Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It invests in seed, early, and growth-stage companies across technology, energy, financial services, healthcare, internet, mobile, outsourcing, manufacturing, media, and retail sectors. The firm seeks ambitious founders and aims to help them build long-lasting, scalable businesses, often taking the lead or significant co-investor roles and providing strategic guidance, networks, and resources. It maintains an international footprint, including investments in India and other regions, reflecting a global approach to partnering with fast-growing companies. Sequoia emphasizes strong teams, innovative products or services, and the potential for rapid growth, positioning itself as a long-term partner for companies that redefine their markets.

Michelle Bailhe

Partner

Sumaiya Balbale

COO and Operating Partner

Bogomil Balkansky

Partner

Julien Bek

Partner

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Rosemarie Boyd

Partner

Romie Boyd

Partner

Konstantine Buhler

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Luzhou Chen

Investor

Josephine Chen

Partner

W. M. Coughran

Founder's Coach and Partner

Charlie Curnin

Investor

Long Do

Analyst

Joe Dobrenski

Partner of Human Capital

Carl Eschenbach

Venture Partner

Helen Fan

Vice President

James Flynn

Partner

Caroline Fu

Vice President

Stacey Gerber

Partner, Operations and Experience

Jim Goetz

Partner

Patrick Grady

Partner

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Trency Gu

Managing Director

Wayne Guo

Vice President

Ravi Gupta

Partner

Dannie Herzberg

Partner

Sonya Huang

Partner

Kais Khimji

Partner

Marie Klemchuk

CFO

Shailesh Lakhani

Managing Director - India

Jess Lee

Partner

Douglas Leone

Partner

Alfred Lin

Partner

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Xiaobo Lu

Partner, China

Shaun Maguire

Partner

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner

Matthew Miller

Partner

Michael Moritz

Partner

Momo Ong

Scout

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Lauren Reeder

Partner

George Robson

Partner

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Harshjit Sethi

Managing Director

Thomas Stephenson

Special Limited Partner

Sam Sun

Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Teng Lei

Associate

Shraeyansh Thakur

Principal

Donald Valentine

Founder

Mike Vernal

Early-Stage Partner

Don Vieira

Global Chief Policy Officer and Partner

Fred Wang

Managing Director, China

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital Global Equities

Cen Wang

Partner, China

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Past deals in Compliance

nsave

Series A in 2025
Nsave is a fintech startup that specializes in digital banking services, focusing on providing a secure platform for saving in various currencies, including USD, EUR, and GBP. The company aims to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that do not impose account restrictions, allowing customers to access global safe accounts for their funds. With a commitment to financial security, Nsave ensures that users can manage their savings with confidence and ease.

Bridge

Series A in 2024
Bridge is developer of an application programming interface for money movement within the financial technology sector. The company provides APIs that enable developers to convert various forms of currency into stablecoins and to facilitate instant, global transactions with built-in compliance and programmability features.

StrongDM

Series C in 2024
StrongDM, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2015. The company offers a platform designed to manage and audit access to various databases and servers for employees, vendors, and cloud-based tools. Its services enable organizations to efficiently create and remove users, manage permissions, and ensure proper data handling. StrongDM's platform simplifies the process of controlling access across multiple systems, enhancing security and compliance. In 2016, the company gained recognition as the Audience Favorite at the Strata+Hadoop World conference, highlighting its impact in the data management sector.

Oasis Security

Series A in 2024
Oasis Security is a technology developer specializing in non-human identity management solutions. Its platform focuses on providing enhanced visibility and risk assessment while incorporating vulnerability auto-remediation features. By simplifying secret management compliance, Oasis enables organizations to automatically detect and manage non-human identities, thereby improving their security posture. The company's approach allows clients to implement robust governance measures without the burden of operational complexity, effectively addressing security challenges and reinforcing their overall cybersecurity defenses.

Anrok

Series B in 2024
Anrok provides a sales tax software platform for SaaS businesses to monitor, calculate, and remit sales and value-added taxes across the entire financial stack. The solution automates tax calculations, filing, and remittance, offers configurable alerts and reporting, and delivers visibility into tax exposure. By consolidating tax management into one system, it aims to reduce manual work for finance teams and streamline compliance from startups to enterprises, generating audit-ready records.

nsave

Seed Round in 2024
Nsave is a fintech startup that specializes in digital banking services, focusing on providing a secure platform for saving in various currencies, including USD, EUR, and GBP. The company aims to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that do not impose account restrictions, allowing customers to access global safe accounts for their funds. With a commitment to financial security, Nsave ensures that users can manage their savings with confidence and ease.

Oasis Security

Series A in 2024
Oasis Security is a technology developer specializing in non-human identity management solutions. Its platform focuses on providing enhanced visibility and risk assessment while incorporating vulnerability auto-remediation features. By simplifying secret management compliance, Oasis enables organizations to automatically detect and manage non-human identities, thereby improving their security posture. The company's approach allows clients to implement robust governance measures without the burden of operational complexity, effectively addressing security challenges and reinforcing their overall cybersecurity defenses.

Blind Insights

Funding Round in 2023
Blind Insights is a technology company that specializes in data privacy and security. It offers a platform that enables organizations to extract valuable insights from sensitive data without compromising privacy or security. The platform operates by preserving the content of data, allowing it to be used for social good, business intelligence, and profit generation, all while maintaining compliance and security standards. This allows businesses to enhance their products and services without infringing on user privacy.

nsave

Seed Round in 2022
Nsave is a fintech startup that specializes in digital banking services, focusing on providing a secure platform for saving in various currencies, including USD, EUR, and GBP. The company aims to enhance financial inclusion by offering services that do not impose account restrictions, allowing customers to access global safe accounts for their funds. With a commitment to financial security, Nsave ensures that users can manage their savings with confidence and ease.

Middesk

Series B in 2022
Middesk, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, is an identity platform that specializes in automating business verification and enhancing decision-making processes for organizations. The company's platform offers comprehensive data on various businesses, allowing service providers to monitor changes in their customer base and gain a clearer understanding of client needs. By centralizing the credentialing process, Middesk enables companies to effectively manage risk and compliance with minimal friction, thus streamlining onboarding and increasing operational efficiency. Through its services, Middesk supports businesses in establishing, operating, and maintaining compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

Vanta

Series B in 2022
Vanta is a platform that simplifies security and compliance processes for organizations. It automates evidence collection for various compliance frameworks and offers continuous control monitoring to manage risk effectively.

Fides

Seed Round in 2022
Fides streamlines corporate governance by digitizing and automating entity and board processes globally. Its platform centralizes key information, facilitates workflows for governance decisions, reduces legal liabilities, accelerates deal-readiness, and prevents governance scandals.

Rippling

Series D in 2022
Rippling provides an integrated platform that combines HR, IT, payroll, and spend management to streamline the entire employee lifecycle. It automates onboarding, offboarding, payroll processing, benefits administration, and tax forms, and centralizes employee data and access management (devices, software, and email accounts) to reduce administrative work. The platform supports compliance monitoring, real-time financial visibility, and dynamic spend policies, enabling seamless IT provisioning, access control, and unified management. By removing manual tasks and enabling faster onboarding, Rippling helps companies save time, cut costs, and focus on growth.

Remote

Series C in 2022
Remote is a global HR solutions provider that facilitates international hiring and payroll management for distributed teams. They offer a platform designed to help companies recruit top talent worldwide, ensuring compliance with local laws while streamlining project allocation and payments. This enables businesses to expand their workforce globally, enhancing productivity and employment opportunities.

Anrok

Series A in 2022
Anrok provides a sales tax software platform for SaaS businesses to monitor, calculate, and remit sales and value-added taxes across the entire financial stack. The solution automates tax calculations, filing, and remittance, offers configurable alerts and reporting, and delivers visibility into tax exposure. By consolidating tax management into one system, it aims to reduce manual work for finance teams and streamline compliance from startups to enterprises, generating audit-ready records.

CaptivateIQ

Series C in 2022
CaptivateIQ, Inc. is a software company that specializes in managing and optimizing financial incentives, particularly through its sales commission platform. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, CaptivateIQ's solution automates commission tracking by consolidating data from various sources to accurately calculate payouts. The platform enables businesses to create customized incentive plans and generate insightful reports, streamlining commission administration and reducing reliance on error-prone spreadsheets and outdated tools. By providing a flexible and automated approach to managing commissions, CaptivateIQ aims to enhance team morale and overall company performance by ensuring that incentives are processed correctly and efficiently.

StrongDM

Series B in 2021
StrongDM, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2015. The company offers a platform designed to manage and audit access to various databases and servers for employees, vendors, and cloud-based tools. Its services enable organizations to efficiently create and remove users, manage permissions, and ensure proper data handling. StrongDM's platform simplifies the process of controlling access across multiple systems, enhancing security and compliance. In 2016, the company gained recognition as the Audience Favorite at the Strata+Hadoop World conference, highlighting its impact in the data management sector.

Monad

Series A in 2021
Monad develops a cybersecurity platform aimed at simplifying access to security data for DevOps and cloud engineering teams. The platform focuses on addressing data management challenges within the security sector by collecting, normalizing, and enriching data from various security tools, such as vulnerability management and asset management applications. By uniting disparate security data silos, Monad enables organizations to streamline their security and compliance workflows, allowing teams to effectively communicate and collaborate on critical security insights.

Remote

Series B in 2021
Remote is a global HR solutions provider that facilitates international hiring and payroll management for distributed teams. They offer a platform designed to help companies recruit top talent worldwide, ensuring compliance with local laws while streamlining project allocation and payments. This enables businesses to expand their workforce globally, enhancing productivity and employment opportunities.

OnlinePajak

Series C in 2021
OnlinePajak is a web-based platform designed to streamline corporate tax management. It enables businesses to prepare, pay, and file taxes online in an integrated application, aiming to enhance tax collection efficiency and reduce administrative burdens.

Anrok

Seed Round in 2021
Anrok provides a sales tax software platform for SaaS businesses to monitor, calculate, and remit sales and value-added taxes across the entire financial stack. The solution automates tax calculations, filing, and remittance, offers configurable alerts and reporting, and delivers visibility into tax exposure. By consolidating tax management into one system, it aims to reduce manual work for finance teams and streamline compliance from startups to enterprises, generating audit-ready records.

Vanta

Series A in 2021
Vanta is a platform that simplifies security and compliance processes for organizations. It automates evidence collection for various compliance frameworks and offers continuous control monitoring to manage risk effectively.

CaptivateIQ

Series B in 2021
CaptivateIQ, Inc. is a software company that specializes in managing and optimizing financial incentives, particularly through its sales commission platform. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, CaptivateIQ's solution automates commission tracking by consolidating data from various sources to accurately calculate payouts. The platform enables businesses to create customized incentive plans and generate insightful reports, streamlining commission administration and reducing reliance on error-prone spreadsheets and outdated tools. By providing a flexible and automated approach to managing commissions, CaptivateIQ aims to enhance team morale and overall company performance by ensuring that incentives are processed correctly and efficiently.

Middesk

Series A in 2021
Middesk, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, is an identity platform that specializes in automating business verification and enhancing decision-making processes for organizations. The company's platform offers comprehensive data on various businesses, allowing service providers to monitor changes in their customer base and gain a clearer understanding of client needs. By centralizing the credentialing process, Middesk enables companies to effectively manage risk and compliance with minimal friction, thus streamlining onboarding and increasing operational efficiency. Through its services, Middesk supports businesses in establishing, operating, and maintaining compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

Remote

Series A in 2020
Remote is a global HR solutions provider that facilitates international hiring and payroll management for distributed teams. They offer a platform designed to help companies recruit top talent worldwide, ensuring compliance with local laws while streamlining project allocation and payments. This enables businesses to expand their workforce globally, enhancing productivity and employment opportunities.

StrongDM

Series A in 2020
StrongDM, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2015. The company offers a platform designed to manage and audit access to various databases and servers for employees, vendors, and cloud-based tools. Its services enable organizations to efficiently create and remove users, manage permissions, and ensure proper data handling. StrongDM's platform simplifies the process of controlling access across multiple systems, enhancing security and compliance. In 2016, the company gained recognition as the Audience Favorite at the Strata+Hadoop World conference, highlighting its impact in the data management sector.

Monad

Seed Round in 2020
Monad develops a cybersecurity platform aimed at simplifying access to security data for DevOps and cloud engineering teams. The platform focuses on addressing data management challenges within the security sector by collecting, normalizing, and enriching data from various security tools, such as vulnerability management and asset management applications. By uniting disparate security data silos, Monad enables organizations to streamline their security and compliance workflows, allowing teams to effectively communicate and collaborate on critical security insights.

CaptivateIQ

Series A in 2020
CaptivateIQ, Inc. is a software company that specializes in managing and optimizing financial incentives, particularly through its sales commission platform. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, CaptivateIQ's solution automates commission tracking by consolidating data from various sources to accurately calculate payouts. The platform enables businesses to create customized incentive plans and generate insightful reports, streamlining commission administration and reducing reliance on error-prone spreadsheets and outdated tools. By providing a flexible and automated approach to managing commissions, CaptivateIQ aims to enhance team morale and overall company performance by ensuring that incentives are processed correctly and efficiently.

SafeBreach

Series C in 2020
SafeBreach Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in breach and attack simulation (BAS). Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with an additional office in Tel Aviv, Israel, SafeBreach offers a platform designed to enhance an organization's security posture by simulating real-world attack methods. The platform utilizes a comprehensive Hacker's Playbook, which includes a range of breach techniques derived from actual cyber incidents, to proactively identify vulnerabilities within an enterprise's network, cloud, and endpoints. By mimicking the tactics of cybercriminals, SafeBreach enables businesses to validate their security controls and improve the responsiveness of their security operations center (SOC) analysts. The platform can integrate with various security information and event management systems, ticketing solutions, and automation tools, providing continuous visibility into potential security threats and allowing organizations to address issues before they can be exploited by attackers.

Middesk

Seed Round in 2019
Middesk, Inc., founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, is an identity platform that specializes in automating business verification and enhancing decision-making processes for organizations. The company's platform offers comprehensive data on various businesses, allowing service providers to monitor changes in their customer base and gain a clearer understanding of client needs. By centralizing the credentialing process, Middesk enables companies to effectively manage risk and compliance with minimal friction, thus streamlining onboarding and increasing operational efficiency. Through its services, Middesk supports businesses in establishing, operating, and maintaining compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements.

OnlinePajak

Series A in 2017
OnlinePajak is a web-based platform designed to streamline corporate tax management. It enables businesses to prepare, pay, and file taxes online in an integrated application, aiming to enhance tax collection efficiency and reduce administrative burdens.

Skyhigh Networks

Series D in 2016
Skyhigh Networks, Inc. is a cloud access security company that provides solutions for enterprises looking to secure their data across various cloud services. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Campbell, California, the company specializes in cloud visibility software that protects against cyber threats while ensuring compliance and governance. Its flagship product, the Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Manager, enables organizations to securely adopt cloud services through rapid discovery and instant analysis, facilitating efficient data management. Additionally, the Skyhigh Security Cloud empowers businesses to identify, control, and safeguard data and user activities across multiple cloud platforms and devices. As of January 2018, Skyhigh Networks operates as a subsidiary of McAfee LLC.

Skyhigh Networks

Series C in 2014
Skyhigh Networks, Inc. is a cloud access security company that provides solutions for enterprises looking to secure their data across various cloud services. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Campbell, California, the company specializes in cloud visibility software that protects against cyber threats while ensuring compliance and governance. Its flagship product, the Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Manager, enables organizations to securely adopt cloud services through rapid discovery and instant analysis, facilitating efficient data management. Additionally, the Skyhigh Security Cloud empowers businesses to identify, control, and safeguard data and user activities across multiple cloud platforms and devices. As of January 2018, Skyhigh Networks operates as a subsidiary of McAfee LLC.

Hearsay Systems

Series C in 2013
Hearsay Systems, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in digital communication solutions for the financial services industry. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in cities such as New York and London, the company develops a client engagement platform aimed at assisting financial advisors in enhancing their business relationships. Hearsay's offerings include Hearsay Social, which automates social selling; Hearsay Sites for local website management; Hearsay Relate for SMS supervision; and the Hearsay Platform that connects various advisor engagement tools. The platform processes and prioritizes data from multiple digital channels, providing actionable insights that guide advisors in client interactions. Hearsay Systems serves a diverse range of sectors, including asset management, insurance, and wealth management, and also offers training, support, and compliance advisory services to its clients.

Skyhigh Networks

Series B in 2013
Skyhigh Networks, Inc. is a cloud access security company that provides solutions for enterprises looking to secure their data across various cloud services. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Campbell, California, the company specializes in cloud visibility software that protects against cyber threats while ensuring compliance and governance. Its flagship product, the Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Manager, enables organizations to securely adopt cloud services through rapid discovery and instant analysis, facilitating efficient data management. Additionally, the Skyhigh Security Cloud empowers businesses to identify, control, and safeguard data and user activities across multiple cloud platforms and devices. As of January 2018, Skyhigh Networks operates as a subsidiary of McAfee LLC.

iCreate Software

Series B in 2012
iCreate Software Pvt. Ltd. develops business intelligence (BI) and analytics products and solutions for banking and financial services markets. It offers Biz$core, a banking intelligence solution that enables users to control of their bank’s business performance; and Biz$Manage, an SLA-based managed model that transforms a team of BI into a BI and analytics center for banking sector. The company also provides DEED Workshop, a consulting engagement that helps to understand BI needs and create a BI roadmap. In addition, its business intelligence services include data warehouse design and implementation; extract, transform, and load; and OLAP, reporting, and dashboard development and deployment. Further, the company’s services include re-engineering and enhancement, data quality improvement and consulting, and data extraction and integration; and model development, validation, and integration with reporting. It offers solutions in the areas of BI and reporting, collections, compliance, risk management, and fraud detection. The company serves clients in Africa, the Middle East, APAC, and Europe regions. iCreate Software was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Hearsay Systems

Series B in 2011
Hearsay Systems, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in digital communication solutions for the financial services industry. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in cities such as New York and London, the company develops a client engagement platform aimed at assisting financial advisors in enhancing their business relationships. Hearsay's offerings include Hearsay Social, which automates social selling; Hearsay Sites for local website management; Hearsay Relate for SMS supervision; and the Hearsay Platform that connects various advisor engagement tools. The platform processes and prioritizes data from multiple digital channels, providing actionable insights that guide advisors in client interactions. Hearsay Systems serves a diverse range of sectors, including asset management, insurance, and wealth management, and also offers training, support, and compliance advisory services to its clients.

Hearsay Systems

Series A in 2011
Hearsay Systems, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in digital communication solutions for the financial services industry. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in cities such as New York and London, the company develops a client engagement platform aimed at assisting financial advisors in enhancing their business relationships. Hearsay's offerings include Hearsay Social, which automates social selling; Hearsay Sites for local website management; Hearsay Relate for SMS supervision; and the Hearsay Platform that connects various advisor engagement tools. The platform processes and prioritizes data from multiple digital channels, providing actionable insights that guide advisors in client interactions. Hearsay Systems serves a diverse range of sectors, including asset management, insurance, and wealth management, and also offers training, support, and compliance advisory services to its clients.

Pangea3

Series C in 2007
Pangea3 LLC is a leading provider of legal process outsourcing (LPO) services, catering primarily to Fortune 1000 companies and Am Law 200 law firms globally. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in New York City, with additional operations in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Dallas, Pangea3 offers a comprehensive range of services, including corporate transactional support, litigation assistance, intellectual property solutions, and governance, risk, and compliance services. The company specializes in contract drafting and management, compliance and risk management, and e-discovery, among other areas, enabling clients to enhance operational efficiency, mitigate legal risks, and achieve significant cost savings. In 2019, Pangea3 was acquired by Ernst & Young LLP, further solidifying its position in the legal outsourcing market.

ProSight

Series E in 2002
ProSight is a provider of enterprise investment management solutions tailored for government and business sectors. The company specializes in technologies that facilitate the planning and control of various business or technology investments. By combining software, services, and knowledge resources, ProSight equips organizations with the tools necessary for effective investment and performance management. This comprehensive approach enables clients to achieve rapid results, such as rationalizing current spending, optimizing support for their operations, and implementing active governance. ProSight's objective and auditable processes enhance collaboration among stakeholders, ultimately aiming to maximize return on investment for its customers.

Triple-A

Triple-A facilitates seamless business payments in both traditional and digital currencies. Licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and other regulatory bodies, Triple-A offers secure, compliant payment solutions via API or no-code integration, serving over 20,000 businesses worldwide.
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