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Sierra Ventures

Venture capital

San Mateo · Pre-Seed–Series A · 27 people tracked

Also known as SIERRA VENTURES MANAGEMENT III, L.L.C.

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Investment thesis

Sierra Ventures focuses on early-stage investing from inception to Series A, backing first-principles founders in a world increasingly defined by AI. It emphasizes domain depth as the key to separating signal from noise. Its focus areas include the infrastructure powering the AI revolution (model training, data platforms, enterprise deployment tools), vertical AI purpose-built for industries like healthcare, legal, financial services, and manufacturing, deep tech such as semiconductor design, quantum, defense, and advanced materials, and physical/embodied AI including robotics and autonomous systems. The firm also runs a CXO Summit and CXO Advisory Board connecting founders with enterprise technology leaders.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$10M
HQ
San Mateo, California, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
1980
Last 12 months
1 investment
AUM
$2B
VC funds
14
Tracked investments
136

Team · 27 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Peter Wendell· Managing Directorin
Steven Williams· Managing Director
Aaron Tong
Adam Dawkins· Analystin𝕏

Founder mafia

5 people who came through Sierra Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 103 of 136 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×66SaaS ×50Enterprise Software ×35Data & Infrastructure ×18Developer Tools ×18Cloud Computing ×13Fintech ×11Healthtech ×10

HQs:United States×76Mexico×4Canada×2India×2Israel×1Singapore×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 63 portfolio companies
40%
solo founders
25 of 63 mapped founding teams
31%
repeat founders
of 51 founders with career history
~3 yrs
old at investment
median across 12 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×252 founders×273 founders×74+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 47 founders with education data

Georgia Institute of Technology ×3University of Southern California ×3Cornell University ×2Harvard University ×2Princeton University ×2Tecnológico de Monterrey ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 51 founders with career history

Cisco ×3Google ×3Uber ×3BIGSTORY VC ×2Luminar Technologies ×2Stanford University ×2Yale University ×2Yale University School of Medicine ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×6Techstars ×2

7 founders hold a PhD · 7 hold an MBA (of 49 with degree data)

Investments · 136 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 42024 · 72023 · 62022 · 22021 · 52020 · 32019 · 12018 · 12015 · 62014 · 22012 · 138 dated

AgentDesksagentdesks.comin✓ verified

A real estate technology platform providing CRM, transaction management, referral networks, and brokerage services to real estate agents and brokerages.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsAngelPadKima VenturesVTF CapitalCota Capital

Sedaisedai.ioin𝕏✓ verified

Sedai provides autonomous cloud optimization software that automatically manages cloud infrastructure, reducing operational overhead and costs for enterprise customers.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US

Suresh Mathew(Founder & CEO)Benji Thomas(Co-founder & CTO)

Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersIn-Q-TelAtlantic Vantage Point

Appceleratorappcelerator.comAug 2015

Mountain View, US

Jeffrey Haynie(Executive Officer, Director)Nolan Wright(Director)TOSHIYA OTANI(Director)NOLAN WRIGHT(Executive Officer, Director)LARRY AUGUSTIN(Director)MIKE ASHER(Executive Officer)

Board seatTim Guleri· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsTransLink CapitalEbayPresidio VenturesRembrandt Venture PartnersStorm VenturesTau Ventures

Approximate Labs Inc.Mar 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

Boulder, US

Board seatTim Guleri· per SEC Form D · $5.3M raise · filed Mar 2023

Balto SoftwareOct 2020SEC filingmedium confidence

St. Louis, US

Christopher Kontes(Executive Officer, Director)Marc Bernstein(Executive Officer, Director)Davidson Girard(Executive Officer)

BoardAlex Rubalcava(Director)

Board seatTim Guleri· per SEC Form D · $10M raise · filed Oct 2020

Cnex Labscnexlabs.comMar 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

San Jose, US

Yiren Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Alan Armstrong(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph DeFranco(Executive Officer)Yiren Ronnie Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Mike Raam(Director)

BoardLip Bu Tan(Director)in

Board seatBen Yu· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Mar 2021

Co-investorsBrightstone Venture CapitalCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Cisco InvestmentsM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)We VenturesCelesta Capital+1 more

Commerce FabricAug 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Bellevue-based fabric (Commerce Fabric Inc.) sells an API-first, headless commerce platform to mid-market and large retailers.

Bellevue, US

BoardRyan Bartley(Director)

Board seatTim Guleri· per SEC Form D · $140M raise · filed Aug 2022

Co-investorsNorwest Venture PartnersRedpoint Ventures

DeepHowdeephow.cominMay 2025

DeepHow creates video-based training and AI-powered standard operating procedure (SOP) verification for frontline operations workers in manufacturing.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEdTechNew York City, US

Qiannan "Channing" Cai(Founder)inSivakumar Lakshmanan(Chief Executive Officer)Siva LakshmananinXianjun Zheng(Director)Patrik Matos da Silva(Director)Zhe Huang(Director)

Board seatBen Yu· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsFoothill VenturesID VenturesLG Technology VenturesOwl VenturesQualcomm VenturesStanley Ventures+3 more

Dylibsodylibso.comApr 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

WebAssembly infrastructure and developer tools for plugin systems

Board seatShomik Ghosh· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Apr 2023

Co-investorsboldstart venturesPebblebedFelicis Ventures

Higia, Inc.Apr 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

HealthtechWilmington, US

Julian Rios Cantu(Director, Promoter)Raymundo Gonzalez Leal(Director)Nicholas Berman(Director)

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D · $9.5M raise · filed Apr 2024

Inspirit Learning, Inc.Jan 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Atlanta, US

Amrutha S. Vasan(Executive Officer, Director)Aditya Vishwanath(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Jan 2021

Pantomathépantomath.cominSep 2023

Pantomath helps enterprise teams deliver reliable data on time by automating data operations.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareCincinnati, US

Somesh Saxena(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardMichael Brown(Director)in

Board seatMark FernandesShashank Saxena· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystSnowflake VenturesCintrifuse CapitalHitachi VenturesJobsOhio VenturesBowery Capital+1 more

Phenom Peoplephenompeople.comin𝕏Oct 2015

Phenom is a talent acquisition platform that helps businesses recruit and hire employees while assisting job seekers find suitable employment.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSAmbler, US

Brad Goldoor(Executive Officer)Mahe Bayireddy(Executive Officer, Director)Hari Bayireddy(Executive Officer, Director)Ed Newman(Executive Officer)Eric Offner(Executive Officer)

Board seatTim Guleri· per SEC Form D

Polymer SearchSep 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

New York, US

Ashish Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)Yasser Ansari(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatTim Guleri· per SEC Form D · $6.1M raise · filed Sep 2021

Co-investorsRemarkable Ventures

QUALITI, INC.Dec 2023SEC filingmedium confidence

Lehi, US

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D · $2.7M raise · filed Dec 2023

Quillbotquillbot.comin𝕏Apr 2020 · $4M

QuillBot provides an AI-powered workspace with tools for writing, paraphrasing, design, and visual generation, letting users brainstorm, research, and produce documents and presentations.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of WorkSaaSChicago, US

Anil Jason(Executive Officer, Director)Rohan Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)David Silin(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Cohen(Director)

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsGSV Ventures

reifyreifyhealth.comAug 2021

Reify Health operates clinical trial technology and services to accelerate the delivery of new therapies to patients.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSBoston, Ma, US

Ralph Passarella(Founder)inMichael Lin(Mr. Lin is the Secretary of the Issuer.)

BoardNeeraj Agrawal(Director)inDavid Fleshman(Director)

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAsset Management CompanyBattery VenturesCoatue ManagementICONIQLeo Capital Ventures

Speedscalespeedscale.comin𝕏Mar 2023

Speedscale provides API testing and development tools that help organizations test and debug applications more efficiently.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAtlanta, US

Ken Ahrens(Founder)inMatthew LeRay(Founder)in

Board seatTim Guleri· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCorrelation VenturesCreativeCoGrotech VenturesSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Tech Square VenturesY Combinator

Spotzer Media GroupJun 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

Amsterdam Netherlands

Andrew Klein(Executive Officer, Director)Tijo Van Marle(Director)Bouke Marsman(Executive Officer)Fernandes Mark(Director)Steven Van Randwizck(Executive Officer)Lex Cohen(Director)

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D · $843.2K raise · filed Jun 2015

TeamOhanateamohana.comin𝕏Aug 2024

TeamOhana is a headcount management platform that unites Finance, HR, and Talent teams to plan, approve, and track hiring, compensation, and organizational design in one place.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Baishampayan Ghose(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Tushar Makhija(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardRam Gupta(Director)

Board seatVignesh Ravikumar· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsKatalyst VenturesKatalyst.VenturesRecall CapitalCollide CapitalLerer Hippeau

Treasure DataDec 2014

Customer data platform unifying operations, service, sales and marketing.

Mountain View, US

Kazuki Ota(Executive Officer, Director)Hironobu Yoshikawa(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAndy Vitus(Director)inMorlo Kurosaki(Director)William Tai(Director)in

Board seatTim Guleri· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCarbide VenturesIT-Farm CorporationScale Venture Partners

Wallaroowallaroo.aiin𝕏Jul 2024SEC filingmedium confidence

Wallaroo.AI offers a unified platform for deploying, serving, monitoring, and optimizing machine learning and AI models in production across cloud, on-premise, and edge environments.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBrooklyn, US

Vidyut Jain(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardOwen Davis(Director)Priyanka Mitra(Director)Samir Kumar(Director)

Board seatShomik Ghosh· per SEC Form D · $3M raise · filed Jul 2024

Co-investorsboldstart venturesContour Venture PartnersFour Acres CapitalM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)MyAsiaVCResolute Ventures+1 more

Yaloyalo.aiin𝕏Oct 2023

Yalo provides an AI-powered customer engagement platform that manages interactions across WhatsApp, mobile apps, and voice calls, combining artificial intelligence and automation to drive sales conversions and customer lifecycle management for e-commerce and retail businesses.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaSSales TechHouston, MX

Javier Mata Saravia(Executive Officer, Director)Javier Mata(Founder)inRafael Karkle(Executive Officer)

BoardRashmi Gopinath(Director)inAntonio Rallo Verdugo(Director)Andres Gavito Aspe(Director)

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalFEMSA VenturesID345MSW Capital

ZaloniOct 2020SEC filingmedium confidence

Durham, US

Daniel Edelson(Executive Officer)Anirban Sharma(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Bijoy Bora(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D · $9.6M raise · filed Oct 2020

Zimperiumzimperium.comin𝕏Feb 2015

Zimperium provides mobile threat defense software that protects mobile devices and apps from security threats.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Elia Yehuda(Director)Itzhak Avraham(Executive Officer, Director)Shridhar Mittal(Executive Officer, Director)Yasmin Seyal(Executive Officer)

BoardRaymond Liao(Director)

Board seatMark Fernandes· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsOTVTime Zero CapitalTitanium VenturesSoftBank GroupTelstra VenturesWarburg Pincus

10Web10web.ioin𝕏

10Web is an AI-powered website builder that enables users to create fully functional websites without technical skills.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaS

Co-investorsAI FundFormula VC

ACTIVE Networkactivenetwork.comin

ACTIVE Network builds event and activity management software for race organizers, camps, sports teams, resorts, and public sector organizations, offering online registration, payment processing, timing, scheduling, and participant engagement tools.

Enterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSSports TechDallas, US

Co-investorsVista Equity PartnersCanaan PartnersEscalate Capital PartnersMoonshots Capital

Agentiqagentiq.comin𝕏

Agent IQ provides AI-powered software for banks and credit unions to improve operational efficiency, personalize customer relationships, and support responsible AI deployment across institutions.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Co-investors7BC Venture CapitalSaaS Capital

altimate ai
Altimate Incaltimate.aiin𝕏Sep 2022

Altimate provides an open-source, tech-stack-agnostic agentic data platform whose AI data agents automate tasks such as building data pipelines, migrating workloads, managing infrastructure, and enforcing data governance.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSunnyvale, US

Anand Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)Pradnesh Patil(Executive Officer, Director)inAtul Pawar(Director)

Co-investorsCanaan Partners

Amerigroupamerigroup.com
Anaplan Incanaplan.cominAcquired

Anaplan is an AI-driven scenario planning and analysis platform that helps enterprises optimize decision-making by transforming data into actionable insights and enabling dynamic scenario planning.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Michael Gould(Director)Guy Haddleton(Director)Charlie Gottdiener(Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board)Frederic Laluyaux(Executive Officer, Director)James Budge(Executive Officer)Adrian Kunzle(Director)

Co-investorsCategory VenturesCoatue ManagementCross Creek AdvisorsFounders Circle CapitalGlilot Capital PartnersGolub Growth+9 more

Appcuesappcues.comDec 2021

Appcues is a customer engagement platform that lets marketing and product teams publish in-app content, surveys, and multi-step guides to onboard and engage users.

Developer ToolsMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US

Jackson Noel(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Kim(Executive Officer, Director)Samuel Clemens(Director)RyanKristen(Marketing Leader)Berni(Product Leader)

Applitoolsapplitools.comin𝕏

Applitools provides a visual testing platform that uses AI to automatically validate user interfaces and catch visual defects across browsers and devices.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investors10DBessemer Venture PartnersOpenView Venture PartnersiAngelsMagma Venture Partners

Approvaapprova.coin

FintechToronto, CA

Anthony Cerelli(Founder)in

Co-investorsMichigan RiseTechstars

Armorcodearmorcode.comin𝕏

ArmorCode provides unified vulnerability management and application security posture management for enterprises, aggregating findings across security tools to prioritize and remediate security risks in software, cloud infrastructure, and AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Nikhil Gupta(Founder)in

Co-investorsBallistic VenturesCervinCheyenne VenturesHarmonic Growth PartnersNGP CapitalTau Ventures+1 more

Astronomerastronomer.ioin𝕏

Astronomer provides Astro, a platform for running Apache Airflow, the open-source data orchestration tool used by enterprises to manage AI, ML, and analytics pipelines at scale.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Ry Walker(Founder)Viraj Parekh(Founder)inJoe Otto(Founder)inGreg NeiheiselTim Brunk

Co-investors500 GlobalAngelPadBain Capital VenturesBosch VenturesCincyTechConnetic Ventures+10 more

Atmisalesatmisales.com

ATMI connects customers with technology and supply chain solutions, assisting with researching, developing, and sourcing components for product designs.

HardwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Augmentusaugmentus.techinOct 2025

Augmentus develops intelligent robotic automation solutions that enable manufacturers to perform complex tasks like surface finishing and welding with minimal setup.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSingapore, SG

Daryl Lim(Founder)in

Co-investorsCocoon CapitalApplied Ventures

Baltoplaybalto.com𝕏Acquired

Balto provides software that simplifies contest management by automating administrative tasks and enabling organizers to oversee large numbers of participants.

ConsumerGamingSan Francisco, US

Joel Karacozoff(Founder)inNicky Montana(Founder)inSpencer Cassidy(Founder/Head of Growth)in

Co-investorsStripesY Combinator

Baltobalto.aiin𝕏

Balto offers an AI platform for contact centers that combines real-time agent assist, automated QA scoring, compliance monitoring, call summaries, and a voice AI agent (Togo) for high-volume calls.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsSandalphon Capital

Bandband.ai

Kokhav Ya’ir, IL

Arick Goomanovsky(Founder)

Co-investorsHetz VenturesTeam8Team8 Capital

Bankinfosecuritybankinfosecurity.com
Bina TechnologiesMar 2012

Redwood City, US

Harsh Patel(Executive Officer)Farzad Naimi(Director)Narges Bani Asadi(Executive Officer, Director)Garry Nolan(Director)Babak Yazdani(Director)Wing Wong(Director)

Co-investorsThink+ Ventures Management, Llc

Bitfusionbitfusion.ioin

Sunnyvale, US

Maciej Bajkowski(Executive Officer)Mazhar Memon(Executive Officer)Subramanian Rama(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)GeekdomTechstarsVanedge CapitalVanedge Capital Limited Partnership

Blazel

AI company building agents for go-to-market (GTM) workflows.

Calyptiacalyptia.comin𝕏acquired by Chronosphere

Chronosphere is an observability platform for microservices and containers, offering an end-to-end observability solution and a telemetry pipeline (from the creators of Fluent Bit and Calyptia) to collect, transform, and route telemetry data while controlling cost and complexity.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsACTAI VenturesCarbide Ventures

Carwalecarwale.comin𝕏

CarWale is an online automotive marketplace for buying new and used cars in India, offering car listings by budget, brand, and fuel type, along with price comparisons and dealer offers.

ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & Transportation

Co-investors8i Ventures

Centexcentex.com

Centex Homes builds modern, affordably priced new-construction homes with open floor plans and energy-efficient features for homebuyers, offering shopping, building, and financing support through its mortgage affiliate.

Construction TechPropTech

Chronospherechronosphere.ioin𝕏Acquired

Chronosphere provides an observability platform for microservices and containers that helps teams detect and fix customer-impacting issues while controlling costs and complexity.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaSNew York, US

MARTIN CHEN MAO(Executive Officer, Director)ROBERT JAMES SKILLINGTON(Executive Officer, Director)Martin Mao(Co-Founder & CEO (now SVP, GM Observability, Palo Alto Networks))inRob Skillington(Co-Founder & CTO)inAshley Alexander(Chief People Officer)Margaret Dawson(Global Head of Marketing)

Co-investorsACTAI VenturesAdditionAntiBasis Set VenturesCarbide VenturesCardinia Ventures+13 more

Cimulatecimulate.ai

Cimulate provides AI-powered search and conversational shopping experiences for e-commerce, using synthetic data and language models trained on simulated shopper journeys to improve product discovery and drive conversion.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceSaaS

Co-investorsSpark Capital

Circlecicircleci.comin

CircleCI develops continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tooling that helps software development and developer-experience teams build, test, and ship code faster and more reliably.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jim Rose(Chief Executive Officer)inRob Zuber(Chief Technology Officer)Chitra Balasubramanian(Chief Financial Officer)Judson Griffin(Chief Revenue Officer)June Ko(Chief Legal & People Officer)Blake Buisson(Chief Marketing Officer)

Co-investors500 GlobalDCVC (Data Collective)Draper AssociatesHeavybitIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)NextEquity Partners+5 more

Citconcitcon.comin𝕏

Citcon provides cross-border and mobile payment solutions for global e-commerce and digital wallet transactions.

E-commerceFintechSaaSSan Jose, US

Chunbo Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Chuck Huang(Founder)in

BoardDavid Feinleib(Director)Priti Choksi(Director)inBenjamin Malka(Director)inDouglas Krause(Director)

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCota CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersSonae IMTSVCRace Capital

Clippayclip.comin𝕏

Clip provides businesses with payment and point-of-sale technology, including tools like POS systems and inventory management, to help them accept digital payments and digitize their operations.

FintechRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsAccionRPS VenturesAlta VenturesAngel Ventures MexicoEndeavor Catalyst

Clip Méxicoclip.mxin𝕏

Clip provides point-of-sale terminals and payment processing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses in Mexico.

FintechRetail TechSaaSMexico City, MX

Adolfo Babatz(Founder)inVilash Poovala

Co-investors500 GlobalCapria VenturesDalus CapitalMissionOGSoftbank Latin America Fund

Cloudquerycloudquery.ioin𝕏

CloudQuery provides multi-cloud visibility and automation for platform and governance teams, letting them query their cloud estate via SQL or natural language across AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, and Kubernetes.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsboldstart venturesPartech VenturesMango CapitalWork-Bench

Course Herocoursehero.comin𝕏Sep 2014

Course Hero provides AI-powered study assistance and educational resources for students, offering document analysis, tutoring services, and access to course materials from schools.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechRedwood City, US

Gregor Carrigan(Founder)inJohn PeacockinAndrew Grauer(Executive Officer, Director)inMatthew Hanson(Director)Gokul Rajaram(Director)Mark Feldman(Director)

Co-investors137 VenturesGSV VenturesMaveronScale-Up CapitalSV AngelInterplay Ventures Early Stage Management Llc+1 more

Decoded Healthdecodedhealth.com

Decoded Health provides AI-powered clinical documentation and intake automation tools for healthcare providers, using natural language processing to capture patient data and generate structured clinical notes.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Co-investorsInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcPerot JainTau VenturesInflect HealthTAU Ventures

Dgitdgit.us

Co-investorsMetroCap Partners

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Exits · 5

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Calyptiaacq. by ChronosphereEndgameacq. by ElasticHiredacq. by LHH (Adecco Group)Jetloreacq. by PayPalLemonaidacq. by 23andMe

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Sierra Ventures made?
Sierra Ventures has 108 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 6 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Sierra Ventures invest at?
Sierra Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Sierra Ventures's typical check size?
Sierra Ventures typically writes checks of $10M.
What sectors does Sierra Ventures focus on?
Sierra Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, LegalTech, New Materials, Quantum Computing, Robotics, SaaS, Semiconductors.
Where is Sierra Ventures located?
Sierra Ventures is headquartered in San Mateo, US.
Does Sierra Ventures lead rounds?
Yes, Sierra Ventures leads investment rounds.
Who does Sierra Ventures co-invest with?
Sierra Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Norwest Venture Partners, B Capital Group, among 315 tracked co-investors.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

featuring the team

Why "SaaS Apocalypse" is the Best Filter for Top 1% of Founders | Vignesh Ravikumar, Sierra Ventures

The Neon Show · Vignesh Ravikumar

Vignesh Ravikumar, Sierra Ventures Partner on Enterprise & Vertical SaaS 📱

Grace Gong · Vignesh Ravikumar

Vignesh Ravikumar, Sierra Ventures Partner on Enterprise & Vertical SaaS

Grace Gong · Vignesh Ravikumar

523rd 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Tim Guleri, Sierra Ventures - 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship ...

1Mby1M Roundtables · Tim Guleri

Ashish Kakran, Sierra Ventures Partner on Infra, AI & Cyber Startups

Grace Gong · Ashish Kakran

AI Supercycle ft. SIERRA Ventures Partner Ashish Kakran

Grace Gong · Ashish Kakran

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$500K – $50M
149 more co-investors

AngelPadBallistic VenturesSequoia CapitalCanaan PartnersBattery VenturesFundersClubScale Venture PartnersBowery CapitalWingShasta VenturesQualcomm VenturesJavelin Venture PartnersWork-BenchCisco InvestmentsOwl VenturesRTP GlobalCorrelation VenturesCelesta CapitalAI FundCerity Partners VenturesDalus CapitalGSV VenturesLumia CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Khosla VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Alumni VenturesRedpoint VenturesBain Capital VenturesEverywhere VenturesSpark CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Eniac VenturesFirstMark CapitalLiquid VenturesMeritech Capital PartnersBullpen Capital8VCCrosslink CapitalLerer HippeauPoint NineBase10 PartnersVillage GlobalStandard CapitalAugust CapitalMosaic VenturesK9 Ventures645 VenturesRelay VenturesScrum VenturesHelium-3 VenturesSAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Origin VenturesArtis VenturesOUP (Osage University Partners)Rembrandt Venture PartnersS3 VenturesGrotech VenturesFirsthandVCShield CapitalPreface VenturesSuperAngel.FundTop Tier Capital Partners10DMain Sequence VenturesLytical VenturesSoftBank GroupAmerica's Frontier FundAndreessen HorowitzCraft VenturesLong Journey VenturesNotable CapitalUncork CapitalInsight PartnersUberKrakenGreat Oaks Venture CapitalStreamlined VenturesACME CapitalMayfield FundHCVCBling CapitalAME Cloud VenturesUpHonest CapitalOak HC/FTPioneerPrecursor VenturesMadrona Venture GroupCaffeinated CapitalLookout VenturesStellar CapitalAfore CapitalRevolutionHack VCDCM VenturesWEEKENDNexus Venture PartnersAltaIR CapitalEQT VenturesUncorrelated VenturesPareto HoldingsCausalKearny JacksonZetta Venture PartnersCompany CapitalLead Edge CapitalHighland Capital PartnersFf Venture CapitalRecursive VenturesWalden InternationalHOF CapitalWhite Star CapitalDig Ventures Management LimitedBlue Owl CapitalVoyager CapitalRubicon Venture CapitalActive CapitalNext Coast VenturesAZ-VCIncisive VenturesMerus CapitalWestWave Capitalmuru-DPrimitive VenturesUnstoppable DomainsMiramar Venture PartnersIlluminate VenturesBlu Venture InvestorsBootstrapLabsCultivation CapitalWI Harper GroupAsset Management VenturesAmara VCDynamo VenturesElsewhere PartnersTelescope PartnersSmartStart FundAirbus VenturesDream MachineKain CapitalCardumen CapitalCrowdStrike11.2 CapitalVertical Venture PartnersDisruptive AIFundamentumVerizon VenturesCarya Venture PartnersDispersion Capital

Firms observed investing alongside Sierra Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Sierra Ventures's recorded portfolio.

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