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Sierra Ventures

Founders Peter Wendell

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Total investments 427
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$12M
Portfolio companies 203
Rounds per year 10.17
Lead investments 97
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.52
Exits 82
Key employees 7
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Information Technology
  • SaaS
  • Enterprise Software
  • Mobile
Summary

In 1982 was created Sierra Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Mateo.

We also calculated 7 valuable employees in our database.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Sierra Ventures, startups are often financed by AngelPad, Canaan Partners, Storm Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Battery Ventures, Translink Capital, Dell Technologies Capital. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by NeoCarta Ventures, Intel Capital, Translink Capital.

Comparing to the other companies, this Sierra Ventures performs on 6 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 8 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The typical startup value when the investment from Sierra Ventures is 100-500 millions dollars. The important activity for fund was in 2008. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity.

For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are SaaS, Internet. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Sourcefire, Accruent, InvenSense.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Quintessent

Information Technology
Laser
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
$11M14 Mar 2024 Santa Barbara, California, United States

The New Club

$3M13 Mar 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Podcastle

Artificial Intelligence
Information Services
Machine Learning
Podcast
$13M01 Feb 2024 Yerevan, Armenia

ArmorCode Inc.

$40M04 Dec 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Siena AI

E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
Software
$4M16 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Augmentus

Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Automation
Machine Learning
Robotics
Software
$5M14 Nov 2023 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Radius Agent

Marketplace
Mobile
Professional Networking
Real Estate
$13M02 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Pantomath

Analytics
Big Data
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
$14M12 Sep 2023 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Qualiti

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Software
$6M09 Aug 2023 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
News
DeepHow Raises $9M Pre-Series A Funding to Bridge the Skills Gap in the Manufacturing, Service, and Construction Industries

– DeepHow, the AI company that turns technical know-how into smart, how-to training videos, has closed $9M in pre-Series A funding.
Sierra Ventures, a specialist in early-stage VC funding, led the round with participation by Osage Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures LLC, and pre-seed investor Foothill Ventures.
– The company will use this additional funding to solidify its technical lead, accelerate its market expansion in Asia, and fuel its enterprise sales and marketing initiatives.

Enable Raises $45M in Series B Funding

– Enable, a San Francisco, CA-based cloud-based software solution for B2B rebate management, raised $45m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from previous investors Menlo Ventures and Sierra Ventures, along with several angel investors.
– The new investment will be used to continue to expand operations and its business reach.

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Total investments 427
Average round size 12M
Rounds per year 10.17
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 97
Follow on index 0.52
Exits 82
Group Appearance index 0.83

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Quintessent

Information Technology
Laser
Machine Learning
Semiconductor
$11M14 Mar 2024 Santa Barbara, California, United States

The New Club

$3M13 Mar 2024 San Francisco, California, United States

Podcastle

Artificial Intelligence
Information Services
Machine Learning
Podcast
$13M01 Feb 2024 Yerevan, Armenia

ArmorCode Inc.

$40M04 Dec 2023 Palo Alto, California, United States

Siena AI

E-Commerce
Enterprise Software
Machine Learning
Software
$4M16 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Augmentus

Artificial Intelligence
Industrial Automation
Machine Learning
Robotics
Software
$5M14 Nov 2023 Singapore, Central Region, Singapore

Radius Agent

Marketplace
Mobile
Professional Networking
Real Estate
$13M02 Nov 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

Pantomath

Analytics
Big Data
Cloud Management
Enterprise Software
Information Technology
SaaS
Software
$14M12 Sep 2023 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Qualiti

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Software
$6M09 Aug 2023 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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