Sierra Ventures

Sierra Ventures

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Overview

Sierra Ventures is a Bay Area-based early-stage venture firm investing globally with a focus on Next Generation Enterprise and Emerging Technologies. With over three decades of experience and over $2 billion of assets under management, Sierra has created a vast network of successful entrepreneurs, Global 1000 CXOs, operational executives, and deep domain experts, providing a platform for entrepreneurs around the world.

Sierra Ventures primarily invests in Seed and Series A rounds, with a preference to lead investment rounds and reserve capital for follow on rounds. Investment sectors include artificial intelligence/machine learning, big data, cloud, fintech, health tech, IoT/infrastructure, marketplaces, SaaS & enterprise apps, security, and emerging technologies such as 5G, devices, blockchain, robotics, and virtual reality / augmented reality. Sierra Ventures typically makes initial investments between $500,000 and $7 million on average and invests between $500,000 and $15 million over the life of an investment. The firm has invested in leading companies such as Intuit, Invensense, Greenplum, MakeMyTrip, OnLink, Teradata, StrataCom, Sourcefire, Treasure Data, and more. Sierra Ventures was founded in 1982 and is based in San Mateo, California.

Highlights

Founded

1982

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

11-50

Investment

417

Lead Investment

142

Exits

90

Stages

Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

United States, North America

Contact Information

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Profile Resume

Sierra Ventures, established in 1982 and headquartered in United States, North America., specializes in Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed investments across Software, Mobile, Video, TV, Broadcasting, Video Streaming, Media and Entertainment, Asset Management, Cloud Data Services, Content Discovery. The organization boasts a portfolio of 415 investments, with an average round size of $16.9M and 90 successful exits. Their recent investments include Dalet, Spoke, U.S. Venture Partners, NebuAd, Menlo Ventures. The highest investment round they participated in was $411.3B. Among their most notable exits are Dalet and Spoke. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Mark Fernandes

Managing Partner

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Ben Yu

Managing Partner

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Anne Gherini

Chief Marketing Officer

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Vignesh Ravikumar

Partner & VP

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Jim Doehrman

Operating Partner

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Tim Guleri

Managing Partner

Investment portfolio

Sierra Ventures has made 417 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 14, 2024, when Quintessent raised $11.6M.

Sierra Ventures has made 47 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Nov 16, 2023, when Siena AI raised $4.7M.

investments

417

Diversity investments

47

Lead investments

142

Number of exits

90

Investments

417

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Mar 05, 2024--5.7M
Mar 13, 2024
The New Club The New Club
Information Services3.1M
Mar 14, 2024
Quintessent Quintessent
Information Technology11.6M
Jul 11, 2024--10.0M

Exits

90

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

417

Investors

0

Funds

13

Funding Rounds

417

Sierra Ventures has raised 417 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 11, 2024 from a Series A - Eden round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Mar 05, 2024
Series B - Balto Series B - Balto
-5.7M-
Mar 13, 2024
Seed Round - The New Club Seed Round - The New Club
-3.1M-
Mar 14, 2024
Seed Round - Quintessent Seed Round - Quintessent
-11.6M-
Jul 11, 2024
Series A - Eden Series A - Eden
-10.0M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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