Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a prominent venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. The firm specializes in investing across various sectors, including energy, financial services, healthcare, internet, mobile, and technology. Sequoia targets startups at different stages, from seed to growth, providing investments ranging from $100,000 to $100 million, depending on the company's maturity and market potential. The firm has a global presence, with significant operations in regions such as China, India, and Israel, where it actively partners with innovative founders to support the development of transformative companies. Sequoia Capital is known for its long-term commitment to its portfolio companies, leveraging extensive experience and industry knowledge to guide entrepreneurs from initial concept to public offerings. The firm also emphasizes the importance of social impact, as a significant portion of its profits is directed towards philanthropic causes.
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Gian Adhitya

Associate

Rohit Agarwal

Investment Analyst

Akshay Agarwal

Associate

Suraj Agarwalla

Associate

Abheek Anand

Managing Director

Rajan Anandan

Managing Director

Bogomil Balkansky

Partner

Julien Bek

Partner

Mohit Bhatnagar

Managing Director

Jaime Bott

Partner of Human Capital

Anni Cai

Associate

Sakshi Chopra

Principal

William Coughran Ph.D

Partner

Carl Eschenbach

Venture Partner

Chinmaya Golecha

VP

Ajey Gore

Operating Partner of Technology

Pat Grady

Partner

Irwin R. Gross

MD

Kriti Gupta

Associate

Rachit Gupta

Associate

Augustus Ilag

Associate

Amit Jain

Managing Director

SK Jain

Co-Founderand MD

Liu Jiang

Partner

Aakash Kapoor

VP

Sandeep Kapoor

CLO and Compliance Officer, India

Pieter Kemps

Principal

Kais Khimji

Partner

Shailesh Lakhani

Principal

Jess Lee

Partner

Doug Leone

Partner

Junrui Lin

Partner and Co-Head

Alfred Lin

Partner

Xing Liu

Partner, China

Cherry Lu

Partner

Patricia Ma

Director of People Operations

Nipun Mehra

VP and Investment Advisor

Matthew Miller

Partner

Ishaan Mittal

Principal

Abhishek Mohan

Vice President

Anirudh Bose Mullick

Head of Recruitment and VP

Shreyas Nair

Senior Associate

Kevin Pan

Managing Director

Prachi Pawar

Associate

Mayank Porwal

VP

Amrut Rajkarne

Associate

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director

Andrew Reed

Partner

Prasanna Rengarajan

Associate

Anandamoy Roychowdhary

Principal

Anjana Sasidharan

Principal

Harshjit Sethi

Principal

Tejeshwi Sharma

Managing Director

Navendu Sharma

Associate

Neil Shen

Managing Partner

Bharat Singh

Chief Financial Officer

Shailendra Singh

Managing Director

Thomas F. Stephenson

Special Limited Partner

Amy Sun

Partner

Johan Surani

vice_president

Shraeyansh Thakur

Investment Analyst

Shenya Wang

Associate

Jeffrey Wang

Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager

Cen Wang

Partner, China

Klaus Wang

VP

Stephanie Zhan

Partner

Past deals in Life Insurance

Digit Insurance

Venture Round in 2022
Digit is a new-age general insurance company started by Kamesh Goyal and backed by the Fairfax Group, one of the largest financial services groups in the world. The company has raised two rounds of funding amounting to $140 million from Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Holdings, which is one of the largest insurance investment companies in the world with operations in over 30 countries. Headquartered in Bengaluru, Digit has successfully partnered with some of the leading companies. Digit Insurance has featured in the Top 25 Indian Startups Lists by Linkedin in 2018 and 2019 and was featured in CB Insights’ top 250 fastest-growing fintech companies globally in 2018.

Digit Insurance

Venture Round in 2021
Digit is a new-age general insurance company started by Kamesh Goyal and backed by the Fairfax Group, one of the largest financial services groups in the world. The company has raised two rounds of funding amounting to $140 million from Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa’s Fairfax Holdings, which is one of the largest insurance investment companies in the world with operations in over 30 countries. Headquartered in Bengaluru, Digit has successfully partnered with some of the leading companies. Digit Insurance has featured in the Top 25 Indian Startups Lists by Linkedin in 2018 and 2019 and was featured in CB Insights’ top 250 fastest-growing fintech companies globally in 2018.

Ethos Life

Series D in 2021
Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market) and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services. Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you. Ethos was founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Turtlemint

Series D in 2020
Turtlemint is an online insurance platform that identifies and purchases appropriate insurance policies for consumers. It aims to “demystify” insurance by explaining the jargon in a simple way and providing smart tools to help a user make the right choice. From search to purchase, the entire process can be completed online in just a few clicks. The company offers car insurance, bike insurance, health insurance, and term life insurance. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Plum

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Plum provides best-in-class health insurance at affordable price. Plum's group health insurance comes with no surprises, no hidden costs & no out-of-pocket expenses. Give your employees access to great care with Plum.

Ethos Life

Series C in 2019
Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market) and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services. Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you. Ethos was founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Circles.Life

Series C in 2019
Circles.Life is a young, innovative telco, homegrown in Singapore with a mission to re-imagine how mobile services are built and delivered with you in mind. They do this by offering the best no-contract mobile plan, unlimited bonus data and an unparalleled customer experience.

Turtlemint

Venture Round in 2019
Turtlemint is an online insurance platform that identifies and purchases appropriate insurance policies for consumers. It aims to “demystify” insurance by explaining the jargon in a simple way and providing smart tools to help a user make the right choice. From search to purchase, the entire process can be completed online in just a few clicks. The company offers car insurance, bike insurance, health insurance, and term life insurance. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Turtlemint

Venture Round in 2018
Turtlemint is an online insurance platform that identifies and purchases appropriate insurance policies for consumers. It aims to “demystify” insurance by explaining the jargon in a simple way and providing smart tools to help a user make the right choice. From search to purchase, the entire process can be completed online in just a few clicks. The company offers car insurance, bike insurance, health insurance, and term life insurance. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Ethos Life

Series B in 2018
Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market) and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services. Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you. Ethos was founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Ethos Life

Series A in 2018
Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market) and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services. Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you. Ethos was founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Dadao Financial

Series B in 2017
Dadao provides financing services for people involved in second-hand property transactions. Its products include Jiaoyibao, a real estate insurance product guaranteeing the safety of assets during transactions, and Jishidai, which provides fast mortgage loans for as little as in three days. The company has partnered with a number of banks including China Construction Bank, China Everbright Bank, and China CITIC Bank to provide the financial services. It currently has 11 offices in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing and Zhengzhou.

Ethos Life

Seed Round in 2016
Ethos Life is an insurance company that provides modern and ethical life insurance to protect life. They’re building ground-breaking software for life insurance (a $650 billion market) and the company's mission is to make protecting your family affordable, accessible, and instant. It also employs a human approach in delivering its services. Ethos policies are issued and guaranteed by Legal & General America (LGA), a large U.S. life insurance provider since 1836. They use technology to learn about what makes you unique so that they can find new and truly personal ways to cover you. Ethos was founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Dadao Financial

Series A in 2015
Dadao provides financing services for people involved in second-hand property transactions. Its products include Jiaoyibao, a real estate insurance product guaranteeing the safety of assets during transactions, and Jishidai, which provides fast mortgage loans for as little as in three days. The company has partnered with a number of banks including China Construction Bank, China Everbright Bank, and China CITIC Bank to provide the financial services. It currently has 11 offices in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing and Zhengzhou.

Star Health and Allied Insurance

Venture Round in 2013
Star Health and Allied Insurance Co Ltd commenced its operations in 2006 with the business interests in Health Insurance, Overseas Mediclaim Policy and Personal Accident. With no other insurance category to focus and divide our attention, we use our resources to focus on service excellence, design products and use core competency of innovation to deliver the best to our customers. At Star Health Insurance, the company offers a wide range of health insurance products at affordable prices to make health insurance every human being’s right. And as a company, single-mindedly dedicated to health insurance.

NortonLifeLock

Series A in 1983
NortonLifeLock Inc. is a global leader in consumer Cyber Safety. NortonLifeLock is dedicated to helping secure the devices, identities, online privacy, and home and family needs of approximately 50 million consumers, providing them with a trusted ally in a complex digital world.