Vispi Daver
Partner @ Sierra Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Vispi Daver is a Partner at Sierra Ventures, a Silicon Valley bay area based venture capital firm with over $1.5 Billion under management. Vispi focuses on investments in the Software sector and on driving the Firm's cross-border investments in India. Vispi serves on the boards of Parature, Revionics, Razorsight and CarWale (India) and is aboard observer at MakeMyTrip.com (India), Greenplum (acquired by EMC), Approva and Code Green Networks.Vispi also manages the Firm's investment in Seedfund, a seed stage venture fund based in India. While at Sierra he has also served as VP of Business Development at one of the Firm's portfolio companies, Sourcefire (NASD: FIRE). Prior to Sierra Ventures, Vispi's tenure includes a broad range of operational roles in the United States and India. He was in the Corporate Development group at Network Associates (McAfee, Inc.), a large-cap public company in infrastructure software, where his responsibilities covered acquisitions, divestitures and strategic investments.Prior to McAfee, Vispi ran product management for myCIO.com, a company that pioneered the delivery of desktop software online through the Internet. myCIO.com was among the first software companies to deliver product in a Software as a Services (SaaS) format.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Vispi Daver invests in
Stages Vispi Daver invests in
Countries Vispi Daver invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (50%)
- SaaS 3 (38%)
- Analytics 2 (25%)
- Information Technology 2 (25%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (25%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (50%)
- Seed 1 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (13%)
- Series B 1 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
Country
- United States 4 (50%)
- India 2 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| AppEQ.ai provides one-click real-time customer insights to drive retention revenue for customer success & account management teams in B2B companies.Giving customer insights in the flow of work helps customer success and account managers prioritise their accounts activities and become more proactive, thereby helping build great relationshipand value with the customer. | $450K / Pre-Seed / Apr 14, 2023 | ||
| Outplay is a multi-channel sales engagement platform in genuine conversations at scale, & get insights to drive revenue growth. | $2M / Seed / Mar 03, 2021 | ||
| Whatfix offers a digital adoption platform, simulated application environments for training, and no-code application analytics. Using GenAI supports companies in improving user productivity, ensuring process compliance, and improving user experience across internal and customer-facing applications. | $3.6M / Series A / Apr 04, 2017 | ||
| CarWale is owned by Automotive Exchange Pvt Ltd and is backed by India’s leading early stage venture capital firm Seedfund and top tier US venture fund Sierra Ventures.CarWale offers a complete consumer-focused service that includes content and tools for exhaustive research, pricing and marketplace information. As consumers research and makepurchase decisions, CarWale connects them with automotive manufacturers, finance and insurance companies, allowing them to make the best decisions for their automotive purchases. | $7M / Series A / Oct 06, 2008 | ||
| Parature provides on-demand customer service software, making it possible for any business to leverage the Internet to provide outstanding customer service and online support. Parature provides an efficient way to serve, support, retain, engage with and maximize the value of every customer. Parature's software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery andintegrated, intuitive design enable organizations to run efficiently. Parature's flagship product, Parature Customer Service software, integrates a customer portal, rich knowledgebase and full trouble ticket software in one dynamic system that manages all your support needs. Parature announced a new social response management product called "Parature for Facebook", the Industry's First and Only Customer Service Application for Directly Engaging with Customers, Prospects and Fans on Facebook. The product now supports Twitter as well.Founded in 2001, today Parature helps support more than 55 million end users worldwide. Parature is at work in a wide variety of organizations including national associations, leading educational institutions, technology companies, and diverse industries from gaming/interactive media & entertainment, to retail, healthcare and government.Source: | $16M / Series B / May 07, 2008 | ||
| Parature provides on-demand customer service software, making it possible for any business to leverage the Internet to provide outstanding customer service and online support. Parature provides an efficient way to serve, support, retain, engage with and maximize the value of every customer. Parature's software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery andintegrated, intuitive design enable organizations to run efficiently. Parature's flagship product, Parature Customer Service software, integrates a customer portal, rich knowledgebase and full trouble ticket software in one dynamic system that manages all your support needs. Parature announced a new social response management product called "Parature for Facebook", the Industry's First and Only Customer Service Application for Directly Engaging with Customers, Prospects and Fans on Facebook. The product now supports Twitter as well.Founded in 2001, today Parature helps support more than 55 million end users worldwide. Parature is at work in a wide variety of organizations including national associations, leading educational institutions, technology companies, and diverse industries from gaming/interactive media & entertainment, to retail, healthcare and government.Source: | $13.5M / Series A / Jul 05, 2006 | ||
| Razorsight's Cloud-based Predictive Analytics Software is used by the world's best known telecom brands to improve profits including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Telus, Tata, Orange, CenturyLink, Windstream, IBM, Comcast and Facebook. Razorsight analyzes network and subscriber activities to control costs, predict churn, and deliverreal-time insights into customer and network activity. These insights are operationalized to improve margins via revenue growth, retention and cost reduction. | $9M | ||
| Razorsight's Cloud-based Predictive Analytics Software is used by the world's best known telecom brands to improve profits including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Telus, Tata, Orange, CenturyLink, Windstream, IBM, Comcast and Facebook. Razorsight analyzes network and subscriber activities to control costs, predict churn, and deliverreal-time insights into customer and network activity. These insights are operationalized to improve margins via revenue growth, retention and cost reduction. | $10M / Series A |
Co-Investors
About Sierra Ventures
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, Global 1000 CXOs, operational executives, and deepdomain experts, providing a platform for entrepreneurs around the world.Sierra Ventures primarily invests in Seed and Series A rounds, with a preference to lead investment rounds and reserve capital for follow on rounds. Investment sectors include artificial intelligence/machine learning, big data, cloud, fintech, health tech, IoT/infrastructure, marketplaces, SaaS & enterprise apps, security, and emerging technologies such as 5G, devices, blockchain, robotics, and virtual reality / augmented reality. Sierra Ventures typically makes initial investments between $500,000 and $7 million on average and invests between $500,000 and $15 million over the life of an investment. The firm has invested in leading companies such as Intuit, Invensense, Greenplum, MakeMyTrip, OnLink, Teradata, StrataCom, Sourcefire, Treasure Data, and more. Sierra Ventures was founded in 1982 and is based in San Mateo, California.
Sierra Ventures Contacts
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Al Ghous
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Anne Gherini
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Ben Yu
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Daniel Paredes
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What does Vispi Daver invest in?
Vispi Daver invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Analytics startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 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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The most recent investment recorded for Vispi Daver closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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