San Francisco, US · Angel
Frederic Kerrest
Lecturer at 515 Ventures
Latest rounds
- SycamoreSeed · $65MApr 2026
- JetStreamSeed · $34MMar 2026
BacksAIEnterprise SoftwareFintechCybersecurity
The firm
515 VenturesVC firm · US2cheques in 12 months2all time0ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 2
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $99M
- Active
- 2026
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Okta's Frederic Kerrest | Instructive Experiences
WithFrederic Kerrest
MentionsSarah Guo
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A re-broadcast of our interview with Okta executive vice chairman, COO, and co-founder Frederic Kerrest, who shares stories from his earliest days as an entrepreneur starting a business in the midst of the Great Recession. The challenging experience is why Kerrest wrote Zero to IPO, a collection of… More on the show's page
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Co-Founder & COO Okta, Frederic Kerrest: Zero to IPO
WithFrederic Kerrest
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In the early days of Okta, co-founder Frederic Kerrest was courting a 3,000-person company in Louisiana, which was considering Okta and one other vendor. When he learned who he was up against, he said, “We love competing with them ‘cause we beat them every time.” That arrogant boast lost him the… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageOkta's Frederic Kerrest | Instructive Experiences
WithFrederic Kerrest
MentionsSarah GuoTodd McKinnon
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There are a million different ways things can go wrong when running a startup. Most founders learn the hard way. Frederic Kerrest’s experience was no different. The early days of Okta, which he co-founded with Todd McKinnon in 2009, were rife with challenges. From flawed go-to-market strategies and… More on the show's page
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20VC: Okta Founder Frederic Kerrest on Why You Want To Be A Monopolist In A Small Market, The Biggest Challenges in Scaling Okta To IPO and Being a16z's First Ever Fund Check
WithFrederic Kerrest
MentionsFloodgateGreylockMarc AndreessenSun MicrosystemsVinod KhoslaAneel Bhusri
About this episode
Frederic Kerrest is the Founder & COO @ Okta , the independent and neutral platform that securely connects the right people to the right technologies at the right time. To date Frederic has raised over $415m with Okta from some of the best in the business including Doug Leone @ Sequoia, Marc… More on the show's page
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SaaStr 321: Front CMO Anthony Kennada on Adapting Marketing Playbooks To Changing ACV's and Sales Cycles, The Right Way To Think About Brand Marketing and How To Fundamentally Build a Challenger Brand
WithAnthony Kennada
MentionsEric YuanFrederic KerrestJay Simmons
About this episode
Anthony Kennada is the CMO @ Front , the startup that provides your team with better email so they can treat every customer like your only customer. To date, Front have raised over $138M from some leading names including Sequoia, Eric Yuan @ Zoom, Ryan and Jared Smith @ Qualtrics, Michael… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageSaaStr 317: How To Encourage, Grow and Track Word of Mouth Marketing, How The Rise of Product-Led Growth Changes The Structure of Sales and Marketing & The Biggest Takeaways on Paid vs Organic Marketing From Seeing The Hyper-Growth @ Slack with Rachel Hep
MentionsDiane GreeneDrew HoustonJohn CollisonPaul EnglishFrederic KerrestRachel Hepworth
About this episode
Rachel Hepworth is VP of Marketing @ Pilot , the startup that offers the best bookkeeping, tax and CFO services for growing businesses. To date they have raised over $58M from some of the best in the business including Index Ventures, John Collison, Paul English, Drew Houston, Frederic Kerrest,… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page20VC: Why Passion Is Overrated When It Comes To Starting Companies, Why VC Is Overrated As A Financing Mechanism & Why You Should Never Sell Your Company with Waseem Daher, Founder & CEO @ Pilot
MentionsWaseem DaherJohn CollisonPaul EnglishFrederic KerrestJosh Reeves
About this episode
Waseem Daher is the Founder and CEO @ Pilot , the startup that takes care of your bookkeeping from start to finish so you can focus 100% on making your business succeed. To date, Waseem has raised over $58m in funding from some of the very best firms and people in the business including Index,… More on the show's page
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a16z Podcast: Securing Infrastructure and Enterprise Services
MentionsBen HorowitzFrederic Kerrest
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The modern enterprise holds all sorts of applications, devices, and workflow needs. How should we be thinking about securing infrastructure -- and identity -- in this context, for entities like major news media outlets or financial institutions such as News Corp or NASDAQ? Well, this episode of… More on the show's page
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