The Journey from a $30M to $2.2B $4.8B Valuation in 30 36 Months The founders of Reify Health, Ralph Passarella and Michael Lin, have always firmly believed that the bottleneck to curing deadly diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s is clinical trial operations NOT science. The reason is that clinical trial enrollment is still slow …
Fundraising for your startup? Sierra Ventures Managing Partner, Tim Guleri shares his tips for the perfect pitch deck flow including what information to cover on each slide and best practices for raising your next round of funding. Download the Pitch Deck Flow Worksheet. Check out more of our Entrepreneur Resources.
When mobile vulnerabilities were first making their presence known, we set off on a mission to find a company that could tackle this complex problem. After many months of searching, I came across a team of Android researchers from Samsung in Israel, led by Zuk Avraham, who had found an interesting technical approach using machine-learning …
As early-stage investors, we’re always noticing new trends and conversations in the tech community, and Web3 is one of those that keeps popping up. As we look into the sector, we wanted to share a few things we’re learning. To understand where Web3 is going, we must first understand the evolution and where we came …
The world is ever-changing and as an early-stage technology investment firm, we consistently evaluate our investment thesis to ensure we’re backing the companies that are moving the world forward. Looking into 2022, the Sierra Team reflects on the trends we’re seeing now and on the near horizon, including: “Technification” of Industry Verticals and Infrastructure Democratization …
Support Experience Management platform redefines how to take care of your customers in the Subscription Decade Tim Guleri, Managing Partner of Sierra Ventures, led the Seed Round in 2018. Today is an exciting day for Sierra Ventures’ 2018 Seed investment, SupportLogic, as they announce their $50M Series B financing led by cross-border SaaS powerhouse Westbridge …
As I work with B2B startups across the Sierra Ventures Portfolio on their Go-To-Market and Business Development efforts, one strategy I recommend is establishing a Customer Advisory Board. A Customer Advisory Board (CAB) is a steering committee of a company’s customers who meet regularly to share feedback, insights, and advice on topics like product, features, …
PR experts with backgrounds in media, agencies, startups, and content strategy participated in a PR for Startups Workshop session for Sierra Ventures Portfolio Companies. They shared insights on: How to communicate with reporters and what they look for when startups/founders reach out directly Funding announcements, the current media landscape, and best practices for successful short-term …
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the fast-growing Enterprise Conversational Intelligence Market Have you ever had a conversation so engaging that you wished you had recorded it so you could remember the insights and perhaps share them with others? Maybe you were in a restaurant, and a napkin and waiter’s pen saved the day (some …
It’s been a year since we shared our statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Sierra Ventures and made the commitment to doing better as a firm and playing our part to support diversification and inclusivity in the VC and tech communities. We are sharing the progress of our efforts as part of holding ourselves …
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