Investing Profile

Mark Fernandes(281)

VC
Managing Director at Sierra Ventures
sierraventures.com/mark-ferna...San Mateo, California
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Mark Fernandes's investing connections

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16 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Sheel Mohnot (500 Startups Korea), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), and 13 other investors on Signal.

Networks Mark is a member of
NewCo Network
1599 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1033 CONNECTIONS
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
841 CONNECTIONS
Harvard Business School Network
624 CONNECTIONS
University of California, Berkeley Network
501 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Sierra Ventures Managing Director
Investment Range
$500K - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$7.8M
Investments On Record
97
Current Fund Size
$270M

Mark Fernandes is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Mark Fernandes's Investments On Record (47)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal 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), Simon Chan (FirsthandVC), Anamitra Banerji (Loop AI - Delivery Intelligence Platform), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Clint Chao (Rafay Systems)
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 (Blu Venture Investors), 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), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Nikhita Jaaswal (Soma Capital), Nicolas Dessaigne (Y Combinator), Pete Koomen
Mantle
SeedOct 2023$11M
$74M
Co-investors: Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures ), Steve Vassallo (Foundation Capital), Shyam Kamadolli (Fine Structure Ventures), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Sophia Bendz (Atomico), Ryan Duranso (Anthropic), Tony Fadell (Future Shape), Tom Fleming (Venrex), Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator), Emilia Poret, Daniel Pilotti, Susanna Campbell

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