Sierra Angels
VC Fund
Incline Village, United States
Sierra Angels is a VC fund in Incline Village focused on Software and Health Care. Founded in 1997, Sierra Angels is a premier angel investment group in Northern Nevada. Headquartered at Lake Tahoe, Nevada, they are located in one of the most business-friendly states in the country.Sierra Angels is the premier angel investment group in the Northern Sierra region. They provide early stage investments in promising technologyventures and support the entrepreneurs they fund with mentoring and connections.Sierra Angels' fifty members are former startup founders and senior operating executives experienced in financing and developing emerging enterprises. They are active investors who have assisted greater than sixty companies to date in a variety of industries with a preference for capital efficient technology companies.Sierra Angels takes a leading role in collaboratively investing with other angel groups in the region and with earlier stage VCs. They also participate actively in the community to facilitate technology-based and entrepreneurial-driven economic expansion in Nevada.
- Total investments:
- 35
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries Sierra Angels invests in
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Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 11 (31%)
- Health Care 5 (14%)
- Biotechnology 4 (11%)
- Information Technology 4 (11%)
- Medical 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 11 (31%)
- Angel 7 (20%)
- Series A 5 (14%)
- Funding Round 4 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Donna Jang
Member
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Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Harold E. Kruth
Member
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Member | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Li Han Chan
Investor
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Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Maggie Tsai
Angel Investor
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Angel Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Roland Schumann
Chairman
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Chairman | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapidly authorize and deploy proven cybersecurity solutions for Industrial Control Systems (ICS) / Operational Technology (OT) | $1M / Convertible Note / Jun 13, 2023 | ||
| Powered by genomics, skin microbiome science, and machine learning, Parallel is an end-to-end next-generation skin health company providing derm telehealth, cutting-edge skin microbiome diagnostics, precision microbiome skincare, and personalized Rx | $1.2M / Pre-Seed / Jul 31, 2022 | ||
| TransformativeMed their platform of EHR solutions, enables doctors and nurses to access patient data across clinical specialties and departments. | Angel / Sep 01, 2020 | ||
| The Detection Group technology started in a San Diego garage in 2006. The idea was the brainchild of our founders, who had managed a company in the remediation business. From this experience, our founders were very familiar with the expense and disruption caused by water leaks in multi-story properties, but at the time they found no solution forit. They founded a company called Dtection, Inc., which developed and marketed the Dtection wireless water leak detection system and service. In 2013, Dtection was purchased by The Detection Group, Inc., which is headquartered in Mountain View, in the heart of Silicon Valley. | Angel / Sep 01, 2020 | ||
| ShieldIO's provides encryption and data protection solutions that defend their company from data breach mitigation, business interruption, regulatory, and reputational losses while enabling secure data use across the enterprise. It is a data security platform that protects organizations' valuable data against intrusive attacks. | Angel / Sep 01, 2020 | ||
| Your Fare is an ordering management platform for all online orders. It also allows restaurateurs to replace their online ordering tablets and track their daily sales on one dashboard. Its platform also helps in managing third party delivery services and integrates orders into one simple platform. | $2.4M / Seed / Feb 13, 2020 | ||
| Tivic Health is a bioelectronic therapeutics company. We translate neuroscience into consumer-friendly medical devices, expanding the role of bioelectronic therapies in the healthcare ecosystem.Their first innovation, ClearUP™ Sinus Pain Relief, delivers temporary relief of sinus pain. It’s a small handheld device that’s easy to use, re-usable,and clinically proven. The company received FDA Clearance January 2, 2019 and will be shipping product in September 2019. | $8M / Seed / Jul 23, 2019 | ||
| Physicians who complete the ABOM certification process in obesity medicine are designated Diplomates of the ABOM. | $36M / Series C / May 23, 2019 | ||
| Membrion™ is a 2016 spin-out from the laboratories of the University of Washington (UW). Commercialization funding from the UW, the Murdock Charitable Trust, Amazon, the National Science Foundation (Award #1648517) and a consortium of California utilities (Rocket Fund) has helped to bridge the translation gap to a commercial product. In total, 11different funding organizations have evaluated and financially supported Membrion's product development and commercialization plan. Most recently, that support has translated to private investment by angel investors as they scale their technology into commercial production. | $485K / Seed / Dec 07, 2018 | ||
| Kleiner Device Labs is the developer of surgical instruments and implants designed to improve the process and outcomes of minimally invasive spinal surgery. The company's innovative devices streamline MIS procedures, enabling surgeons to carry out safe, easy, and efficacious surgeries. Kleiner Device Labs has a deep portfolio ofIP/patents and a robust product pipeline, including instruments and implants which improve bone graft delivery to the inter-vertebral space, integrate cage placement and graft delivery to reduce procedure steps and simplify spinal fusion surgery overall. The company's first commercially available product, a Bi-Directional Graft Funnel (KG™ 1), works with any viscosity of biologic graft material, provides a more efficient and safer delivery vehicle for bone graft extenders, facilitates grafting in front of or alongside all types of inter-body cages and can eliminate or reduce surgeon dependency on BMP.The (KG™ 2) Solid State Fusion Cage simplifies and standardizes bone graft delivery by utilizing our patented "flow-through" technology, integrating cage implantation and bone graft delivery to effectively reduce steps, OR time, and the potential for operative complications in MIS Fusion Surgery. The (KG™ 2) was submitted for 510(k) clearance to the FDA in 2021, with anticipated approval in Q3 of 2021. The (KG™ 2) does not have 510(k) clearance at this time.The Endplate Preparation System (DragonTail™) offers a unique, single pass instrument that allows a 120 degree arc of endplate preparation and multiple tip options that allows increased access to the contra-lateral disk space. Development is nearing the FDA submission phase sometime in Q4 of 2021. The (DragonTail™) does not have 510(k) clearance at this time.Additional IP surrounding instruments and implants are part of the company's patent portfolio, and further down the product development pipeline. | $634K / Seed / Sep 01, 2018 | ||
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FAQ
What does Sierra Angels invest in?
Sierra Angels invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 35 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Sierra Angels?
The team at Sierra Angels includes Donna Jang (Member), Harold E. Kruth (Member) and Li Han Chan (Investor), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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