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Sierra Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California, founded in 1982. The firm invests in next-generation enterprise and emerging technologies, including AI infrastructure, vertical AI, physical intelligence, and frontier/deep tech, from inception through Series A.
Average disclosed round size is $23.4M (across 212 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
137
Fund Size
$265M
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
7
Team
Ben Yu
Managing Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
220 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | $20M | Jun 2026 | |
| Seed | $17M | Apr 2026 | |
| Seed | $9M | Apr 2026 | |
| Seed | $4.7M | Feb 2026 | |
| Series A | $9.5M | Jan 2026 | |
| Series A | $13M | Jan 2026 | |
| SSmallest.ai | Series A | $13M | Jan 2026 |
| Unknown | $16M | Jan 2026 | |
| Series B | $40M | Oct 2025 | |
| Unknown | $8M | Oct 2025 | |
| Seed | $14.5M | Sep 2025 | |
| Series A | $8.7M | Jul 2025 | |
| Series B | $20M | Jun 2025 | |
| Series B | $21M | May 2025 | |
| Series D | $105M | Feb 2025 | |
| Series A | $105M | Feb 2025 | |
| Unknown | $6.4M | Jan 2025 | |
| Seed | $8M | Jan 2025 | |
| Series A | $10M | Jan 2025 | |
| Seed | $14.5M | Jan 2025 | |
| Unknown | $6M | Jan 2025 | |
| SSmallest.ai | Seed | $8M | Jan 2025 |
| Series A | $100M | Jan 2025 | |
| Series B | $30M | Jan 2025 | |
| Unknown | $7M | Nov 2024 |
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Top Co-Investors
Norwest Venture Partners11 shared
General Catalyst10 shared
Qualcomm Ventures10 shared
India Quotient9 shared
Cota Capital8 shared
Intel Capital8 shared
Translink Capital7 shared
Y Combinator7 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners6 shared
500 Global6 shared
Liquid 2 Ventures6 shared
Stripes6 shared
B Capital6 shared
Correlation Ventures6 shared
Crosslink Capital6 shared
Menlo Ventures5 shared
Redpoint Ventures5 shared
GG15 shared
Sorenson Capital5 shared
Uncorrelated Ventures5 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026