# Kyle Parrish, VP Na Sales at Craft Ventures > Kyle Parrish, VP Na Sales at Craft Ventures. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-parrish (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Carlos, US · Angel # Kyle Parrish VP Na Sales at [Craft Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) Latest rounds - **Linear** Series B · $35M Sept 2023 Backs *Collaboration Tools* *Developer Tools* *DevOps* *SAAS* Profile summary - **Rounds named:** 1 none observed - **Filings:** 1 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 3 +1 mentions What this record rests on - ✓ **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Craft Ventures - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=kyle-parrish)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=kyle-parrish) ## The firm [**Craft Ventures** VC firm · US **56** cheques in 12 months **282** all time **14** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures) ## Rounds they were named in - **Rounds:** 1 - **Led:** 0 - **Disclosed:** $35M - **Active:** 2023 2023 - [Linear](https://millionrounds.com/company/linear) *Series B* **$35M** *US* Sept 2023 Joined · +16 investors By stage - Series B **1** What they backed Collaboration Tools **1** Developer Tools **1** DevOps **1** SAAS **1** AI **1** Software **1** Alongside - [01Advisors *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/01-advisors) - [Accel *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel) - [Andrew Mason *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andrew-mason) - [Cal Henderson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cal-henderson) - [Christina Cacioppo *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/christina-cacioppo) - [Claire Hughes Johnson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claire-hughes-johnson) - [Ganesh Srinivasan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ganesh-srinivasan) - [Guillermo Rauch *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/guillermo-rauch) 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 - [Air](https://millionrounds.com/startup/air-5) - [Hera](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hera) ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[KYLE PARRISH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kyle-parrish)** Promoter since 2022 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Craft Ventures - [**Jeff Fluhr** Venture Partner *28 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jeff-fluhr) - [**Sky Dayton** Venture Partner *7 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sky-dayton) - [**Bryan Rosenblatt** Venture Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bryan-rosenblatt) - [**Andrew Blachman** Scout *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-blachman) - [**Naveen Rao** [Un]ceo *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/naveen-rao) - [**Arra Malekzadeh** Limited Partner of Craft Ventures GP IV, LP *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/arra-malekzadeh) - [**Brian M.** Partner & COO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-m) - [**Caroline B.** Operating Partner, Communications, PR & Marketing *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/caroline-b) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [In Depth](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/in-depth) · 11 Jan 2024 · 1h 8m Inside Figma’s early days: How to build a world-class sales org | Kyle Parrish (VP of Sales) With [Kyle Parrish](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-parrish) Mentions [Dylan Field](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dylan-field)[Amanda Kleha](https://millionrounds.com/person/amanda-kleha)[Oliver Jay](https://millionrounds.com/person/oliver-jay) About this episode Kyle Parrish, Figma’s first sales hire, built the company’s zero-to-one sales engine from scratch. Figma now has more than 3 million monthly users. Prior to Figma, Kyle spent 5 years at Dropbox in various sales roles. At Dropbox, Kyle successfully launched and scaled the Austin office to 100+… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 8 Dec 2021 · 37 min 20 Sales: When To Hire Your Head of Sales/ First Reps, What To Look for in 10x Sales Candidates, How To Structure The Hiring Process, How To Onboard New Reps Efficiently, How To Set First Quotas and more with Kyle Parrish, Figma's VP Sales With [Kyle Parrish](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-parrish) Mentions [Jason Lemkin](https://millionrounds.com/person/jason-lemkin-2) About this episode Kyle Parrish is VP Sales @ Figma, the company that connects everyone in the design process so teams can deliver better products, faster. At Figma, Kyle built the sales engine from scratch to today, with over 100 incredible people in sales. Before Figma, Kyle spent over 5 years at Dropbox in… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) · 18 Aug 2020 · 38 min SaaStr 364: Figma's Head of Sales, Kyle Parrish on Why Scaling From 0-1 In Sales Is So Damn Hard, The Biggest Lesson From Moving Sales Outside Core HQ & How To Create A Performance Led Culture With [Kyle Parrish](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-parrish) Mentions [Greylock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greylock-partners)[Kleiner Perkins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kleiner-perkins) About this episode Kyle Parrish is the Head of Sales @ Figma, the company that helps teams create, test and ship better designs from start to finish. To date the company has raised over $132M in financing from some of the best in the business including Sequoia, a16z, Index, Greylock and Kleiner Perkins to name a… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Kyle Parrish in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 27 Jul 2022 · 32 min 20VC: The Memo: What is a Sales Playbook? Does the Founder Need to Create It? Should the First Sales Hire Be a Leader or a Rep? Mentions [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[Dannie Herzberg](https://millionrounds.com/person/dannie-herzberg)[Kyle Parrish](https://millionrounds.com/person/kyle-parrish)[Oliver Jay](https://millionrounds.com/person/oliver-jay)[Zhenya Loginov](https://millionrounds.com/person/zhenya-loginov) About this episode Today we deconstruct the canonical question in early-stage sales. Does the founder need to create the sales playbook? Then secondly, if not, should the first sales hires be reps or a sales leader? Today we are joined by 7 of the best sales leaders to share their thoughts. Jordan Van Horn is a… 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? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=kyle-parrish). ## Find people like Kyle Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)