Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital, established in 1972, is a prominent venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The company focuses on investing in early to growth-stage companies across various sectors, including information technology, healthcare, financial services, and energy. Sequoia Capital provides capital and strategic support to a select group of daring founders, helping them build legendary companies and push technological boundaries. The firm typically invests between $100,000 and $100 million, with a preference for being the first investor in profitable, fast-growing companies with proven teams and products. Sequoia Capital also manages funds focused on specific regions and sectors, such as India and the technology sector.

Michelle (Bailhe) Fradin

Partner

Sumaiya Balbale

COO and Operating Partner

Bogomil Balkansky

Partner

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Romie Boyd

Partner

Rosemarie Boyd

Partner

Konstantine Buhler

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Josephine Chen

Partner

W. M. Coughran

Founder's Coach and Partner

Charlie Curnin

Partner

Joe Dobrenski

Partner of Human Capital

Helen Fan

Vice President

James Flynn

Partner

Caroline Fu

Vice President

Stacey Gerber

VP, Operations and Experiences

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Trency Gu

Managing Director

Wayne Guo

Vice President

Ravi Gupta

Partner

Sonya Huang

Partner

Steven Ji

Partner, China

Wenji Jin

Managing Director

Kais Khimji

Partner

Marie Klemchuk

CFO

Shailesh Lakhani

Managing Director - India

Jess Lee

Partner, Seed / Early

Douglas Leone

Global Managing Partner

Shmil Levy

Partner, Israel

Alfred Lin

Partner

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Xiaobo Lu

Partner, China

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner, Seed / Early

Michael Moritz

Managing Partner

Gili Raanan

General Partner

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Andrew Reed

General Partner

Lauren Reeder

Partner

George Robson

Partner

Anandamoy Roychowdhary

Principal

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Thomas Stephenson

Special Limited Partner

Sam Sun

Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Shraeyansh Thakur

Principal

Donald Valentine

Founder

Mike Vernal

Partner

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital Global Equities

Fred Wang

Managing Director, China

Cen Wang

Partner, China

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Past deals in Art

KINO

Pre Seed Round in 2023
KINO is a web3 film finance company that democratizes film and protects artists' rights.

Visual Electric

Seed Round in 2023
Visual Electric is a technology company that specializes in developing an AI-powered image generator designed specifically for designers. Their platform enables users to create customized, realistic images, serving as a generative canvas for exploring and bringing ideas to life, thereby saving time and enhancing creativity.

Picsart

Series C in 2021
PicsArt, Inc. is the world's largest digital creation platform, specializing in photo and video editing tools designed for users at all skill levels. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Miami, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, the company offers a comprehensive suite of features through its mobile and web applications. Its flagship app provides an array of options for photo manipulation, drawing, and collage making, including customizable filters, text overlays, and a GIF generator. Additionally, PicsArt hosts a vibrant community for creative collaboration, allowing users to share and collectively edit images. The platform also features a dedicated app for children, as well as a messaging system that enhances the shared creative experience. By combining its extensive open-source content collection with AI-powered tools, PicsArt serves consumers, marketers, content creators, and businesses alike, facilitating both personal and professional design projects.

Quidd

Series A in 2017
Quidd, Inc., a subsidiary of Animoca Brands Limited, operates a marketplace for digital collectibles, specializing in non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform allows users to buy, sell, and trade a variety of digital items, including stickers, GIFs, cards, and 3D digital toys, either through primary market packs or directly from other collectors. Quidd aims to transform the collecting experience by digitizing fine art and memorabilia, making it accessible and affordable for over 7 million digital collectors. By facilitating the exchange of more than 2.1 billion virtual items, Quidd is working to create investment-grade assets and provide liquidity in the digital collectibles market.

Kuaikan Manhua

Series C in 2017
Kuaikan Manhua is an online and mobile platform for original online comic artwork targeting young readers. Founded in 2014, Kuaikan Manhua is a comic-reading platform and community of interest that is popular among users. As of January 2019, the total number of users of the comics app is over 170 million, and the monthly users are over 40 million, and the market share in the comics market is more than half*. Kuaikan World’s vision is to build an ideal ecosystem of cultural-entertainment in the future, as well as bring happiness to the world. Kuaikan aims to help comic creators to create more widely-popular comics with positive, energetic and warm contents to millions of users.

Pinkoi

Venture Round in 2015
Pinkoi is a social e-commerce platform headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, founded in 2009 by Peter Yen, Mike Lee, and Maibelle Lin. It facilitates the sale of unique products, including clothing, accessories, electronics, and home goods, directly from designers and artists to consumers. The platform, available both on web and mobile app, is focused on the Asian market, with products sourced from China, Japan, and the United States.

Picsart

Series A in 2015
PicsArt, Inc. is the world's largest digital creation platform, specializing in photo and video editing tools designed for users at all skill levels. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Miami, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, the company offers a comprehensive suite of features through its mobile and web applications. Its flagship app provides an array of options for photo manipulation, drawing, and collage making, including customizable filters, text overlays, and a GIF generator. Additionally, PicsArt hosts a vibrant community for creative collaboration, allowing users to share and collectively edit images. The platform also features a dedicated app for children, as well as a messaging system that enhances the shared creative experience. By combining its extensive open-source content collection with AI-powered tools, PicsArt serves consumers, marketers, content creators, and businesses alike, facilitating both personal and professional design projects.

Picsart

Series A in 2015
PicsArt, Inc. is the world's largest digital creation platform, specializing in photo and video editing tools designed for users at all skill levels. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Miami, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, the company offers a comprehensive suite of features through its mobile and web applications. Its flagship app provides an array of options for photo manipulation, drawing, and collage making, including customizable filters, text overlays, and a GIF generator. Additionally, PicsArt hosts a vibrant community for creative collaboration, allowing users to share and collectively edit images. The platform also features a dedicated app for children, as well as a messaging system that enhances the shared creative experience. By combining its extensive open-source content collection with AI-powered tools, PicsArt serves consumers, marketers, content creators, and businesses alike, facilitating both personal and professional design projects.

Great Dream

Series D in 2009
Hunan Great Dream Cartoon Spread Limited Company is focused on the study of computer animation software, production animation, and development of cartoon derivative products. Its TV cartoon series, Hongmao and Lantu (Red Cat and Blue Rabbit), is the first domestic TV cartoon to meet Disney standards, which films at a rate of 24 frames per second. Great Dream was founded by Wang Hong, who serves as the company's national class one director. It is currently the biggest cartoon production and design base in China and uses the latest technology and large-scale production.

Great Dream

Series B in 2007
Hunan Great Dream Cartoon Spread Limited Company is focused on the study of computer animation software, production animation, and development of cartoon derivative products. Its TV cartoon series, Hongmao and Lantu (Red Cat and Blue Rabbit), is the first domestic TV cartoon to meet Disney standards, which films at a rate of 24 frames per second. Great Dream was founded by Wang Hong, who serves as the company's national class one director. It is currently the biggest cartoon production and design base in China and uses the latest technology and large-scale production.

ThatGameCompany

thatgamecompany, LLC is a video game developer based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2006. The company specializes in creating artistically crafted and broadly accessible video games that aim to enhance the interactive entertainment landscape. Its games are available on various platforms, including PlayStation, computers, and mobile devices, allowing players to engage with enriching experiences designed to inspire and positively impact their lives. Through a commitment to meaningful gameplay, thatgamecompany seeks to push the boundaries of traditional gaming while respecting and engaging its audience.
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