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 Photo Software

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.

Versa

Seed Round in 2017
Versa, established in 2017 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, specializes in developing artificial intelligence-powered video and photo editing applications. Its flagship product, Macaron Play Picture, is an intelligent recognition AI visual production tool that enables users to draw, create pictures, and make videos with ease. The company's mission is to democratize art creation by leveraging AI, allowing users to express their creativity without needing extensive artistic talent.

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.

Instagram

Series B in 2012
Instagram, established in 2010, is a San Francisco-based company that develops a free, user-friendly photo and video-sharing application. It enables users to capture, edit with custom-built filter effects, and share their content on various social networks. Compatible with iOS and Android devices, Instagram fosters self-expression and interest discovery. In 2012, Facebook acquired the company.

L99.com

Series A in 2010
l99.com's is a Chinese company offering location-based services which, combined with photo sharing, communication tools, and other social features, enables user to record their life as a journal. l99.com also explores the location gaming market with a multiple product strategy and enhances the degree of polymerization of websites via a one-stop gaming service, which is the first of its kind around the world. A few years ago, it published the time axis function, which was adopted by Facebook at the end of 2010, and is widely recognized by the international community. The company was hailed as a design-oriented enterprise that combined science and technology with human nature.

ImageShack

Series A in 2007
ImageShack is a media hosting company based in Los Gatos, California, founded in November 2003 by Alexander Levin and Jack Levin. It specializes in hosting images and videos, allowing users worldwide to upload, store, and share their media content. The company operates several platforms, including Imageshack.com and Yfrog, the latter serving as a social network for sharing images and videos. In October 2012, ImageShack introduced SkyPath, an application designed to sync with user accounts and their photo libraries. Through its services, ImageShack provides users with the tools to easily manage and share digital media.

Dblur Technologies

Series B in 2006
Dblur Technologies specializes in software lens technology designed for various camera types, including cellular, digital, security, medical, and automotive cameras. Established in 2000 and located in Herzliya Pituach, Israel, the company focuses on delivering innovative software solutions primarily to camera manufacturers. Dblur Technologies also provides cost-effective solutions for mobile phone camera vendors, assisting in the design of miniature cameras.
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