Firms
Decibel
United States · San Francisco, California · Menlo Park, California · San Francisco Bay Area
Decibel is an early-stage venture capital firm created in partnership with Cisco, investing in essential infrastructure software used by developers, data engineers, and cybersecurity teams. The firm is based in Palo Alto, California and was founded in 2019 by Jon Sakoda.
- Founded
- 2019
- Type
- Venture capital
Team
 Jon Sakoda Decibel, partner | $2M$1M – $10M | Menlo Park, California |
 Alessio Fanelli Decibel, partner | $2M$1M – $6M | San Francisco, California |
 Dan Nguyen-Huu Decibel, partner | $1M$100K – $10M | San Francisco Bay Area |
 Stacey Wueste Decibel, partner | —$1M – $10M | San Francisco Bay Area |
 Sudip Chakrabarti Decibel, partner | —$1M – $10M | United States |
Lauren Ipsen Decibel, Talent Partner | —— – — | |
Stacey Ernest Decibel, CFO | —— – — | |
Tanya Dargel Decibel, Administrative Partner | —— – — |
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