Mr. Sands is the Founder and Managing Director of California-based venture capital firm, Costanoa Ventures. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of Sutter Hill Ventures, a private equity firm investing in early-stage enterprise software startups like Merced Systems, Youku, and Feedburner. 

Mr. Sands was the first product manager at Netscape Communications where he wrote the initial business plan, coined the name Netscape and built his business unit from 0 to140 M. He brings 25+ years of experience in tech entrepreneurship and venture capital investing.