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    Sierra Ventures

    San Mateo, California, United StatesFounded 1982
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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.

    Deal activity increased 67% year-over-year (5 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $19.1M (across 135 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    99

    Fund Size

    $265M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    7

    Team

    Ben Yu

    Ben Yu

    Managing Partner

    Tim Guleri

    Tim Guleri

    Managing Partner

    Shashank Saxena

    Shashank Saxena

    Venture Partner

    Shomik Ghosh

    Shomik Ghosh

    Partner

    Vignesh Ravikumar

    Vignesh Ravikumar

    Partner

    Brendon Schmidt

    Brendon Schmidt

    Principal & Head of Business Development

    Grace Chen

    Grace Chen

    VP of Finance

    Daniel Paredes

    Daniel Paredes

    Investor

    Jing Liong

    Jing Liong

    Investor and Head of Data

    Noor Nijjer

    Noor Nijjer

    Head of Investor Relations

    Anne Gherini

    Anne Gherini

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Dora Prado

    Dora Prado

    Executive Assistant

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    141 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    SSedaiSeries B$20MJun 2026
    Band logoBandSeed$17MApr 2026
    Expert Intelligence logoExpert IntelligenceSeed$4.7MFeb 2026
    Multiply logoMultiplyUnknown$9.5MJan 2026
    Smallest AI logoSmallest AISeries A$13MJan 2026
    Movandi logoMovandiSeries B$40MOct 2025
    Planera logoPlaneraUnknown$8MOct 2025
    FloVision logoFloVisionSeries A$8.7MJul 2025
    Outcomes4Me logoOutcomes4MeSeries B$21MMay 2025
    Eudia logoEudiaSeries D$105MFeb 2025
    Smallest AI logoSmallest AISeed$8MJan 2025
    Fintary logoFintarySeries A$10MJan 2025
    revalia-bio logorevalia-bioSeed$14.5MJan 2025
    VISO Trust logoVISO TrustUnknown$7MNov 2024
    Planera logoPlaneraSeries A$13.5MAug 2024
    HerdDogg, Inc. logoHerdDogg, Inc.Series A—Mar 2024
    Podcastle logoPodcastleSeries A$13.5MFeb 2024
    VISO Trust logoVISO TrustUnknown$7MJan 2024
    Inventive logoInventiveSeed$6.5MJan 2024
    The New Club logoThe New ClubUnknown$3.1MJan 2024
    ArmorCode logoArmorCodeSeries B$40MDec 2023
    Enable logoEnableSeries D$120MNov 2023
    Pantomath logoPantomathSeries A$14MOct 2023
    Bonsai Robotics logoBonsai RoboticsSeed$10.5MOct 2023
    Paro logoParoSeries C$25MJun 2023
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    Last updated: 7 September 2026