Organization: Sierra Ventures
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Sierra Ventures
Sierra Ventures is a private venture capital firm focusing its investments in Information Technology companies.
Description
From the webpage: [1]
Our current investments include companies based in the United States, Canada, China and India. We work with entrepreneurs and management teams to originate and build new companies into large, profitable businesses. Sierra Ventures manages nine venture capital partnerships, which together have more than $1.5 billion of committed capital. Our Limited Partners include established financial institutions, university endowments, and pension funds. They also include prominent individual investors, most of whom are founders, chief executive officers, or board members of major publicly traded technology companies. The Managing Directors that oversee Sierra Ventures have diverse and complementary backgrounds and skills with extensive management, technical, and venture capital investing experience. We have all served in executive capacities during our careers with successful private and public companies in the software, telecommunications, and internet related industries.
Investment Strategy
From the webpage [2]:
Sierra Ventures' focus is across all areas of the Information Technology sectors, from semiconductors to enterprise software related content and infrastructure opportunities. The Managing Directors of Sierra Ventures typically serve on the Board of Directors of our portfolio companies. Our extensive operating experience is invaluable to company founders and management teams as they
- Develop product, service, and business strategies
- Identify and recruit key members of the management team and the company's Board of Directors.
- Raise money through venture capital financings, private equity and debt placements, lease lines, bank loans, corporate partnerships, and other financing vehicles.
- Plan and execute liquidity strategies
The Managing Directors' broad network of consultants, attorneys, recruiters, leasing companies, investment bankers and executives is also invaluable to our portfolio companies.
Great companies are built over time through the efforts of dedicated founders, excellent management teams, supportive Boards of Directors, and experienced venture capital investors. We establish solid relationships with our company founders and management teams based upon shared goals, mutual trust and mutual respect.
The Managing Directors of Sierra Ventures are successful only when the companies and entrepreneurs we back are successful. At Sierra Ventures, the most satisfying part of our work is seeing our portfolio companies succeed and entrepreneurs achieve their dreams.
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Related people
- Vice President of Sierra Ventures Gamiel Gran