A VC’s journey with Segment
Leonidas Tsementzis
OCTOBER 2018
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CTO IN R ESIDE NCE
Leonidas Tsementzis
@goldstein
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We back founders as early as day one with capital and
1000s of hours of hands-on help across all startup
disciplines.
• E-commerce
• Marketplaces
• Applied AI
Investment focus
• Pre-seed
• Seed
Investment stage
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Why segment?
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Data foundations
“In God we trust. All others must bring data.”
https://500px.com/photo/55469406/dizzying-perspective-by-dany-eid
W. Edwards Deming, Statistician
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Effortless tool evaluation
Zero cost of change
https://500px.com/photo/247606061/palo-by-mikel-martinez-de-osaba
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Simplified data engineering
Reduced margin of error
https://500px.com/photo/215021531/morning-light-by-jorge-maia
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Data warehousing
Fastest way to get started with Redshift and ELK
https://500px.com/photo/199664085/sardine-city-by-peter-stewart