Sierra Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California, established in 1982. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, primarily focusing on Next Generation Enterprise and Emerging Technologies. It predominantly invests in Seed and Series A rounds, with a preference for leading these rounds and allocating capital for follow-on investments. Sierra Ventures targets B2B technology companies across various sectors, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, cloud computing, fintech, digital health, IoT, SaaS, and emerging technologies such as 5G and blockchain. The firm typically makes initial investments ranging from $500,000 to $7 million and can invest between $2 million and $15 million over the life of an investment. With over three decades of experience and a global investment approach, Sierra Ventures has established a robust network of successful entrepreneurs and industry experts, enabling it to support innovative companies in their growth journeys.
1400 Fashion Island Blvd. Ste. 1010 San Mateo, CA 94404
Grace Chen
VP of Finance / Controller
James Doehrman
Operating Partner
Mark Fernandes
Managing Partner
Tim Guleri
Managing Partner
Jing Liong
Analyst
Sri Muppidi
Investor
Vignesh Ravikumar
Partner and VP
Steven Williams
Managing Director
Past deals in PaaS
Spectro Cloud
Series C in 2024
Spectro Cloud, Inc. is a technology firm based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in Kubernetes management solutions. Established in 2019, the company offers the Palette platform, which simplifies the deployment and management of Kubernetes environments across diverse infrastructures, including public clouds, private clouds, data centers, and bare metal. Palette enables Platform Engineering, IT Operations, and DevOps teams to efficiently manage the entire Kubernetes lifecycle while ensuring compliance, security, and operational health. The platform supports both virtual machine and container workloads, providing tailored Kubernetes stacks that cater to specific organizational needs. Spectro Cloud has received recognition as a Gartner Cool Vendor and a CRN Tech Innovator, and is acknowledged as a leader in GigaOm’s 2024 Radars for Edge Kubernetes and Managed Kubernetes.
Spectro Cloud
Series B in 2022
Spectro Cloud, Inc. is a technology firm based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in Kubernetes management solutions. Established in 2019, the company offers the Palette platform, which simplifies the deployment and management of Kubernetes environments across diverse infrastructures, including public clouds, private clouds, data centers, and bare metal. Palette enables Platform Engineering, IT Operations, and DevOps teams to efficiently manage the entire Kubernetes lifecycle while ensuring compliance, security, and operational health. The platform supports both virtual machine and container workloads, providing tailored Kubernetes stacks that cater to specific organizational needs. Spectro Cloud has received recognition as a Gartner Cool Vendor and a CRN Tech Innovator, and is acknowledged as a leader in GigaOm’s 2024 Radars for Edge Kubernetes and Managed Kubernetes.
Spectro Cloud
Series A in 2021
Spectro Cloud, Inc. is a technology firm based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in Kubernetes management solutions. Established in 2019, the company offers the Palette platform, which simplifies the deployment and management of Kubernetes environments across diverse infrastructures, including public clouds, private clouds, data centers, and bare metal. Palette enables Platform Engineering, IT Operations, and DevOps teams to efficiently manage the entire Kubernetes lifecycle while ensuring compliance, security, and operational health. The platform supports both virtual machine and container workloads, providing tailored Kubernetes stacks that cater to specific organizational needs. Spectro Cloud has received recognition as a Gartner Cool Vendor and a CRN Tech Innovator, and is acknowledged as a leader in GigaOm’s 2024 Radars for Edge Kubernetes and Managed Kubernetes.
Spectro Cloud
Seed Round in 2020
Spectro Cloud, Inc. is a technology firm based in Santa Clara, California, specializing in Kubernetes management solutions. Established in 2019, the company offers the Palette platform, which simplifies the deployment and management of Kubernetes environments across diverse infrastructures, including public clouds, private clouds, data centers, and bare metal. Palette enables Platform Engineering, IT Operations, and DevOps teams to efficiently manage the entire Kubernetes lifecycle while ensuring compliance, security, and operational health. The platform supports both virtual machine and container workloads, providing tailored Kubernetes stacks that cater to specific organizational needs. Spectro Cloud has received recognition as a Gartner Cool Vendor and a CRN Tech Innovator, and is acknowledged as a leader in GigaOm’s 2024 Radars for Edge Kubernetes and Managed Kubernetes.
ElasticBox
Series A in 2014
ElasticBox is a provider of multi-cloud application management services that facilitates agile application delivery on both public and private clouds. The platform allows software developers and IT operators to create and organize applications efficiently, significantly accelerating application lifecycles by five to ten times. Customers, including notable companies like Netflix, DeNA, and Cytobank, benefit from a reusable architecture that enables teams to provision instances with a single click. Additionally, ElasticBox offers a sophisticated service catalog and supports continuous integration and delivery, empowering developers to enhance productivity while giving IT operations greater control over the application development process.
ElasticBox
Seed Round in 2013
ElasticBox is a provider of multi-cloud application management services that facilitates agile application delivery on both public and private clouds. The platform allows software developers and IT operators to create and organize applications efficiently, significantly accelerating application lifecycles by five to ten times. Customers, including notable companies like Netflix, DeNA, and Cytobank, benefit from a reusable architecture that enables teams to provision instances with a single click. Additionally, ElasticBox offers a sophisticated service catalog and supports continuous integration and delivery, empowering developers to enhance productivity while giving IT operations greater control over the application development process.
800APPs
Series B in 2011
800APP is a PaaS-based platform that specializes in providing enterprise management software solutions, focusing on customer relationship management (CRM) services. The company offers a range of tools, including operational administration, supply chain management, demand planning, human resources, call center management, and point-of-sale systems. 800APP aims to enhance efficiency for businesses of all sizes by automating sales force management and improving customer service processes. Additionally, the company has developed a new social communicative network product to streamline in-house communication. Since its inception, 800APP has secured funding from notable investors, enhancing its capacity to innovate and expand its offerings.
DynamicOps
Series B in 2011
DynamicOps is a provider of virtual infrastructure and lifecycle management software solutions based in Burlington, MA. The company offers its Operations Virtualization platform, which enables enterprises to efficiently adapt to market changes by transforming existing IT infrastructure into on-demand private and public cloud services within days. This platform allows organizations to tailor their cloud experience by integrating existing processes and easily swapping technologies, thus creating a customized, multi-vendor solution. Key offerings include the DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center, which streamlines the management of IT services across a shared multi-tenant cloud environment, and the Virtual Resource Manager, which automates IT service delivery. Additionally, DynamicOps provides solutions for server provisioning, desktop provisioning, and lab management, empowering enterprise IT to develop next-generation cloud services.
800APPs
Series A in 2008
800APP is a PaaS-based platform that specializes in providing enterprise management software solutions, focusing on customer relationship management (CRM) services. The company offers a range of tools, including operational administration, supply chain management, demand planning, human resources, call center management, and point-of-sale systems. 800APP aims to enhance efficiency for businesses of all sizes by automating sales force management and improving customer service processes. Additionally, the company has developed a new social communicative network product to streamline in-house communication. Since its inception, 800APP has secured funding from notable investors, enhancing its capacity to innovate and expand its offerings.
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