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Sierra Ventures

Corporate venture · Founded 1982 · Active in 2026

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12 Power Law outcomes Power Law Ranking #254 · Global · 12 Power Law outcomes · Active 2026
Unicorns ↑ 33% 5y
12
Decacorns ↓ 50% 5y
1
Thoroughbreds ↑ 33% 5y
8
Featured in #254Power Law Investor Ranking · Global · 2026Top 2%

Sierra Ventures is a corporate venture based in USA, founded in 1982. The page below shows 12 Power Law outcomes from Sierra Ventures's portfolio — 12 unicorns ($1B+ valuation) and 0 additional thoroughbreds (companies that crossed $100M+ in revenue without yet reaching $1B+ valuation).

Outcomes are concentrated in Health Tech & Medtech · Marketing · Cybersecurity; top portfolio geographies are USA · China · Mexico. Sierra ranks #254 in Global in the 2026 Dealroom Power Law Investor Ranking by cross-stage outcomes.

Portfolio analysis

The 12 Sierra Power Law outcomes ($100M+ revenue or $1B+ valuation).

Snapshot of where the outcomes are concentrated by country, sector, and stage entered.

By countryCount
  1. USA8
  2. China2
  3. Mexico1
  4. India1
By sectorCount
  1. Health Tech & Medtech2
  2. Marketing2
  3. Cybersecurity2
  4. Other B2B Software2
  5. Other1
  6. AI1
  7. Fintech1
  8. eCommerce & Marketplaces1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series B+3
  2. Series A6
  3. Seed3
01 · Portfolio market map

Sierra's 12 Power Law outcomes.

Stage entered
Outcome tier
Region
Group by
12 of 12 Power Law outcomes
02 · Founder talent

Where Sierra's founders come from — and where they study.

38 founders across the 12 Power Law outcomes — split by country of origin, university attended, and the company they worked at before founding. Johns Hopkins University and Amazon are the deepest single pipelines.

LocationCount
United States26
India4
Mexico3
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UniversityCount
Johns Hopkins University4
University of Kentucky3
Vanderbilt University2
Georgia Institute of Technology2
United States Air Force Academy2
University of Cincinnati2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico1
CENTRO de diseno1
University of Copenhagen1
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Origin companyCount
Amazon2
Ciena1
PayPal1
Mozilla1
Twilio1
Fluid1
Microsoft1
Mercury Payment Systems1
Eventbrite1
Alphabet | Google1
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Origin = country a founder is born in or grew up in (founders may have multiple origins; counts include all entries). University = highest-listed degree. Origin company = a previous employer where the founder was tagged before starting their current company.
03 · Key people

Key people at Sierra.

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04 · Compare with peers

How does Sierra stack up?

Sierra in orange, your selection in blue and other colours. Pick from the global roster of 35 peer investors — scope by startup location or hit "Find similar shapes" to auto-pick the three closest. The funnel matrix mirrors the spider chart on the ranking page; the line chart shows each firm's share of unicorns minted in the selected startup location — peaks reveal vintage years.

Compare against

Share of new unicorns per year

% of global unicorns minted that year, year by year · hover the chart to see which unicorns

Stage focus

Companies by entry stage and outcome tier

Sector focus

Companies per investor across the 10 highest-volume sectors
Source: Dealroom Power Law dataset. Investors shown are the 2026 Power Law top 35 by combined entry-to-outcome score, drawn from the overview and locations_data sheets. Funnel-matrix axes rescale per-axis using the maximum among the currently selected investors, so the polygons always fill the chart for shape comparison.

Sentiment on X

What X is saying about Sierra Ventures

An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Sierra on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

In the news

Latest news about Sierra Ventures

Recent press, funding announcements, and portfolio moves mentioning Sierra — pulled live from Dealroom's news feed.

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