents who were both small-business entrepreneurs, Casber is familiar with and excited by the founder’s journey. Since coming to the United States in his late teens he has been passionate about enterprise technology and is eager to back the next generation of B2B companies.
Casber is on the boards of Huntress, JumpCloud, Rewst, StarTree, Tetrate, and Zesty. Prior to Okta’s acquisition, he was also a board observer at Auth0. He also helped lead Sapphire’s investments in Glean and Weights & Biases. For his work, he has been recognized by Business Insider as a Rising Star, and is often sought after by media publications for insights on tech trends related to AI and cybersecurity.
Prior to Sapphire, Casber was part of the technology investment banking group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he worked on high-profile IPO and M&A transactions. Casber graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelor’s in business. While there, he was actively involved with the startup scene and co-founded Etch.ai, a personal CRM company incubated at Berkeley Skydeck.
Sapphire did not provide compensation to be considered within third-party ranking conducted by Insider Inc., May 2020. Sapphire played no role in the compilation of the third-party analysis. The full extent of the scope of firms and data included in the related surveys or evaluations is unknown. Sapphire did not provide compensation to be considered within third-party ranking conducted by EVCA, Dec 2022. Sapphire played no role in the compilation of the third-party analysis. The full extent of the scope of firms and data included in the related surveys or evaluations is unknown.
- AI & Analytics
- Security
- Infrastructure
- Intelligent Applications