VC Sapphire makes partner appointment

Sapphire, a global software venture capital firm has appointed Laura Padilla as Partner and Head of Business Development. In her new role, Laura will provide strategic counsel to Sapphire’s portfolio companies across their business development needs. 

Padilla will also oversee Sapphire’s enterprise and cloud company CIO and CXO network, connecting portfolio companies with new customers and partners, ultimately driving revenue acceleration for the firm’s portfolio.

Padilla has nearly 20 years of technology experience, particularly in building and leading complex teams across business development, marketing and channel sales at SaaS and enterprise technology companies throughout Silicon Valley. Prior to Sapphire, she held leadership positions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Airtable and Zoom Video Communications, as well as at exited Sapphire portfolio companies Nutanix and Box.

At Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Laura served as VP of GreenLake Marketplace and ISVs. While at Airtable, she led Global Partners and Professional Services, and as Head of Channel and Business Development at Zoom, Laura scaled the organization through exponential growth to a team of over 300 and $500M in ARR.