Nick Sturiale is a Managing Director focused on U.S. growth capital investments. He is based in Menlo Park.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Sturiale spent more than seven years as General Partner with Sevin Rosen Funds, and early-stage venture capital firm.
Prior to Sevin Rosen, Mr. Sturiale spent more than a dozen years in numerous executive start-up operating roles including technical marketing, business development and sales. During this time, he worked in three venture-backed companies in industries such as application software, flat panel display and semiconductors.
While at business school, Nick was founding CEO and director of Timbre Technologies, a SRF-backed metrology software company he incubated at the firm which was later acquired by Tokyo Electron Limited (TSE) for $138MM.
He currently serves on the boards of SRF companies Solidcore, Teneros, Splunk, Sonopia and YouSendIt. Nick also led the firm's investment in Xensource which was acquired in 2007 by Citrix (CTXS) for $500M.
Mr. Sturiale holds a B.S. from California State University, Chico and an M.B.A. from University of California, Berkeley where he a frequent guest lecturer.