Where does Tim Guleri work?

Tim Guleri is Managing Director at Sierra Ventures and Board director at Polymer Search and Board director at Hired and Board director at Treasure Data.

What check size does Tim Guleri write?

Tim Guleri typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.

What boards does Tim Guleri sit on?

Tim Guleri holds tracked board seats at Appcelerator, Approximate Labs Inc., Balto Software, Commerce Fabric, Phenom People, Polymer Search, Speedscale, Treasure Data.

What companies has Tim Guleri invested in?

Investments tracked here include MakeMyTrip, Sourcefire.

Where did Tim Guleri go to school?

Tim Guleri studied at Virginia Tech (MS, Industrial Engineering); PEC (BS, Electrical Engineering).

Tim Guleri

InvestorFounder

Managing Director at Sierra Ventures · Board director at Polymer Search · Board director at Hired · Board director at Treasure Data

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $500K – $15M checks · typically $7.8M

About

Tim Guleri is a former serial entrepreneur who took Scopus public and sold Octane for $3.2B, giving founders credibility; he devised a five-layer AI framework and tests generative AI nights/weekends.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechDeveloper ToolsEnergyEnterprise SoftwareHardwareNew MaterialsRoboticsSaaSSpace Tech

Board director at Polymer Search

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Polymer Search's investors · 2

Remarkable VenturesNew York · since 2021 Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks · since 2021

Board director at Hired

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Hired's investors · 6

Comcast VenturesNew York · $2M – $15M checks · since 2015 Crosslink CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $9M checks · since 2015 HaystackSan Francisco · $1M – $3M checks · since 2015 Lumia CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $30M checks · since 2015 New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Hired

Douglas FeirsteinDirector

Matthew MickiewiczExecutive Officer, Director

Allan GrantExecutive Officer

Board director at Treasure Data

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In turn, Tim can intro founders to Treasure Data's investors below.

Treasure Data's investors · 4

Carbide VenturesPalo Alto IT-Farm CorporationTokyo Scale Venture PartnersBay Area · $5M – $25M checks · since 2014 Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Treasure Data

Kazuki OtaExecutive Officer, Director

Hironobu YoshikawaExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Sierra VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2001 — presentSan Mateo, CA
PhenomBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentHorsham, PA
AstronomerBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentCincinnati, Ohio, United States
EnableBoard Observercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Cimulate AIBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
Sedai.ioBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
AppcuesBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentGreater Boston
BaltoBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentSt Louis, Missouri, United States
MakeMyTripBoard of Director; Head of Compensation Committee; MMYT (NASDAQ)current2006 — presentNew Delhi, India
FabricBoard Membercurrent2020 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
SupportLogicBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
SpeedscaleBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
AgentIQChairman of Boardcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Text IQEx Board Member2019 — 2021New York, United States
ApplitoolsEx Board Member2017 — 2021San Mateo, California
Shape SecurityEx BOD Observer2015 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Treasure DataEx Board Member2013 — 2018Mountain View, CA
Alpine Data LabsEx Board of Director2011 — 2017San Mateo, CA
Crystal Springs Uplands SchoolBoard of Trustees2011 — 2017Hillsborough
AppceleratorEx Board of Director2010 — 2015Mountain View, CA
Bina TechnologiesBoard Member2013 — 2014Redwood City
RUNABoard of Director2011 — 2013Mountain View
SourcefireBoard of Director2002 — 2013Columbia, MD
EMC / GreenplumBoard of Director2005 — 2010San Mateo CA
Redhat / MakaraBoard of Director2009 — 2010Redwood City, CA
Net6 (Acquired by Citrix)Board of Director2003 — 2007San Jose, CA
Octane SoftwareChairman of BOD, CEO and Founder1996 — 2000
Scopus TechnologyVP Field Technical Operations, VP Product Marketing1992 — 1996

Education

Virginia TechMS, Industrial Engineering
PECBS, Electrical Engineering

Skills & more

SaaS44Enterprise Software99Software as a Service (SaaS)2Sales Management5Business Strategy17Start-ups79Product Management26Venture Capital25Cloud Computing99Entrepreneurship58Strategic Partnerships59Angel Investing2

+12 more

Go-to-market StrategyBusiness DevelopmentAnalyticsCorporate DevelopmentBig DataMergersMergers & AcquisitionsMobile DevicesCRMProgram ManagementBusiness IntelligenceHypergrowth

From Tim's professional profile.

Deals · 7

Approximate Labs Inc.Board seat

via Sierra Ventures · filed Mar 2023 · $5.3M raise

Commerce FabricBoard seat

via Sierra Ventures · filed Aug 2022 · $140M raise

Polymer SearchBoard seat

via Sierra Ventures · filed Sep 2021 · $6.1M raise

Balto SoftwareBoard seat

via Sierra Ventures · filed Oct 2020 · $10M raise

Phenom PeopleBoard seat

via Sierra Ventures · filed Jan 2016 · $9.4M raise

AppceleratorBoard seat

via Sierra Ventures · filed Aug 2015 · $10M raise

Treasure DataBoard seat

via Sierra Ventures · filed Jan 2015 · $15M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Speedscale

Investor

MakeMyTripSourcefire

Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website.

Colleagues at Sierra Ventures

Aaron Tong

Investor at Sierra Ventures

Adam Dawkins

Analyst at Sierra Ventures

Anne Gherini

Chief Marketing Officer at Sierra Ventures

Ashish Kakran

Partner at Sierra Ventures

Ben Yu

Investor at Sierra Ventures

Brendon Schmidt

Principal & Head of Business Development at Sierra Ventures

Daniel Paredes

Investor at Sierra Ventures

Dora Prado

Executive Assistant at Sierra Ventures

Network4

Amit Singhal

Managing Partner at SmartStart Fund

Ben Zises

Investor at SuperAngel.Fund

Charles Oppenheimer

Investor at 8090 Industries

Tom Noonan

General Partner at TechOperators Venture Capital

Investors connected to Tim in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tim Guleri?: Tim Guleri is a former serial entrepreneur who took Scopus public and sold Octane for $3.2B, giving founders credibility; he devised a five-layer AI framework and tests generative AI nights/weekends.
Where does Tim Guleri work?: Tim Guleri is Managing Director at Sierra Ventures and Board director at Polymer Search and Board director at Hired and Board director at Treasure Data.
What does Tim Guleri invest in?: Tim Guleri invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Developer Tools, Energy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, New Materials, Robotics, SaaS, Space Tech.
What check size does Tim Guleri write?: Tim Guleri typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.
What boards does Tim Guleri sit on?: Tim Guleri holds tracked board seats at Appcelerator, Approximate Labs Inc., Balto Software, Commerce Fabric, Phenom People, Polymer Search, Speedscale, Treasure Data.
What companies has Tim Guleri invested in?: Investments tracked here include MakeMyTrip, Sourcefire.
Where did Tim Guleri go to school?: Tim Guleri studied at Virginia Tech (MS, Industrial Engineering); PEC (BS, Electrical Engineering).