Ben Yu is Managing Partner at Sierra Ventures and has been with the firm since 2000. Ben is a venture capitalist with the heart of an entrepreneur. Before Sierra, Ben received his PhD in electrical engineering from Princeton and worked as an engineer and researcher in the field of networking infrastructures. He is passionate about emerging sectors and breakthrough ideas. His investment philosophy is finding early-stage companies with great technologies that can make a difference and helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into market leaders. Ben is focused on deep tech and excited about the future of industrial automation. He has recently invested in companies like DeepHow, Interplay, Invisible AI, and EverestLabs.AI, which are transforming the future of work.