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Sierra Ventures

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Sierra Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing globally with a focus on next-generation enterprise and emerging technologies.

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01.01.1982

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The Bay Area-based firm has over three decades of experience and more than $2 billion of assets under management, investing primarily in Seed and Series A rounds with a preference to lead investment rounds and reserve capital for follow-on rounds. Sierra Ventures invests in a variety of sectors such as 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. The firm typically invests between $500,000 and $7 million on average and invests between $500,000 and $15 million over the life of an investment. Sierra Ventures has invested in leading companies such as Intuit, Invensense, Greenplum, MakeMyTrip, OnLink, Teradata, StrataCom, Sourcefire, Treasure Data, and more.
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Peter Wendell
Peter Wendell

Peter Wendell

Peter Wendell is the founder and a managing director of Sierra Ventures, the $1.5 billion Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Forbes magazine has named him one of the 100 best venture investors in the United States. Peter holds a faculty appointment at Stanford Business School, co-teaching “Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital" with Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. Peter also serves on the board of directors of Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE-MRK) and has served as a member of the corporate board of directors for more than 25 other companies. Earlier, Peter was employed by IBM for 10 years in a variety of management positions. He attended Harvard Business School, receiving an MBA with distinction and also working for McKinsey & Company while at Harvard. Peter holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Princeton University where he currently serves as a Charter Trustee and previously served as chairman of the board of Princeton’s $17 billion endowment.

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Kiran Potula

Kiran Potula

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Brendon Schmidt

Brendon Schmidt

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Vignesh Ravikumar

Vignesh Ravikumar

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Al Ghous

Al Ghous

Venture Advisor

Simon Chan

Simon Chan

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Allie Klun

Allie Klun

Head of Marketing and Platform

Joe Descalso

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Jing Liong

Jing Liong

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