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Sierra Ventures is a Bay Area based early-stage venture firm investing globally with a focus on Next Generation Enterprise and Emerging Technologies. With over three decades of experience and over $2 billion of assets under management, Sierra has created a vast network of successful entrepreneurs, Fortune 1000 CXOs, operational executives, and deep domain experts, providing a platform for entrepreneurs around the world.

Currently advising multiple early stage VC funds on fundraising and operations.

Commerce Ventures is a sector-focused VC fund, investing in infrastructure and enablers for the Commerce Continuum: Shop (Retail), Spend (Payments), Save (Banking/Investing), Secure (Insurance).

*Acquired by Capital One*Led business development / partnerships for Freebird, focusing on credit card issuers, card networks, and travel technology companies.Freebird empowers travelers to skip the line and instantly book a new ticket after a flight disruption -- on any airline, for free, with only three taps on their phone.

Founded in 2011, Top Tier Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm makes primary and secondary investments in venture capital funds and co-invests in select portfolio companies.

*Acquired by Fiserv*Monitise is a technology and services company delivering mobile banking, payments and commerce networks worldwide with the proven technology and expertise to enable financial institutions and other service providers to offer a wide range of services to their customers in developed and emerging markets.

Obtained and quantified a marker for Alzheimer’s Disease using MRI imagesConducted an expansive literature review linking blood pressure variability and strokeCurrently co-authoring two papers for publication based on research for top ranking journalsInteracted with and interviewed elderly patients for neuropsychological data to be analyzed