# Frederic Kerrest, Lecturer > Frederic Kerrest, Lecturer. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Angel # Frederic Kerrest Lecturer at [515 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/515-ventures) Latest rounds - **Sycamore** Seed · $65M Apr 2026 - **JetStream** Seed · $34M Mar 2026 Backs *AI* *Enterprise Software* *Fintech* *Cybersecurity* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 2 last Apr 2026 - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 4 +4 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At 515 Ventures - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. 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Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=frederic-kerrest) ## The firm [**515 Ventures** VC firm · US **2** cheques in 12 months **2** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/515-ventures) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 2 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $99M - **Active:** 2026 2026 - [Sycamore](https://millionrounds.com/company/sycamore) *Seed* **$65M** Apr 2026 Joined · +12 investors - [JetStream](https://millionrounds.com/company/jetstream) *Seed* **$34M** *US* Mar 2026 Joined · +3 investors By stage - Seed **2** What they backed AI **2** Enterprise Software **2** Fintech **1** Cybersecurity **1** Alongside - [8VC *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) - [Abstract Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/abstract) - [Ali Ghodsi *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ali-ghodsi) - [Assaf Rappaport *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/assaf-rappaport) - [Bob McGrew *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bob-mcgrew) - [Coatue *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management) - [CrowdStrike's Falcon Fund *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/crowdstrike-s-falcon-fund) - [Dell Technologies Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital) Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names. ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [AirWorks](https://millionrounds.com/company/airworks) - [Airbase](https://millionrounds.com/startup/airbase-2) - [Ambient.ai](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ambient-ai) - [CaptivateIQ](https://millionrounds.com/startup/captivateiq) - [Modern Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/modern-health) - [Single Origin](https://millionrounds.com/startup/single-origin) - [Trinsic](https://millionrounds.com/startup/trinsic-2) - [Vowel](https://millionrounds.com/startup/vowel) - [Walnut](https://millionrounds.com/startup/walnut-2) - [Workstream](https://millionrounds.com/startup/workstream) - Faros AI ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 3 Jan 2023 · 55 min Okta's Frederic Kerrest | Instructive Experiences With [Frederic Kerrest](https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest) Mentions [Sarah Guo](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-guo-2) About this episode 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 20 Jun 2022 · 1h 19m Co-Founder & COO Okta, Frederic Kerrest: Zero to IPO With [Frederic Kerrest](https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest) About this episode 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Greymatter](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/greymatter) · 17 May 2022 · 56 min Okta's Frederic Kerrest | Instructive Experiences With [Frederic Kerrest](https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest) Mentions [Sarah Guo](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-guo-2)[Todd McKinnon](https://millionrounds.com/person/todd-mckinnon) About this episode 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 3 May 2019 · 36 min 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 With [Frederic Kerrest](https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest) Mentions [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate)[Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Marc Andreessen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/marc-andreessen)[Sun Microsystems](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sun-microsystems)[Vinod Khosla](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vinod-khosla)[Aneel Bhusri](https://millionrounds.com/person/aneel-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Frederic Kerrest in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 30 Mar 2020 · 31 min 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 With [Anthony Kennada](https://millionrounds.com/person/anthony-kennada) Mentions [Eric Yuan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-yuan)[Frederic Kerrest](https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest)[Jay Simmons](https://millionrounds.com/person/jay-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 16 Mar 2020 · 34 min SaaStr 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 Mentions [Diane Greene](https://millionrounds.com/fund/diane-greene)[Drew Houston](https://millionrounds.com/fund/drew-houston)[John Collison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-collison)[Paul English](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-english)[Frederic Kerrest](https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest)[Rachel Hepworth](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 2 Aug 2019 · 32 min 20VC: 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 Mentions [Waseem Daher](https://millionrounds.com/fund/waseem-daher)[John Collison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-collison)[Paul English](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paul-english)[Frederic Kerrest](https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest)[Josh Reeves](https://millionrounds.com/person/josh-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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) · 14 Feb 2017 · 19 min a16z Podcast: Securing Infrastructure and Enterprise Services Mentions [Ben Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ben-horowitz)[Frederic Kerrest](https://millionrounds.com/person/frederic-kerrest) About this episode 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 Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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