Sierra Ventures

1982

Founded

386

Investments

United States

Offices

Venture Fund

Investor Type

About

Sierra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. With over four decades of experience, the firm has invested in more than 100 companies, achieving over 20 IPOs and more than 50 mergers and acquisitions. Sierra Ventures focuses on Seed and Series A investments, typically committing up to $5 million for Seed rounds and up to $10 million for Series A rounds.

The firm's areas of interest include enterprise software, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, healthcare, and infrastructure. Notable investments include Reify Health, Phenom, and Astronomer. Sierra Ventures emphasizes a collaborative partnership with founders, offering resources across product development, go-to-market strategies, executive recruiting, and fundraising.

The firm also provides access to its CXO Advisory Board, comprising over 75 Fortune 1000 technology executives, to support portfolio companies in scaling their businesses.

Portfolio Companies

Reify Health, Phenom, Astronomer, Spectro Cloud, Paro, Yalo, Podcastle, Quillbot, Q-CTRL, Cimulate

Gepgraphic Focus

North America

Key Differentiators

Collaborative partnership with founders, Access to CXO Advisory Board of over 75 Fortune 1000 technology executives, Resources across product development, go-to-market strategies, executive recruiting, and fundraising

Thypical Investment Size

Seed: Up to $5M; Series A: Up to $10M

Total Funds Raised

$265 million

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AI/ML)

E-Commerce

Software

FinTech

Developer Tools

Marketing (MarTech)

San Mateo

San Francisco

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

United States