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| − | '''Sierra Ventures''' is a Silicon Valley based capital firm focusing its investments across all areas of the Information Technology sectors from semiconductors to enterprise software. Its board of directors consist of six highly experienced individuals, including [[Mark Fernandes]], [[Tim Guleri]], [[David Schwab]], [[Peter Wendell]], [[Steven Williams]] and [[Ben Yu]].<ref>[http://sierraventures.com/index.php?p=team sierraventures]</ref> The company typically invests between $2 million to $25 million however, smaller investments are also made in selected companies.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22943 businessweek]</ref> | + | '''Sierra Ventures''' is a Silicon Valley based capital firm focusing its investments across all areas of the Information Technology sectors from semiconductors to enterprise software. Its board of directors consist of six highly experienced individuals, including [[Mark Fernandes]], [[Tim Guleri]], [[David Schwab]], [[Peter Wendell]], [[Steven Williams]] and [[Ben Yu]].<ref>[http://sierraventures.com/index.php?p=team sierraventures]</ref> |
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| + | Sierra Ventures has managed nine venture capital partnerships so far and currently has $1.5 billion of capital under management.<ref>[http://www.appcelerator.com/company/investors-board/ appcelerator]</ref> The company typically invests between $2 million to $25 million however, smaller or larger investments are also made in selected companies.<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=22943 businessweek]</ref> Some of the major investments include Novariant $40M, ZoomSystems $35M, Ooyala $22M, Verari Systems $20M, NebuAd $19M , MakeMyTrip.com $15M, Approva $14M, Multigig $10M and Corrigo $10M. A more complete list can be seen [http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/sierra-ventures here].<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/sierra-ventures crunchbase]</ref> | ||
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| Type: | Partnership |
| Industry: | Investment |
| Founded: | 1982 |
| Founder(s): | Peter Wendell |
| Headquarters: | 2884 Sand Hill Road, Suite 100 Menlo Park, CA 94025 |
| Country: | USA |
| Employees: | 11-50 |
| Website: | Sierra Ventures |
| Facebook: | Sierra Ventures |
| LinkedIn: | sierra-ventures |
| Key People | |
| Peter Wendell,Managing Director Martha A. Clark Adamson,CFO | |
Sierra Ventures is a Silicon Valley based capital firm focusing its investments across all areas of the Information Technology sectors from semiconductors to enterprise software. Its board of directors consist of six highly experienced individuals, including Mark Fernandes, Tim Guleri, David Schwab, Peter Wendell, Steven Williams and Ben Yu.[1]
Investments
Sierra Ventures has managed nine venture capital partnerships so far and currently has $1.5 billion of capital under management.[2] The company typically invests between $2 million to $25 million however, smaller or larger investments are also made in selected companies.[3] Some of the major investments include Novariant $40M, ZoomSystems $35M, Ooyala $22M, Verari Systems $20M, NebuAd $19M , MakeMyTrip.com $15M, Approva $14M, Multigig $10M and Corrigo $10M. A more complete list can be seen here.[4]
Partners
Robert Walker became partner of Sierra in 2007.[5] Gamiel Gran is another partner of Sierra Ventures, joining in 2008.[6][7]