Derek Zanutto

I believe that investing is, at its core, a customer service business. Our customers are the founders we serve, and our role is to do everything in our power to help them achieve their wildest ambitions.

Before CapitalG, I spent a decade investing behind companies like Uber, Airbnb and CAA. I got to watch businesses that reshaped their industries work through the hardest stretches of growth, and I bring that experience to the founders taking on the same challenges now.

At CapitalG, I've had the privilege of partnering with exceptional teams building generational franchises — Databricks, Armis (acquired by ServiceNow), Bedrock Robotics, Grafana, Hadrian and NinjaOne, among many others. I love the craft of investing and company building — you’re never done, you’re just getting better. It’s the same reason I roast my own coffee beans, keep working out new riffs on my Gibson, and am still chasing the perfect pizza dough recipe one batch at a time.