Investing Profile

Ben Yu(1)

VCInvestor
Managing Partner at Sierra Ventures
sierraventures.com/ben-yu/San Francisco Bay Area
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Princeton University Network
178 CONNECTIONS
Sierra Ventures Network
16 CONNECTIONS
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Sierra Ventures Managing Partner
$500K - $15.0M
$7.8M
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$270M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Expert Intelligence
SeedFeb 2026$5M
$5M
Movandi
Series UnknownOct 2025$40M
Series CApr 2020$27M
Series BNov 2017$21M
Series AOct 2016$9M
$97M
Co-investors: Sriram Viswanathan (Celesta)
Revalia Bio
SeedSep 2025$15M
$20M
Co-investors: Milad Alucozai (Entrepreneur First), Brian Wilcove (America's Frontier Fund)
FriendliAI
SeedAug 2025$20M
$20M
Co-investors: Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures )
Augmentus
Series AJul 2025$11M
Series ANov 2023$6M
$17M
Async
Series AFeb 2024$14M
SeedOct 2021$7M
SeedNov 2020$2M
$23M
Co-investors: Louis Coppey (Point Nine Capital), Alexander Pavlov (RTP Global), Andrew Ng (AI Fund), Simon Levene (Mosaic Ventures)
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
Board Member DeepHow2021 - Present
Board Member 10Web.io2021 - Present
Board Member Podcastle Inc.2020 - Present
Board Member Krisp2019 - Present
Investor Q-CTRL2019 - Present
Board Member CoreTigo2019 - Present
Managing Partner Sierra Ventures2000 - Present
Board Director InvenSensePresent
Board Member PodcastlePresent
Member Board of Directors NextInput is now QorvoPresent
Board Director TDK InvenSensePresent
Investor 喜马拉雅Present
Member Board of Directors NextInput2015 - 2021
Board Director Invensense2008 - 2017
Investor 喜马拉雅FM2013 - 2016
Board Director AuthenTec2003 - 2008
Princeton University Ph.D. Electrical and Electronics Engineering