Frank Slootman

Ex-CEO of ServiceNow (2011–2017; took it from $75M\to$1.4B revenue) and ex-CEO of Snowflake (2019–2024; led IPO at then-record cloud-software valuation). Author of Amp It Up.

Why He Matters for the Wiki

• Personal angel investor in Serval’s $75M Series B (Dec 11, 2025), confirmed verbatim in Stauch’s Series B LinkedIn post and McLeod’s Series B post.
• Strategically the most loaded individual on Serval’s cap table given:
  • Sequoia’s “next ServiceNow” framing of the Series B.
  • Slootman is the literal CEO who scaled ServiceNow into the platform Serval is positioned to replace.
  • He chose to back the disruptor of his prior company.
• Per CB Insights / Tracxn: Slootman has 19 angel investments total.

Related

• serval
• servicenow
• sequoia-capital
• competitor-angels-and-init-targets-2026-06 — flagged as init’s marquee aspirational “next-ServiceNow validator” angel target (his Serval tie is loose — one-time check, no board — so gettable, not conflicted-out)