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Portfolio NewsSierra Ventures NewsBlog 

08.02.18
Treasure Data Acquired by ARM
Sierra Ventures is excited to announce that portfolio company Treasure Data is being acquired by SoftBank owned ARM for an undisclosed amount. Arm is acquiring Treasure Data to set the stage for...

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06.27.18
Applitools Wins 2018 Red Herring Top 100 Award
Congratulations to the Applitools team on winning the 2018 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award. Applitools was identified as one of the most promising startups out of a group of 1,200...

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05.24.18
Phenom People Raises $22M in Series B Funding for Global Expansion
Phenom People, the leader in the Talent Relationship Marketing (TRM) market, has raised $22 million in Series B funding. The round was led by AXA Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors...

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10.30.18
Xoogler.co Startups Network With BAYVC Investors at Sierra Ventures’ HQ
The Sierra team had a wonderful time on October 30 hosting over 20 Xoogler.co startups and investors from BAYVC a networking group for analysts and associates in venture, for an investor/entrepreneur speed dating event at...

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06.26.18
Sierra Ventures Hosts China Life Executive Team
On Tuesday, Sierra Ventures hosted the China Life Business Management Executive team at their San Mateo offices. The team discussed cutting edge enterprise IT solutions and heard from several innovative startups.  ...

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05.13.18
#StartupsUnedited with Sierra Ventures’ Mark Fernandes & Tim Guleri
In April and May this year, FirstCut‘s CEO, Jorge Soto, interviewed two Sierra Ventures partners for the video series #StarupsUnedited. Check out the videos below with Mark Fernandes and Tim Guleri, and...

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02.13.19  Tim Guleri
Innovation that Reduces SaaS Churn: Meet Appcues, the Leader in User Experience Management
For Series A investments, I’m frequently asked what I look for in a company. In a nutshell, I look for: 1) explosive new categories, 2) a team that’s an 11 on a...

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07.24.18  Tim Guleri
Inside my Inbox: Actionable Tips for Entrepreneurs & Founders from an SV VC
  Inside my Inbox: Actionable Tips for Entrepreneurs & Founders from an SV VC The Inside my Inbox blog series captures solutions to “under the waterline” issues that vex Founders. Snapshots are...

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06.05.18  Mark Fernandes
SierraConnect: Reflections from RSA Conference 2018
SIERRA VENTURES PERSPECTIVE – Mark Fernandes Cybersecurity continues to be among the hottest topics in venture capital and the RSA Conference in San Francisco remains the feeding frenzy center of that world....

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Entrepreneur Visionaries

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Bina TechnologiesAcquired by Roche

Narges Asadi, CEO & Co-Founder

Big Data Science Platform Providing Scalable Genomic Analytics

GreenplumNYSE: EMC

Scott Yara, Founder

Database Software for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

IntuitNASDAQ: INTU

Scoot Cook, Founder

Providing Financial Management Solutions for Consumers and Businesses

NexgateAcquired by Proofpoint

Devin Redmond, CEO

Allowing Companies to Discover, Audit, and Protect their Social Web Accounts

OoyalaAcquired by Telstra

Bismark Lepe, Co-Founder & CEO
Sean Knapp, CTO & Co-Founder
Belsasar Lepe, Co-Founder & Lead Engineer

The Intelligent Cloud-Based Platform for Video Commerce

SourceFireNASDAQ: FIRE
Acquired by Cisco for $2.7 Billion

Martin Roesch, Founder and CTO

Defending Our World From Cyber Attack

TeradataNYSE: TDC

Mike Koehler, CEO

Leader in Data Warehousing Analytic Technologies Making Companies Smarter

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