Sam Perry

San Francisco Bay Area United States

Seed Stage Investor and business development executive

I am an early stage investor and adviser to startup companies, especially those introducing disruptive technologies in media, electronic commerce, social networking and clean technology. My purpose is to improve the use of information technology to make massive improvements to the human condition—for example, by radically changing the way we measure health, manage fuel costs, or use water. I shepherded Reuters investment in Yahoo, and more recently was an early stage investor in Tesla Motors, the maker of fine electric automobiles. With a background in journalism, the distinct value I bring as an investor is two-fold: (1) a trusted, varied, and non-traditional network, and (2) ...