Sierra Ventures

Sierra Ventures is a VC firm focused on investments in Consumer and Enterprise Information Technology. Since 1982 Sierra has raised 10 funds with over $1.7B in committed capital, backed 25+ companies that had successfully IPO’s, and 50 that had substantial M&A exits. Some examples: 360Commerce (acquired by Oracle), Active Software (acquired by WebMethods), AuthenTec Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTH), ConvergeNet (acquired by Dell), DynamicOps (acquired by VMware), FatBrain (acquired by Barnes & Noble), Frontbridge (acquired by Microsoft), Greenplum (acquired by EMC), Healtheon (merged with WebMD), Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), Invensense (NASDAQ: INVN), MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ: MMYT,) Micromuse (acquired by IBM), OnAssignment (NASDAQ:ASGN), OnLink (acquired by Siebel), Opalis (acquired by Microsoft), StrataCom (acquired by Cisco), Simplify Media (acquired by Google), Sourcefire (NASDAQ: FIRE), Sychip (acquired by Murata), Teradata (acquired by NCR).

Since 1982, Sierra has continually leveraged the Sierra franchise to provide strategic and operational support, including the largest CIO Advisory Board in the industry, to achieve broad success across its portfolio of investments. The Sierra team has years of hands-on operations, engineering, financial, and management experience, which they leverage to help companies navigate the rough waters of entrepreneurship and growth. Always available. Ready to roll up their sleeves. And committed to partnering with you to succeed.