People
Managing Partner at Sierra Ventures
- Investment range
- $500K – $15M
- Sweet spot
- $7M
- Investments on record
- 100
Investments
| $40M2026-08-24 |  Quintessent | Ben Yu |
| $5M2026-02-04 |  Expert Intelligence | Ben Yu |
| $40M2025-10-14 |  Movandi | Sriram Viswanathan, Ben Yu |
| $15M2025-09-04 |  revalia-bio | Ben Yu |
| $20M2025-08-28 |  FriendliAI | Ben Yu |
| $11M2025-07-09 | Augmentus | Ben Yu |
| $14M2024-02-01 |  Async | Alexander Pavlov, Ben Yu |
| $6M2023-11-14 | Augmentus | Ben Yu |
| $12M2023-10-26 | Quintessent | Ben Yu |
| $14M2022-12-28 |  DeepHow | Ben Yu |
| $25M2022-10-10 |  Trendsi | Ben Yu |
| $16M2022-09-28 | Everestlabs.AI | Ben Yu |
| $15M2022-09-28 |  Invisible AI | Sierra Ventures, Alex Moore, Ben Yu |
| $6M2022-06-07 |  Hammoq | Vignesh Ravikumar, Ben Yu |
| $3M2022-04-05 |  Ghost Financial | Sabrina Halper, Ben Yu |
| $2M2022-02-14 |  10Web | Ben Yu |
| $7M2022-01-14 | Quadratic 3D | Ben Yu |
| $25M2021-11-30 |  Q Ctrl | DCVC, Sierra Ventures, James Hardiman, Ben Yu |
| $30M2021-10-22 |  Citcon | Priti Youssef Choksi, Ben Yu |
| $7M2021-10-05 | Async | Point Nine Capital, Alexander Pavlov, Ben Yu |
| $9M2021-09-15 | DeepHow | Ben Yu |
| $3M2021-07-14 | Invisible AI | Alex Moore, Jackson Moses, Ben Yu |
| $2M2021-07-06 | 10Web | Ben Yu |
| $3M2021-06-29 | Hammoq | Vignesh Ravikumar, Ben Yu |
| $35M2021-06-24 |  CoreTigo | Ben Yu |
| $2M2021-03-30 | Kyros.ai | Ben Yu |
| $100M2021-03-23 | Theta Labs | Ben Yu |
| $18M2021-02-17 |  Interplay Learning | Ben Yu |
| $11M2020-12-09 |  Akasha Imaging | Ben Yu |
| $2M2020-11-04 | Async | Ben Yu |
| $3M2020-09-04 |  Omniex | Ben Yu |
| $5M2020-08-06 |  Krisp | Ben Yu |
| $4M2020-05-18 | Regulus Cyber | Ben Yu |
| $4M2020-05-06 | Invisible AI | 8VC, Sierra Ventures, Alex Moore, Ben Yu |
| $4M2020-04-22 | Everestlabs.AI | Ben Yu |
| $8M2020-04-17 |  K4 Connect | Ben Yu |
| $27M2020-04-16 | Movandi | Sriram Viswanathan, Ben Yu |
| $4M2020-03-01 |  Modulate | Ben Yu |
| $15M2019-09-10 | Q Ctrl | Sequoia, Horizons Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Main Sequence, Square Peg Capital, Ben Yu |
| $6M2019-05-21 | Interplay Learning | Ben Yu |
| $9M2019-01-22 | CoreTigo | Ben Yu |
| $12M2018-10-23 | K4 Connect | Ben Yu |
| $33M2018-10-10 |  CNEX Labs | Ben Yu |
| $4M2018-06-27 | Krisp | Ben Yu |
| $13M2018-06-06 |  NextInput | Ben Yu |
| $1M2018-04-26 | Regulus Cyber | Ben Yu |
| $5M2018-04-26 | Regulus Cyber | Ben Yu |
| $12M2017-12-18 | Theta Labs | Ben Yu |
| $21M2017-11-09 | Movandi | Ben Yu |
| $5M2017-10-26 | Omniex | Ben Yu |
| $11M2017-08-29 | Ignition Design Labs | Ben Yu |
| $10M2017-08-23 | Theta EdgeCloud | Ben Yu |
| $16M2017-06-17 | VeeR (Velocious) | Ben Yu |
| $2M2017-06-01 | VeeR (Velocious) | Ben Yu |
| $2M2017-05-31 | Velocious Technologies | Ben Yu |
| $2M2017-05-30 | CNEX Labs | Ben Yu |
| $8M2017-05-08 | Falcon Computing Solutions | Ben Yu |
| $16M2017-03-17 | Theta EdgeCloud | Ben Yu |
| $13M2017-03-15 | CNEX Labs | Ben Yu |
| $5M2016-11-08 |  Joy | Ben Yu |
| $8M2016-10-24 | K4 Connect | Ben Yu |
| $9M2016-10-04 | Movandi | Ben Yu |
| $6M2016-08-24 | Theta EdgeCloud | Ben Yu |
| $10M2016-07-19 | Ignition Design Labs | Ben Yu |
| $2M2016-06-06 | Velocious Technologies | Ben Yu |
| $4M2016-03-30 | Theta EdgeCloud | Ben Yu |
| $5M2016-01-21 |  QEEXO | Ben Yu |
| $8M2015-12-21 | NextInput | Ben Yu |
| $2M2015-10-12 | K4 Connect | Ben Yu |
| $25M2015-04-16 | CNEX Labs | Lip-Bu Tan, Ben Yu |
| $50M2014-11-21 | Ximalaya FM | Ben Yu |
| $22M2014-07-02 | VeriSilicon Holdings | Ben Yu |
| $3M2014-05-30 | QEEXO | Ben Yu |
| $12M2014-05-13 | Ximalaya FM | Ben Yu |
| $21M2014-05-05 | CNEX Labs | Ben Yu |
| $10M2013-10-09 |  Social Touch | Ben Yu |
| $10M2013-06-20 | Tempo AI | ENIAC Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Gaurav Garg, Peter Wagner, Ben Yu |
| $610K2012-07-01 | VeriSilicon Holdings | Ben Yu |
| $3M2011-12-01 | Tempo AI | Gaurav Garg, Peter Wagner, Ben Yu |
| $—2011-09-21 | 800APP | Ben Yu |
| $10M2010-12-22 | Multigig | Ben Yu |
| $—2009-11-02 | VeriSilicon Holdings | Ben Yu |
| $—2008-11-08 | 800APP | Ben Yu |
| $40M2008-10-31 | Novariant | Ben Yu |
| $13M2008-05-15 | mSilica | Ben Yu |
| $13M2008-05-12 | Multigig | Ben Yu |
| $19M2008-04-28 |  InvenSense | Sierra Ventures, Ben Yu |
| $20M2007-11-06 | VeriSilicon Holdings | Ben Yu |
| $20M2007-06-05 | Cirrascale | Ben Yu |
| $17M2006-08-28 | VeriSilicon Holdings | Ben Yu |
| $26M2005-08-04 | SemEquip | Ben Yu |
| $9M2005-04-07 | Applied MicroStructures | Ben Yu |
| $10M2004-12-27 | Valere Power | Ben Yu |
| $13M2004-09-14 | Cirrascale | Ben Yu |
| $15M2004-07-03 | Authentec | Ben Yu |
| $9M2004-05-13 | Micro Power | Ben Yu |
| $15M2003-10-10 | SyChip | Ben Yu |
| $17M2003-08-20 | Valere Power | Ben Yu |
| $12M2003-03-10 | Authentec | Ben Yu |
| $—2000-12-14 | Paracer | Ben Yu |
