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
81
Current Fund Size
$270M

Ben Yu is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ben Yu's Investments On Record (43)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Revalia Bio
SeedSep 2025$15M
$20M
Co-investors: Brian Wilcove (America's Frontier Fund), Milad Alucozai (BoxOne Ventures)
FriendliAI
SeedAug 2025$20M
$20M
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
Quintessent
SeedOct 2023$12M
$12M
Co-investors: Manny Stockman (Osage University Partners)
DeepHow
Series ADec 2022$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: Alex Moore (8VC), Manu Kumar (K9 Ventures), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Howard Charney, Mike Gordon
Ghost Financial
Pre SeedApr 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Sabrina Halper (HOF Capital), Christopher Saum (Active Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Cory Levy