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Adam Dawkins

Investor at Sierra Ventures

📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2022
VC🌍 United States
11
Total investments
7
Early stage
2
Mid stage
0
Late stage
9y
Years active

Portfolio

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Jun 2022
The future of global payments
Investor
Jan 2022
Tavus is a research lab pioneering human computing. We’re building AI humans: a new interface that closes the gap between us and machines, free from the friction of today’s systems. Our real-time human simulation models let machines see, hear, respond, and even look real, enabling meaningful face-to-face conversations with people. AI Humans connect and act with precision and empathy, making them capable, trusted agents. It’s the best of both worlds: the emotional intelligence of humans, with the reach and reliability of machines. They’re available 24/7, in every language, on our terms. Imagine a therapist that anyone can afford. A personal trainer that adapts to your schedule. A fleet of medical assistants that can give every patient the attention they need. Tavus: teaching machines how to be human.
Investor
Mar 2021
Hashnode is a free content creation platform that enables developers to create a full-fledged & optimized blog mapped to their custom domain for free. Using Hashnode gives you a huge advantage: Google and other search engines send traffic directly to your domain, and Hashnode community members discover your articles on their feed. Start a blog. Share knowledge, attain creator independence, and grow your career. ✅ Publish articles on your domain ✅ Find readers from the dev community on Day Zero ✅ Build your own brand ✅ Personalize your blog, grow newsletter subscribers, and more
Investor
Dec 2020
Insurance and healthcare, on a mission to add 20+ healthy years to life. Founded in 2018, Loop Health is Indias first Health Assurance company that combines health insurance with preventive healthcare to keep your employees and their families healthy, while providing for them when they are sick. That means plans and benefits you understand, tools that save you time and money, and excellent doctors who are there to keep your team healthy before they end up in the hospital. We’re on a mission to bring quality and value back together in healthcare. Join us on our mission here - https://jobs.lever.co/loop-health
Angel Investor
Oct 2020
Life is complicated. Make retirement simple! Lendtable supplements your monthly income with the money you put toward your employee benefits. Max out your benefit and grow long-term wealth—with $0 out of your pocket. More benefits for you with less budgeting!
Investor & Board Observer
Oct 2020
Podcastle is the easiest way to create audio and video content. Its a browser-based platform that enables creators to record, edit, enhance, transcribe, and publish their content with unmatched simplicity. Our customers constantly tell us about how easy, intuitive, and time-saving Podcastle is for them. Were here to help you figure out how to start a podcast and give you all the tools you need to do it successfully.
Investor & Board Observer
Apr 2020
Invisible AI – is an on-premise computer vision platform that captures data from manual assembly work and uses AI to make smart recommendations to improve plant productivity, quality, and safety.
Investor & Board Observer
Mar 2019
Our mission is to build better training, careers and lives for our customers and their employees in the HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Solar & Facilities Maintenance industries by delivering scalable and highly effective digital learning simulations. Our platform recreates life-like VR scenarios for skilled trades workers, allowing them to learn in a more engaging environment. The result is a workforce that is confident, highly skilled and ready in just a few weeks, not years. Our scalable, Comersive Learning solution compresses time from beginner to mastery – and can efficiently train hundreds of workers to be job-ready at the same time – quickly. Our revolutionary technology speaks for itself. Interplay Learning was named to the 2020 Inc. Best in Business list, won the AI Breakthrough Award for Best Use of Virtual Reality for Enterprise Applications and is an AHR Expo – Innovations Awards 2020 Winner. Welcome to the next generation of the skilled labor workforce.
Angel Investor
Aug 2018
Nabis is the #1 wholesale platform powering over $1B annually in licensed cannabis commerce across the U.S. Founded in 2018 by serial tech entrepreneurs and backed by Y Combinator, Nabis enables thousands of nationwide brand and retailer partners to innovate, launch, and scale strategically. Its integrated wholesale solution includes a best-in-class online marketplace, state-of-the-art multi-channel fulfillment, payment processing, flexible financing, data analytics, and sales and marketing services. Nabis delivers the predictability cannabis operators need to grow. Nabis has been recognized on Inc. 5000’s list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America, Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in America, and Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500. Learn more at nabis.com.
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2022
Investor
Jun 2022
The future of global payments
Investor
Jan 2022
Tavus is a research lab pioneering human computing. We’re building AI humans: a new interface that closes the gap between us and machines, free from the friction of today’s systems. Our real-time human simulation models let machines see, hear, respond, and even look real, enabling meaningful face-to-face conversations with people. AI Humans connect and act with precision and empathy, making them capable, trusted agents. It’s the best of both worlds: the emotional intelligence of humans, with the reach and reliability of machines. They’re available 24/7, in every language, on our terms. Imagine a therapist that anyone can afford. A personal trainer that adapts to your schedule. A fleet of medical assistants that can give every patient the attention they need. Tavus: teaching machines how to be human.
2021
Co-Founder and General Partner
Oct 2021
Terra Nova is an early-stage research and venture capital firm.
Investor
Mar 2021
Hashnode is a free content creation platform that enables developers to create a full-fledged & optimized blog mapped to their custom domain for free. Using Hashnode gives you a huge advantage: Google and other search engines send traffic directly to your domain, and Hashnode community members discover your articles on their feed. Start a blog. Share knowledge, attain creator independence, and grow your career. ✅ Publish articles on your domain ✅ Find readers from the dev community on Day Zero ✅ Build your own brand ✅ Personalize your blog, grow newsletter subscribers, and more
2020
Investor
Dec 2020
Insurance and healthcare, on a mission to add 20+ healthy years to life. Founded in 2018, Loop Health is Indias first Health Assurance company that combines health insurance with preventive healthcare to keep your employees and their families healthy, while providing for them when they are sick. That means plans and benefits you understand, tools that save you time and money, and excellent doctors who are there to keep your team healthy before they end up in the hospital. We’re on a mission to bring quality and value back together in healthcare. Join us on our mission here - https://jobs.lever.co/loop-health
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