To Sierra Ventures, what’s important is not necessarily what your company’s technology is, but rather how and whether it has the ability to change the game —significantly. We’re drawn to companies that are blazing new trails and have strong upside potential. We invest in all areas of technology, including enterprise software, Internet and web applications, software–as–a–service, security, mobile applications, telecommunications, semiconductors, hardware systems, components and subsystems, storage, and energy.

And our companies are not just based in the U.S. You’ll find us backing companies in Europe, Canada, China, and India, for example. We go where the innovation takes us.

While we invest at all stages of a company’s lifecycle “from seed to growth” and we often participate in several rounds of financing, we typically begin with an initial investment somewhere between $2 million and $25 million. We also selectively make seed-stage investments of $500,000 to $2 million.