Firms

Sierra Ventures
San Mateo, California, US
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.
- Founded
- 1982
- Type
- Venture capital
Funds2
Sierra Ventures Fund XIII$265M
Documented closed USD 265 million; official firm blog and Signal show conflicting USD 270 million, possibly rounding or scope, unresolved. Preserve both without averaging.
Sierra Ventures Fund XII$215M
Historical USD 215 million raised fund, separate from cumulative invested capital and AUM.
Team
![]() Ashish Kakran Sierra Ventures, partner | $10M$500K – $20M | San Francisco Bay Area |
![]() Steven Williams Sierra Ventures, managing_director | $7M$500K – $15M | Menlo Park, California |
![]() Ben Yu Sierra Ventures, managing_partner | $7M$500K – $15M | San Francisco Bay Area |
![]() Tim Guleri Sierra Ventures, managing_director | $7M$500K – $15M | San Francisco Bay Area |
![]() Mark Fernandes Sierra Ventures, managing_director | $7M$500K – $15M | San Mateo, California |
![]() Vignesh Ravikumar Sierra Ventures, partner | $7M$500K – $15M | San Mateo, California |
![]() Peter Wendell Sierra Ventures, managing_director | $7M$500K – $15M | United States |
![]() Sri Muppidi Sierra Ventures, investor | $7M$500K – $15M | United States |
Ipsita Roy Sierra Ventures, investor | $3M$500K – $8M | Europe |
![]() Jim Doehrman Sierra Ventures, partner | $3M$500K – $7M | San Mateo, California |
![]() Tej Kanani Sierra Ventures, investor | $2M$500K – $8M | San Francisco, California |
![]() Noor Nijjer Sierra Ventures, unknown | $1M$100K – $5M | San Francisco, California |
![]() Shashank Saxena Sierra Ventures, managing_partner | $1M$100K – $5M | United States |
![]() David Schwab Sierra Ventures, managing_director | $1M$100K – $10M | Menlo Park, California |
![]() Shomik Ghosh Sierra Ventures, partner | $1M$250K – $2M | New York, New York |
![]() Yi-Jian Ngo Sierra Ventures, investor | $1M$500K – $1M | Seattle, Washington |
![]() Aaron Tong Sierra Ventures, unknown | $50K$10K – $100K | Menlo Park, California |
![]() Anne Gherini Sierra Ventures, Chief Marketing Officer | —— – — | |
![]() Brendon Schmidt Sierra Ventures, Principal & Head of Business Development | —— – — | |
![]() Daniel Paredes Sierra Ventures, Investor | —— – — | |
![]() Dora Prado Sierra Ventures, Executive Assistant | —— – — | |
![]() Grace Chen Sierra Ventures, VP of Finance | —— – — | |
![]() Indra Husfeld Sierra Ventures, Office & Financial Coordinator | —— – — | |
![]() Jing Liong Sierra Ventures, Investor and Head of Data | —— – — | |
![]() Kendall Barden Sierra Ventures, Fund Accountant | —— – — | |
![]() Sarah Recinos Sierra Ventures, Office Manager & Executive Assistant | —— – — | |
![]() Vivek Kothari Sierra Ventures, Controller | —— – — | |
![]() Yasmin Zarabi Sierra Ventures, Chief Operating Officer | —— – — |
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