Investing Profile

Ben Yu(1)

VCInvestor
Managing Partner at Sierra Ventures
sierraventures.com/ben-yu/San Francisco Bay Area
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Current Investing Position
Sierra Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$7.8M
Investments On Record
79
Current Fund Size
$270M

Ben Yu is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ben Yu's Investments On Record (41)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Quintessent
SeedMar 2024$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Manny Stockman (Osage University Partners)
Podcastle
Series AFeb 2024$14M
SeedOct 2021$7M
SeedNov 2020$2M
$23M
Co-investors: Alexander Pavlov (RTP Global), Louis Coppey (Point Nine Capital), Andrew Ng (AI Fund), Simon Levene (Mosaic Ventures)
Augmentus
Series ANov 2023$6M
$6M
DeepHow
Series AApr 2023$14M
SeedSep 2021$9M
$23M
Co-investors: Ian Chiu (Owl Ventures), Carlos Kokron (Qualcomm Ventures), Ted Serbinski
Invisible AI
Series ASep 2022$15M
SeedJul 2021$3M
SeedMay 2020$4M
$23M
Co-investors: Manu Kumar (K9 Ventures), Alex Moore (8VC), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Howard Charney, Mike Gordon
Ghost Financial
Pre SeedApr 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Sabrina Halper (HOF Capital), Christopher Saum (Active Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Cory Levy
Q-CTRL
Series BNov 2021$25M
Series ASep 2019$15M
$130M
Co-investors: James Hardiman (DCVC (Data Collective)), Brian Keil (Alumni Ventures ), Phil Morle (Main Sequence Ventures), Robert Keith (Salesforce Ventures), Chris Moran (Lockheed Martin Ventures), Damien Petty (Morpheus Ventures), Steven Ji (Sequoia Capital China), Lewis Pinault (Airbus Ventures)
Citcon
Series COct 2021$30M
$48M
Co-investors: Edith Yeung (Race Capital), Eugene Zhang (TSVC Capital), Priti Youssef Choksi (Norwest Venture Partners)