# Tim Guleri at Sierra Ventures

> Tim Guleri, Managing Partner at Sierra Ventures. 2 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-guleri (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Partner

# Tim Guleri

Managing Partner at [Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures)

Latest rounds

- **Treasure Data** Round · $23.6M Jul 2016
- **Phenom People** Series A · $6M Oct 2015

Backs *Big Data & Analytics*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 2 last Jul 2016
- **Filings:** 16 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 2 +4 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 2 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 16 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Sierra Ventures
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Sierra Ventures** VC firm · US **11** cheques in 12 months **271** all time **6** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $29.6M
- **Active:** 2015–16

2016

- [Treasure Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/treasure-data) *Round* **$23.6M** Jul 2016 Joined · +21 investors

2015

- [Phenom People](https://millionrounds.com/company/phenom-people) *Series A* **$6M** *US* Oct 2015 Joined · +2 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **1**
- Round **1**

What they backed

Big Data & Analytics **1**

Alongside

- [Sierra Ventures *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures)
- [AME Cloud Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures)
- Adam Wiggins *1*
- Anand Periasamy *1*
- Daniel Scheinman *1*
- [Dentsu *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dentsu-ventures)
- [Heavybit *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/heavybit)
- [IT-Farm Corporation *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/it-farm-corporation)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [Agent IQ](https://millionrounds.com/company/agent-iq)
- [Akasha Imaging](https://millionrounds.com/startup/akasha-imaging)
- [Alpine Data Labs](https://millionrounds.com/startup/alpine-data-labs)
- [Appcues](https://millionrounds.com/company/appcues)
- [Applitools](https://millionrounds.com/company/applitools)
- [Approva](https://millionrounds.com/startup/approva)
- [Astronomer](https://millionrounds.com/company/astronomer)
- [Balto](https://millionrounds.com/startup/balto-3)
- [CNEX Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/cnex-labs)
- [CarWale](https://millionrounds.com/startup/carwale)
- [DNN Corp (DotNetNuke)](https://millionrounds.com/startup/dnn-corp-dotnetnuke)
- [Deep Lens](https://millionrounds.com/company/deep-lens)
- [Enable](https://millionrounds.com/startup/enable-4)
- [Everest Software](https://millionrounds.com/startup/everest-software)
- [Everestlabs.AI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/everestlabs-ai)
- [Fabric](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fabric-7)
- [Falcon Computing Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/startup/falcon-computing-solutions-inc)
- [Greenplum Software](https://millionrounds.com/startup/greenplum-software)
- [HeadSpin](https://millionrounds.com/company/headspin)
- [Hired](https://millionrounds.com/company/hired)
- [Inspirit](https://millionrounds.com/startup/inspirit)
- [Interplay Learning](https://millionrounds.com/company/interplay-learning)
- [Invisible AI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/invisible-ai)
- [Joy](https://millionrounds.com/company/joy)
- [K4Connect](https://millionrounds.com/company/k4connect)
- [Krisp](https://millionrounds.com/startup/krisp)
- [LeadGenius](https://millionrounds.com/company/leadgenius)
- [Lemonaid Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/lemonaid-health)
- [Makara](https://millionrounds.com/startup/makara)
- [Meemo](https://millionrounds.com/startup/meemo)
- [Modulate](https://millionrounds.com/company/modulate)
- [Movandi](https://millionrounds.com/startup/movandi)
- [Nexenta Systems](https://millionrounds.com/startup/nexenta-systems)
- [NextInput](https://millionrounds.com/company/nextinput)
- [Oliva Clinic](https://millionrounds.com/startup/oliva-clinic)
- [Omniex](https://millionrounds.com/company/omniex)

36 of 84 companies.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Approximate Labs Inc.** Director since 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Polymer Search Inc.** Director since 2021
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Speedscale Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Commerce Fabric, Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Phenom People, Inc.** Executive Officer since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Phenom People, Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures)** Managing Director of the General Partner of the Issuer on 2 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Hired, Inc.** Director since 2014
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Treasure Data, Inc.** Director on 5 filings · since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raising **BINA Technologies Inc.** Director since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Runa, Inc.** Director since 2012
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fund **[Sierra Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sierra-ventures)** A Manager of the General Partner on 2 filings · since 2011
- SEC Form D · Company raising **APPCELERATOR, INC.** Director on 5 filings · since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Code Green Networks Inc** Director since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Greenplum, Inc** Director since 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raising **APPROVA CORP** Director since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Sierra Ventures

- [**Ben Yu** Managing Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-yu)
- [**Mark Fernandes** Managing Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mark-fernandes)
- [**Adam Dawkins** Analyst *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adam-dawkins)
- [**Brendon Schmidt** Principal & Head of BD *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brendon-schmidt)
- [**Jim Doehrman** Advisor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jim-doehrman)
- [**Joyce Lee** Co-Founder *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/joyce-lee)
- [**Steve Williams** Managing Director *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/steve-williams)
- [**Vignesh Ravikumar** Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/vignesh-ravikumar)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Neon Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/neon-show) · 1 Oct 2026 · 1h 10m Which SaaS Companies Will Survive Anthropic and OpenAI? | Tim Guleri, Sierra Ventures With [Tim Guleri](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-guleri) About this episode Tim Guleri has spent 25 years in venture capital. Before that, he built companies with $3.8B in combined exits. And before that, he was a Punjabi guy selling Bibles door to door in the US. In this episode, we go deep into AI, venture capital, fundraising, SaaS, Silicon Valley and how great… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 1 Feb 2021 · 40 min 267. Advice from a Unicorn Founder Turned VC, the Future of the VC Landscape for Founders & VCs, and the Founder Love Metric (Tim Guleri) With [Tim Guleri](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-guleri) About this episode Tim Guleri of Sierra Ventures joins Nick to discuss Advice from a Unicorn Founder Turned VC, the Future of the VC Landscape for Founders & VCs, and the Founder Love Metric. In this episode, we cover: Walk us through your background and path to VC What's the thesis at Sierra Ventures? What's been… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Tim Guleri in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 28 Oct 2021 · 11 min Investor Stories 216: Post Mortems (Guleri, Nauiokas, Chitnis, Perelmuter) Mentions [Amy Nauiokas](https://millionrounds.com/person/amy-nauiokas)[Guy Perelmuter](https://millionrounds.com/person/guy-perelmuter)[Sach Chitnis](https://millionrounds.com/person/sach-chitnis)[Tim Guleri](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-guleri) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Tim Guleri Amy Nauiokas Sach Chitnis Guy Perelmuter Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. Did you miss our guests full length episodes? For other great… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 22 Jul 2021 · 16 min Investor Stories 202: Lessons Learned (Wallace, Guleri, Thakker, Hirsch) Mentions [Brendan Wallace](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brendan-wallace)[Brian Hirsch](https://millionrounds.com/person/brian-hirsch)[Dharmesh Thakker](https://millionrounds.com/person/dharmesh-thakker)[Tim Guleri](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-guleri) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Brendan Wallace Tim Guleri Dharmesh Thakker Brian Hirsch Each investor illustrates a critical lesson learned about startup investing and how it's changed their approach. Did you miss our guest's full length… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 3 Jun 2021 · 11 min Investor Stories 195: Why I Passed (Collins, Levy Weiss, Guleri, Casnocha) Mentions [Gigi Levy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gigi-levy)[Ben Casnocha](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-casnocha)[Tim Guleri](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-guleri) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Eric Collins Gigi Levy Weiss Tim Guleri Ben Casnocha Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 1 Apr 2021 · 12 min Investor Stories 186: What's Next (Casnocha, Yin, Sim, Guleri) Mentions [Ben Casnocha](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-casnocha)[Elizabeth Yin](https://millionrounds.com/person/elizabeth-yin)[Tim Guleri](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-guleri) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ben Casnocha Elizabeth Yin Ed Sim Tim Guleri Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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