DFX Intelligence
Venture Capital Intelligence
Firms, funds, partners, companies and rounds from sworn filings, firm sites and announcements, kept as a graph with a date and a source on every edge. Facts, inferences and estimates are labelled as such. A fund target is never a close, GAV is never dry powder, and a round size is never an investor’s check.
Firms / Decibel Partners, LLC
Decibel Partners, LLC
Decibel is an early-stage venture capital firm. We invest in essential infrastructure software used by developers, data engineers, and cybersecurity teams.
venture manager, reported GAV $565M across 7 vehicles
Importance
47
elevated
Active deployment
90
high
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
63
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
31
moderate
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- unknown
- Office address
- unknown
- Business phone
- 1 917 570 5968adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- https://www.decibel.vc/
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 23, 2026
- Private funds reported
- 7 (7 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $1.1Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- The 2021 Sakoda-Peters Family Gst Irrevocable Trust (Member), B
- business email
- hello@decibel.vcdecibel.vcpublished by the subject
- business email
- careers@decibel.vcdecibel.vcpublished by the subject
- business email
- founders@decibel.vcdecibel.vcpublished by the subject
- business phone
- 1 917 570 5968adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
45 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, devtools
- Stages
- not stated or not yet read
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation
series a 100%
Stage at first entry
series a 100%
Sectors
unknown 100%
lead rate 0%follow-on rate 0%new logos, 12 months 45
Funds and vehicles
7 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decibel Partners III, LP | Fund | 2025 form d first sale | Newly closed | unknown | unknown | $317M of $317M | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Aviso Ventures Fund II, LP | Fund | 2024 form d first sale | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $12.2M of $25.0M | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Decibel Partners II, LP | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $277M Feb 16, 2024 | 27 | $283M of $283M | Jan 3, 2024 |
| Decibel Partners II Affiliates, LP | Feeder or parallel | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $14.4M Feb 16, 2024 | 61 | $14.7M of $14.7M | Jan 3, 2024 |
| Decibel Partners I LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $268M Feb 16, 2024 | 13 | $0 of $500M | Oct 5, 2018 |
| Decibel Partners I Affiliates, LP | Feeder or parallel | unknown | Unknown | $4.7M Feb 16, 2024 | 23 | unknown | unknown |
| Decibel Investments I, LP | Fund | unknown | Fundraising | unknown | unknown | $0 of $21.0M | Dec 5, 2025 |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
24 current, 6 departed
Andrew Peterson
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CTO, AppDynamics
Bhaskar Sunkara
Founder or executiveFounder, Duo Security
David Luber
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CEO, Duo Security
Deny Accept
Founder or executiveFounder
Dug Song
Founder or executiveFounder Advisor
Dug Song
Founder or executiveCo-Founder & CTO, Duo Security
Jon Oberheide
Founder or executiveFounder & CEO, Sourcefire
Jon Oberheide
Founder or executiveFounder, Springpath
Marty Roesch
Founder or executiveFounder, ThousandEyes
Marty Roesch
Founder or executivePresident & Head of AI, Replit
Michele Catasta
Founder or executiveFounder, Risky Business
Shawn (Swyx) Wang
Founder or executiveFounder
Sudip Chakrabarti
Founder or executiveFounder
Tanya Dargel
Founder or executiveFounder
Punit Minocha
OtherManaging Dir, APAC & JPN Decibel
Dan Nguyen-Huu
PartnerPartner
JON Masao Sakoda
PartnerManaging Director · since Jun 1, 2018
Jon Sakoda
PartnerPartner
Lauren Ipsen
PartnerBusiness Development Partner
Stacey Ernest
PartnerAdministrative Partner
Alessio Fanelli
Platform and operationsTalent Partner
Platform and operations
Bhaskar Sunkara
PrincipalDeputy Director US Cyber Command
Charlie (Tuna) Moore
PrincipalCyber Director NSA
6 departed (kept with end dates)
- Amy Chang · Founder, Signal Sciences · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
- Andrew Peterson · Founder, AppDynamics · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
- Mallik Mahalingam · Founder, Sourcefire · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
- Mohit Lad · Founder, Voicea · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
- Omar Tawakol · Founder, ThousandEyes · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
- Ricardo Oliveira · Founder · ? to Sep 16, 2026 Inference
Investments on record
45 edges, 42 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
33 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
Madrona Venture Group, LLC 2 shared · recurringFelicis Ventures 2 shared · recurringAscension Ventures 1 shared · one timeA.capital Ventures 1 shared · one timeCausation Ventures, L.L.C. 1 shared · one timeSYN Ventures 1 shared · one timeKonvoy 1 shared · one timeOmers Ventures Management Inc. 1 shared · one timeOSS Capital, LLC 1 shared · one timeBlumberg Capital, L.L.C. 1 shared · one timePioneer Square Investment Advisor, LLC 1 shared · one timeAI 1 shared · one timeScale Venture Partners 1 shared · one timeFour Rivers Group 1 shared · one timeNext Frontier Capital Mc, LLC 1 shared · one timeAccel 1 shared · one timeAvenir Management Company, LLC 1 shared · one timeScribble Ventures Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeFika Ventures 1 shared · one timeInstitutional Venture 1 shared · one timeAlkeon Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeAnsa Capital Management, LLC 1 shared · one timeCoatue Management, L.L.C. 1 shared · one timeGlasswing Ventures, LLC 1 shared · one timeRedpoint Ventures 1 shared · one time · they led 1GV 1 shared · one timeGreylock Partners 1 shared · one timeMorgan Stanley Expansion Capital 1 shared · one time · they led 1Intel Capital 1 shared · one timeMVP Ventures LLC 1 shared · one timeCo 1 shared · one timeBessemer Venture Partners 1 shared · one time · they led 1Future Back Ventures 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
44 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Pachyderm: acquired by HP Enterprise on or before 2026-09-16 (no date published), per Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 16, 2026Scrunch: acquired by Sitecore on or before 2026-09-16 (no date published), per Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 16, 2026Userclouds: acquired by Microsoft on or before 2026-09-16 (no date published), per Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 16, 2026Blameless: acquired by Freshworks on or before 2026-09-16 (no date published), per Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 16, 2026Root: acquired by Aikido on or before 2026-09-16 (no date published), per Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 16, 2026Runzero: acquired by Accenture on or before 2026-09-16 (no date published), per Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio page
- Sep 16, 2026NocoDB no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceNocoDBVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026veris.ai no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceveris.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Unconv no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceUnconvVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026strella.io no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencestrella.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026specterops.io no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencespecterops.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Pushsecurity no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencePushsecurityVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Prowler no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceProwlerVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026pixee.ai no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencepixee.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026penpot.app no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencepenpot.appVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026nebulock.io no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencenebulock.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Mantisbiotech no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceMantisbiotechVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026mallory.ai no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencemallory.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026magnify.io no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencemagnify.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026knocknoc.io no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceknocknoc.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Fixify no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceFixifyVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Ent no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceEntVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Dropzone AI no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceDropzone AIVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026dreadnode.io no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencedreadnode.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026credo.ai no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencecredo.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Censys no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceCensysVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026brightwave.io no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferencebrightwave.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Botpress no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceBotpressVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Aomni no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceAomniVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026answer.ai no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceanswer.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026akuity.io no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceakuity.ioVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026abacus.ai no longer listed on Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceabacus.aiVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Ricardo Oliveira (Founder) no longer on the team page of Decibel Partners, LLCPerson leftPeopleInferenceRicardo OliveiraVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Omar Tawakol (Founder, ThousandEyes) no longer on the team page of Decibel Partners, LLCPerson leftPeopleInferenceOmar TawakolVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Mohit Lad (Founder, Voicea) no longer on the team page of Decibel Partners, LLCPerson leftPeopleInferenceMohit LadVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Mallik Mahalingam (Founder, Sourcefire) no longer on the team page of Decibel Partners, LLCPerson leftPeopleInferenceMallik MahalingamVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Andrew Peterson (Founder, AppDynamics) no longer on the team page of Decibel Partners, LLCPerson leftPeopleInferenceAndrew PetersonVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 16, 2026Amy Chang (Founder, Signal Sciences) no longer on the team page of Decibel Partners, LLCPerson leftPeopleInferenceAmy ChangVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Sep 15, 2026Propelo: acquired by Harness on or before 2026-09-15 (no date published), per Decibel Partners, LLC's portfolio page and 1 more
- Mar 3, 2023Decibel Partners II Affiliates, LP first reported on Form ADV by Decibel Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $13,746,184Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDecibel Partners II Affiliates, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 3, 2023Decibel Partners II, LP first reported on Form ADV by Decibel Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $260,281,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDecibel Partners II, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 23, 2021Decibel Partners I LP first reported on Form ADV by Decibel Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $215,613,725Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDecibel Partners I LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 23, 2021Decibel Partners I Affiliates, LP first reported on Form ADV by Decibel Partners, LLC (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $4,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactDecibel Partners I Affiliates, LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Apr 23, 2021Decibel Partners, LLC first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
Classification history
- Sep 13, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $565M across 7 vehicles
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $565M across 5 vehicles
Evidence
38 observations from 3 sources