Sierra Ventures, established in 1982, is a San Mateo, California-based early-stage venture capital firm with a global focus. It specializes in investing in Next Generation Enterprise and Emerging Technologies, with a primary interest in Seed and Series A rounds, often leading these investments and reserving capital for follow-on rounds. The firm targets B2B technology companies, with a keen focus on enterprise software, big data, AI/ML, digital health, fintech, IoT, marketplaces, SaaS, IT security, and emerging technologies like 5G, blockchain, robotics, and VR/AR. Sierra Ventures typically invests between $500,000 and $7 million initially, with total investments ranging from $2 million to $15 million over the life of an investment. The firm seeks board seats in its portfolio companies when it leads the investment. With over $2 billion in assets under management and a network of successful entrepreneurs, CXOs, and domain experts, Sierra Ventures provides a robust platform for entrepreneurs worldwide.
1400 Fashion Island Blvd. Ste. 1010 San Mateo, CA 94404
Max Chapman
Investor
Grace Chen
Vice President, Finance
Jim Doehrman
Operating Partner
Jing Liong
Investor and Head of Data
Daniel Paredes
Investor
Ipsita Roy
Investment Analyst
Shashank Saxena
Managing Partner
Aaron Tong Ph.D
Partner
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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