Investing Profile

Mark Fernandes(281)

Managing Director at Sierra Ventures

sierraventures.com/mark-ferna...San Mateo, California

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Mark Fernandes's investing connections

Connected to 16 investors on Signal.

Networks Mark is a member of

NewCo Network

1601 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1031 CONNECTIONS

University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network

837 CONNECTIONS

Harvard Business School Network

722 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Berkeley Network

626 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Sierra Ventures Managing Director

Investment Range

$500K - $15.0M

Sweet Spot

$7.8M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$270M

Mark Fernandes is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Mark Fernandes's Investments On Record (47)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
ArmorCode	Series UnknownMar 2026$16M Series BDec 2023$40M Series ANov 2022$14M SeedJan 2022$8M SeedMay 2021$3M	$81M
Co-investors: Preetish Nijhawan (Cervin Ventures), John Jack (Shield Capital), Oliver Friedrichs (CrowdStrike), Corey Mulloy (Highland Capital Partners)
Pantomath	Series BAug 2025$30M Series ASep 2023$14M	$48M
Co-investors: Mike Brown Jr (Bowery Capital), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst)
Blazel	Pre SeedJul 2025$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital), Simon Chan (Firsthand.vc), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Clint Chao (Moment Ventures)
Altimate AI	SeedMar 2025
VISO TRUST	Series UnknownNov 2024$7M SeedApr 2021$3M	$21M
Co-investors: Rak Garg (Bain Capital Ventures), Enrique Salem (Bain Capital Ventures), Kevin Mandia (Ballistic Ventures), Steve Berg (Lytical Ventures), Michael Sutton (Runtime Ventures), Kelley Mak (Work-Bench), Janey Hoe (Cisco Investments), Douglas Merritt, George Kurtz
Spectro Cloud	Series CNov 2024$75M Series BMar 2022$40M Series AJul 2021$20M SeedMar 2020$8M	$160M
Co-investors: Carlos Kokron (Qualcomm Ventures), Ed Sim (Boldstart Ventures), Gaurav Manglik (WestWave Capital), AJ Tomas (Cerity Partners Ventures)
Inventive AI	SeedAug 2024$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator), Nikhita Jaaswal (Soma Capital), Pete Koomen (Y Combinator), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital)
Mantle	SeedOct 2023$11M	$74M
Co-investors: Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures ), Steve Vassallo (Foundation Capital), Shyam Kamadolli (Applied Crypto Ventures), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Susanna Campbell (Norrsken VC), Emilia Poret (Emilia de Poret AB), Sophia Bendz (Atomico), Ryan Duranso (Anthropic), Tom Fleming (Venrex), Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator), Tony Fadell (Future Shape), Daniel Pilotti

Mark Fernandes's Experience

Managing Director Sierra Ventures2002 - Present

Research Analyst Xtripe AngelsPresent

Managing Director SIERRA VenturesPresent

Board of Directors OOYALAPresent

Board of Directors DynamicOpsPresent

Research Analyst University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent

Board of Directors Frontbridge TechnologiesPresent

Board of Directors BLOVESPresent

Board of Directors + Lead Investor Sourcefire, part of CiscoPresent

Board of Directors Dalet FlexPresent

Board of Directors sikka.aiPresent

Board of Directors Spectro CloudPresent

Board of Directors ParoPresent

Research Analyst Top-PatentsPresent

Director, Equity Research Bank of America Merrill LynchPresent

Board of Directors Opalis SoftwarePresent

Board of Directors DynamicopsPresent

Board of Directors + Lead Investor SourcefirePresent

Board of Directors OoyalaPresent

Board Of Directors RedLockPresent

Board of Directors ZimperiumPresent

Board of Directors Sikka SoftwarePresent

Board of Directors Paro.aiPresent

Board Of Directors YaloPresent

Board Of Directors Reify HealthPresent

Research Analyst NewCoPresent

Engineering / Product Management Seagate TechnologyPresent

Research Analyst Robertson StephensPresent

Director, Equity Research Merrill LynchPresent

Mark Fernandes's Education

Harvard Business School MBA

University of California, Berkeley Master of Science (MS)

Manipal Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science (BS)

Manipal Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science (BS) Mechanical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley Master of Science (MS) Mechanical Engineering

St. Xavier's College

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