BY

Ben Yu

Early stage VC at Sierra Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $7,750,000.00

Skills

Technology Evaluation
International Operations
Start-ups
Venture Capital
Semiconductors
Strategic Partnerships
Product Management
Analytics
Corporate Development
SaaS
Cloud Computing
Mobile Applications
IPO
Entrepreneurship
Private Equity
Business Development
Wireless
Product Development
Management
Enterprise Software

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2000

    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, blockchain and AI. 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 $1 million and $10 million. We also selectively make seed-stage investments of $500,000 to $2 million.

2019

  • Board Member

    2019

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Board Member

    2021

    AI-powered website builder.

  • Board Member

    2019

    Mission critical wireless technology for smart industrial IoT

2021

  • Board Member

    2021

2019

  • Investor

    2019

2015 - 2021

  • Member Board of Directors

    2015 - 2021

2008 - 2017

  • Board Director

    2008 - 2017

    Leader in motion processing, in many markets including gaming, smart phones, tablets and smart tv. The company completed a successful IPO on NYSE in 2011 led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

2013 - 2016

  • Investor

    2013 - 2016

    Leading social audio platform in China