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The "Kiss of Death" That Kills 90% of Startups | Nikhil Gupta, ArmorCode Sep 8, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 36:51 Nikhil Gupta Uh, we have some of the top investors like, you know, Sierra Ventures, Servin Ventures, Highland Capital, and most prominent is Ballistic Ventures.

Questions Every Founder Must Answer Before Taking an Acquisition Offer | Shashank, VNDLY & Pantomath Jun 11, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 2:59 Shashank Saxena Three main companies that I've worked for in my career, uh, predominantly speaking, like, 90% of my career has been those three, where I started at Citibank, I worked there for a few years, got into digital and digital transformation, from…
  • ▶ 24:30 Shashank Saxena Sierra did the A and I ended up, I liked the team so much that I ended up joining Sierra as a GP myself. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 43:15 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Yeah, because when you would have joined Sierra as a full-time investor, you wouldn't have imagined like within 12 months.

Why "SaaS Apocalypse" is the Best Filter for Top 1% of Founders | Vignesh Ravikumar, Sierra Ventures Apr 30, 2026 · 27 mentions

  • ▶ 1:20 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Today I have with me Vignesh Ravi Kumar, partner at Sierra Ventures.
  • ▶ 1:27 Siddhartha Ahluwalia So, Vignesh, you have been the second member of Sierra two point O. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 3:29 Siddhartha Ahluwalia And you have been for the firm with 13 years. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 3:38 Vignesh Ravikumar So, uh, fund 10 when I first joined was a hundred and fifty million dollar fund.
  • ▶ 3:44 Vignesh Ravikumar Uh, this last one, fund 13 was a two hundred and seventy million dollar fund.
  • ▶ 5:48 unnamed speaker And can you tell me about like top five or 10 companies from the Sierra time that you have been at Sierra?
  • ▶ 13:33 Vignesh Ravikumar Um, we've obviously, we'll consider secondaries, but, uh, I would say for the most part, one of the, one of the benefits of having Sierra on the cap table is the founders get a lot of reputational, uh, benefits as a result.
  • ▶ 14:46 Vignesh Ravikumar But one of the things that my partners had actually taken away from, uh, you know, during the generational transfer that, that happened in 2012, um, uh, just, and just for context, in 2012, my partners had taken over from the, the last…
  • ▶ 16:04 Vignesh Ravikumar Everybody just said, yeah, you should go back. 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:15 Siddhartha Ahluwalia What has kept you for 13 years at Sierra?
  • ▶ 35:53 unnamed speaker I don't, I don't know the data across every fund, so I'll just comment on the latest fund. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 39:44 Siddhartha Ahluwalia Learned a lot about Sierra, which I had not known earlier, and looking forward to partnering with some of the companies that we invest in.

Where SMALL models will Win | Sudarshan kamath, Smallest ai Mar 6, 2026 · 13 mentions

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