# Sierra Angels

> Sierra Angels is a VC fund backing Software and Health Care. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Incline Village, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sierra-angels/about/
- Website: http://www.sierraangels.com

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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 41% |
| Health Care | 4 | 15% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 11% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 11% |
| Energy | 2 | 7% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 26% |
| Angel | 5 | 19% |
| Series A | 5 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 15% |
| Series C | 2 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Donna Jang | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donna-jang |
| Harold E. Kruth | Member | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harold-e-kruth |
| Li Han Chan | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/li-han-chan |
| Maggie Tsai | Angel Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maggie-tsai |
| Roland Schumann | Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roland-schumann |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simplesense | Simplesense is a developer of an emergency response platform designed to streamline coordination between public and private first responders. It speeds up emergency response by sharing key information between building owners and first responders, including automated 911 alerts when an emergency begins.The company was founded in 2017 and isheadquartered in New York. | $1M | Convertible Note | Jun 13, 2023 |  |
| Parallel Health | 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 | TransformativeMed their platform of EHR solutions, enables doctors and nurses to access patient data across clinical specialties and departments. |  | Angel | Sep 01, 2020 |  |
| Your Fare | 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 | 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 |  |
| American Board of Obesity Medicine | Physicians who complete the ABOM certification process in obesity medicine are designated Diplomates of the ABOM. | $36M | Series C | May 23, 2019 |  |
| Membrion | 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 |  |
| Breadware Inc | Breadware enables innovative people (producers, product owners, companies, innovators, and brands) to to build meaningful value in an internet-connected world.Breadware provides tools constructed to help companies engaged in product development to move fast, identify quality technology partners for their needs, and kickstart their developmentprocess within industry best-practices. With Breadware, companies spend less time navigating and managing a complicated, high-risk ecosystem and more time implementing well-planned IoT initiatives. |  | Seed | Mar 15, 2018 |  |
| Tivic Health | 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. | $2M | Convertible Note | Sep 01, 2017 |  |
| AudPop | Video increases customer engagement 13x, but getting quality video that works is difficult for businesses. AudPop solves this problem for all businesses through our next-gen global video marketplace by connecting them with our 75K global filmmaker network through our proprietary software and self-serve platform.After developing this communityfor years, and successful market tests with enterprise brands like DELL, Southwest Air, Hilton, and more, we are opening up our platform so that any business can use AudPop to get the video they need at scale and within their budget (think 99 Designs for video). | $940K | Seed | Jun 15, 2017 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sacramento Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sacramento-angels) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Sand Hill Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sand-hill-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Keiretsu Forum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiretsu-forum) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TCA Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tech-coast-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Astia Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astia-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Augment Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augment-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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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 27 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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