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 stages of startups, including seed, early, and growth stages, and focuses on sectors such as technology, healthcare, financial services, internet, and mobile. Sequoia typically invests between $100,000 and $1 million in seed companies, $1 million to $10 million in early-stage ventures, and $10 million to $100 million in growth investments. The firm operates globally, with significant activities in regions like Israel, China, and India, where it partners with dynamic founders to build successful companies. Sequoia's extensive portfolio includes notable firms and offers valuable insights and resources, benefiting from decades of experience in the venture capital landscape.

Gian Adhitya

Associate

Rohit Agarwal

Investment Analyst

Akshay Agarwal

Associate

Suraj Agarwalla

Associate

Ashish Agrawal

Managing Director

Abheek Anand

Managing Director

Rajan Anandan

Managing Director

Bogomil Balkansky

Partner

Julien Bek

Partner

Mohit Bhatnagar

Managing Director

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Roelof Botha

Executive

Jaime Bott

Partner of Human Capital

Romie Boyd

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Anni Cai

Associate

Josephine Chen

Partner

Sakshi Chopra

Principal

William Coughran Ph.D

Partner

Charlie Curnin

Partner

James Flynn

Partner

Jim Goetz

Partner

Chinmaya Golecha

VP

Ajey Gore

Operating Partner of Technology

Pat Grady

Partner

Irwin R. Gross

MD

Ravi Gupta

Partner

Rachit Gupta

Associate

Kriti Gupta

Associate

Dannie Herzberg

Partner

Sonya Huang

Partner

Augustus Ilag

Associate

SK Jain

Co-Founderand MD

Amit Jain

Managing Director

Steve Yue Ji

Partner

Liu Jiang

Partner

Sandeep Kapoor

CLO and Compliance Officer, India

Aakash Kapoor

VP

Pieter Kemps

Principal

Kais Khimji

Partner

Marie Klemchuk

Global CFO

Shailesh Lakhani

Principal

Jess Lee

Partner

Doug Leone

Partner

Alfred Lin

Partner

Junrui Lin

Partner and Co-Head

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Cherry Lu

Partner

Patricia Ma

Director of People Operations

Shaun Maguire Ph.D

Partner

Nipun Mehra

VP and Investment Advisor

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner

Matthew Miller

Partner, Growth

Ishaan Mittal

Principal

Natalie Miyake

VP of Communications

Abhishek Mohan

Vice President

Michael Moritz

Managing Partner

Anirudh Bose Mullick

Head of Recruitment and VP

Shreyas Nair

Senior Associate

Kevin Pan

Managing Director

Prachi Pawar

Associate

Mayank Porwal

VP

Enita Pu

Partner

Amrut Rajkarne

Associate

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director

Andrew Reed

Partner

Lauren Reeder

Partner

Prasanna Rengarajan

Associate

George Robson

Partner

Anandamoy Roychowdhary

Principal

Anjana Sasidharan

Principal

R. Bryan Schreier

Partner

Harshjit Sethi

Principal

Tejeshwi Sharma

Managing Director

Navendu Sharma

Associate

Neil Shen

Managing Partner

Bharat Singh

Chief Financial Officer

Thomas Stephenson

Partner

Amy Sun

Partner

Johan Surani

vice_president

Ian Taylor

Head of scouts

Shraeyansh Thakur

Investment Analyst

Mike Vernal

Partner

Jeffrey Wang

Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager

Shenya Wang

Associate

Cen Wang

Partner, China

Klaus Wang

VP

Past deals in Beverages

Genki Forest

Venture Round in 2021
Genki Forest is a beverage company with Internet genes which specializes in making sugar-free and low-calorie products.

Wenheyou

Series B in 2021
Wenheyou operates a range of food and beverage brands.

The Whole Truth

Series A in 2021
And Nothing Else manufactures protein bars without added sugar, artificial sweetener, preservative, or flavoring and coloring agent.

HeyTea

Series D in 2021
HeyTea is a Chinese tea shop that specializes in cheese-topped tea and fruit tea. In 2012, HEYTEA originated from an alley in the riverside. Originally known as ROYALTEA , the royal tea was completely upgraded to the registered brand HEYTEA.

Wenheyou

Series A in 2021
Wenheyou operates a range of food and beverage brands.

Genki Forest

Venture Round in 2021
Genki Forest is a beverage company with Internet genes which specializes in making sugar-free and low-calorie products.

Saturnbird Coffee

Series B in 2020
Saturnbird Coffee is a ground coffee brand. Santurnbird’s products feature its unique brewing technology, which is claimed to be able to preserve the original flavor and scent of coffee beans. Its instant coffee powder product using this technology can be dissolved at any temperature is not just water, but milk and oat milk.

Genki Forest

Series C in 2020
Genki Forest is a beverage company with Internet genes which specializes in making sugar-free and low-calorie products.

Paper Boat

Series C in 2020
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform based in Haryana, India, that specializes in non-carbonated beverages and food products. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on reviving traditional Indian flavors, offering a range of drinks such as jaljeera, aamras, and tulsi tea, along with various snack items. By combining scientific observation with a passion for authentic tastes, Paper Boat aims to provide consumers with nostalgic beverages reminiscent of their childhood. The brand collaborates with prominent companies and personalities to enhance its offerings, ensuring a unique and enjoyable experience for its customers.

Kopi Kenangan

Series B in 2020
Kopi Kenangan is one of several grab-and-go coffee chains trying to capitalize on the rising trend and demand for grounded coffee beverages in a country which has the lowest coffee consumption per capita in the region, despite being the world’s fourth-largest coffee exporter.

Bira 91

Series B in 2020
Bira 91 is a modern beer brand focused on delivering flavorful and diverse beer options to consumers. The company offers a strong portfolio that includes five distinct beers: Bira 91 White, a low bitterness wheat beer; Bira 91 Blonde, an extra hoppy craft lager; Bira 91 Light, a low-calorie lager; Bira 91 Strong, a high-intensity wheat beer; and Bira 91 “The IPA,” noted as the first IPA brewed and bottled in India. By providing a variety of craft beers, Bira 91 aims to cater to the evolving tastes of beer enthusiasts and contribute to a global trend that favors more colorful and flavorful drinking experiences.

BuffX

Angel Round in 2020
BuffX engages in the manufacture and sale of supplementary food products and daily drinks. The company’s products include blueberry gummies, candies, and fruit juice capsules. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

Shijiazhuang Junlebao Dairy

Funding Round in 2020
Shijiazhuang Junlebao Dairy is operates as a dairy products company. The Company sells fluid milks, milk powder, and related products.

Guming

Seed Round in 2020
Zhejiang Guming Technology Co., Ltd. operates a chain of Gu Ming brand tea stores in China. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Taizhou, China.

JIANGXIAOBAI

Venture Round in 2019
Chinese sorghum spirit producer from Chongqing. Specializing in innovated light-aroma baijius with creative presentation.

Bira 91

Series B in 2019
Bira 91 is a modern beer brand focused on delivering flavorful and diverse beer options to consumers. The company offers a strong portfolio that includes five distinct beers: Bira 91 White, a low bitterness wheat beer; Bira 91 Blonde, an extra hoppy craft lager; Bira 91 Light, a low-calorie lager; Bira 91 Strong, a high-intensity wheat beer; and Bira 91 “The IPA,” noted as the first IPA brewed and bottled in India. By providing a variety of craft beers, Bira 91 aims to cater to the evolving tastes of beer enthusiasts and contribute to a global trend that favors more colorful and flavorful drinking experiences.

Kopi Kenangan

Series A in 2019
Kopi Kenangan is one of several grab-and-go coffee chains trying to capitalize on the rising trend and demand for grounded coffee beverages in a country which has the lowest coffee consumption per capita in the region, despite being the world’s fourth-largest coffee exporter.

HeyTea

Series C in 2019
HeyTea is a Chinese tea shop that specializes in cheese-topped tea and fruit tea. In 2012, HEYTEA originated from an alley in the riverside. Originally known as ROYALTEA , the royal tea was completely upgraded to the registered brand HEYTEA.

Paper Boat

Series C in 2018
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform based in Haryana, India, that specializes in non-carbonated beverages and food products. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on reviving traditional Indian flavors, offering a range of drinks such as jaljeera, aamras, and tulsi tea, along with various snack items. By combining scientific observation with a passion for authentic tastes, Paper Boat aims to provide consumers with nostalgic beverages reminiscent of their childhood. The brand collaborates with prominent companies and personalities to enhance its offerings, ensuring a unique and enjoyable experience for its customers.

Wolong

Venture Round in 2018
Wolong engages in processing, quality control, and brand building of nuts and dried fruits. It provides products, including daily nuts, dry fruits, vigor cube, and canned series.

RAW Pressery

Series C in 2018
RAW Pressery is a clean-label beverage brand that delivers cold-press juices, smoothies, soups, and nut milk to customers. RAW Pressery directly works with farmers to get the best quality fruits, vegetables, and nuts from across the world, pack the goodness in a bottle, and deliver it to the customers' doorstep. RAW Pressery was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2018
B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd. produces craft beer. The company provides light beer, white ale, strong ale, blonde lager, IPA, and boom strong and classic beers. B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd. was formerly known as Cerana Beverages Private Limited. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in New Delhi, India.

Bira 91

Series B in 2018
Bira 91 is a modern beer brand focused on delivering flavorful and diverse beer options to consumers. The company offers a strong portfolio that includes five distinct beers: Bira 91 White, a low bitterness wheat beer; Bira 91 Blonde, an extra hoppy craft lager; Bira 91 Light, a low-calorie lager; Bira 91 Strong, a high-intensity wheat beer; and Bira 91 “The IPA,” noted as the first IPA brewed and bottled in India. By providing a variety of craft beers, Bira 91 aims to cater to the evolving tastes of beer enthusiasts and contribute to a global trend that favors more colorful and flavorful drinking experiences.

Paper Boat

Series C in 2017
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform based in Haryana, India, that specializes in non-carbonated beverages and food products. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on reviving traditional Indian flavors, offering a range of drinks such as jaljeera, aamras, and tulsi tea, along with various snack items. By combining scientific observation with a passion for authentic tastes, Paper Boat aims to provide consumers with nostalgic beverages reminiscent of their childhood. The brand collaborates with prominent companies and personalities to enhance its offerings, ensuring a unique and enjoyable experience for its customers.

RAW Pressery

Series C in 2017
RAW Pressery is a clean-label beverage brand that delivers cold-press juices, smoothies, soups, and nut milk to customers. RAW Pressery directly works with farmers to get the best quality fruits, vegetables, and nuts from across the world, pack the goodness in a bottle, and deliver it to the customers' doorstep. RAW Pressery was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Paper Boat

Series C in 2017
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform based in Haryana, India, that specializes in non-carbonated beverages and food products. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on reviving traditional Indian flavors, offering a range of drinks such as jaljeera, aamras, and tulsi tea, along with various snack items. By combining scientific observation with a passion for authentic tastes, Paper Boat aims to provide consumers with nostalgic beverages reminiscent of their childhood. The brand collaborates with prominent companies and personalities to enhance its offerings, ensuring a unique and enjoyable experience for its customers.

B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Venture Round in 2017
B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd. produces craft beer. The company provides light beer, white ale, strong ale, blonde lager, IPA, and boom strong and classic beers. B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd. was formerly known as Cerana Beverages Private Limited. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in New Delhi, India.

Bira 91

Series B in 2017
Bira 91 is a modern beer brand focused on delivering flavorful and diverse beer options to consumers. The company offers a strong portfolio that includes five distinct beers: Bira 91 White, a low bitterness wheat beer; Bira 91 Blonde, an extra hoppy craft lager; Bira 91 Light, a low-calorie lager; Bira 91 Strong, a high-intensity wheat beer; and Bira 91 “The IPA,” noted as the first IPA brewed and bottled in India. By providing a variety of craft beers, Bira 91 aims to cater to the evolving tastes of beer enthusiasts and contribute to a global trend that favors more colorful and flavorful drinking experiences.

RAW Pressery

Series B in 2016
RAW Pressery is a clean-label beverage brand that delivers cold-press juices, smoothies, soups, and nut milk to customers. RAW Pressery directly works with farmers to get the best quality fruits, vegetables, and nuts from across the world, pack the goodness in a bottle, and deliver it to the customers' doorstep. RAW Pressery was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Bira 91

Series A in 2016
Bira 91 is a modern beer brand focused on delivering flavorful and diverse beer options to consumers. The company offers a strong portfolio that includes five distinct beers: Bira 91 White, a low bitterness wheat beer; Bira 91 Blonde, an extra hoppy craft lager; Bira 91 Light, a low-calorie lager; Bira 91 Strong, a high-intensity wheat beer; and Bira 91 “The IPA,” noted as the first IPA brewed and bottled in India. By providing a variety of craft beers, Bira 91 aims to cater to the evolving tastes of beer enthusiasts and contribute to a global trend that favors more colorful and flavorful drinking experiences.

RAW Pressery

Seed Round in 2015
RAW Pressery is a clean-label beverage brand that delivers cold-press juices, smoothies, soups, and nut milk to customers. RAW Pressery directly works with farmers to get the best quality fruits, vegetables, and nuts from across the world, pack the goodness in a bottle, and deliver it to the customers' doorstep. RAW Pressery was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Ganyuan

Angel Round in 2015
Ganyuan Foods Co., Ltd engages in the research and development, production, and sale of legumes and nuts. The principal products include traditional roasted seeds and nuts, such as broad beans, melon seeds, green beans, peanuts, fried rice and beans, and nut products represented by cashew nuts and macadamia nuts. Ganyuan Foods Co., Ltd was founded in 2006 and is based in Pingxiang, China.

Paper Boat

Series C in 2015
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform based in Haryana, India, that specializes in non-carbonated beverages and food products. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on reviving traditional Indian flavors, offering a range of drinks such as jaljeera, aamras, and tulsi tea, along with various snack items. By combining scientific observation with a passion for authentic tastes, Paper Boat aims to provide consumers with nostalgic beverages reminiscent of their childhood. The brand collaborates with prominent companies and personalities to enhance its offerings, ensuring a unique and enjoyable experience for its customers.

Haocaitou

Venture Round in 2015
Haocaitou Fujian Food Co., Ltd is manufactures and exports beverages, cakes, candies and other products. FUJIAN HAOCAITOU FOOD CO., LED, is one of the most professional manufacture engaged in the research and development, production, sale and service of candy, beverage and baked foods. Founded in 1985, restructured into a joint-stock company in 1995. Fujian Jiangsu, Hubei, Guizhou, with building area totally 440000 square meters, having nearly 3000 employees working for it to supply nearly annual output value of $500 million

RAW Pressery

Seed Round in 2015
RAW Pressery is a clean-label beverage brand that delivers cold-press juices, smoothies, soups, and nut milk to customers. RAW Pressery directly works with farmers to get the best quality fruits, vegetables, and nuts from across the world, pack the goodness in a bottle, and deliver it to the customers' doorstep. RAW Pressery was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Paper Boat

Series B in 2015
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform based in Haryana, India, that specializes in non-carbonated beverages and food products. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on reviving traditional Indian flavors, offering a range of drinks such as jaljeera, aamras, and tulsi tea, along with various snack items. By combining scientific observation with a passion for authentic tastes, Paper Boat aims to provide consumers with nostalgic beverages reminiscent of their childhood. The brand collaborates with prominent companies and personalities to enhance its offerings, ensuring a unique and enjoyable experience for its customers.

RAW Pressery

Seed Round in 2015
RAW Pressery is a clean-label beverage brand that delivers cold-press juices, smoothies, soups, and nut milk to customers. RAW Pressery directly works with farmers to get the best quality fruits, vegetables, and nuts from across the world, pack the goodness in a bottle, and deliver it to the customers' doorstep. RAW Pressery was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Jiuxian

Series F in 2014
Jiuxian is an online retail platform that specializes in the sale of alcoholic beverages, including both imported and domestically produced wines and liquors. Founded in 2009 by He Haofeng, the company is headquartered in Beijing, China. Jiuxian's platform offers a diverse selection of foreign liquor and premium wines, catering to consumers seeking unique and high-quality alcoholic products. In addition to its retail services, Jiuxian provides delivery and after-sale support to enhance customer satisfaction.

HeyJuice

Series A in 2014
Developer and Manufacturer of juice. The company uses ultra-high-pressure sterilization technology to offer various kinds of high-end juice for different purposes such as dieting to lose weight and fitness.

Bira 91

Seed Round in 2014
Bira 91 is a modern beer brand focused on delivering flavorful and diverse beer options to consumers. The company offers a strong portfolio that includes five distinct beers: Bira 91 White, a low bitterness wheat beer; Bira 91 Blonde, an extra hoppy craft lager; Bira 91 Light, a low-calorie lager; Bira 91 Strong, a high-intensity wheat beer; and Bira 91 “The IPA,” noted as the first IPA brewed and bottled in India. By providing a variety of craft beers, Bira 91 aims to cater to the evolving tastes of beer enthusiasts and contribute to a global trend that favors more colorful and flavorful drinking experiences.

Jiuxian

Series E in 2014
Jiuxian is an online retail platform that specializes in the sale of alcoholic beverages, including both imported and domestically produced wines and liquors. Founded in 2009 by He Haofeng, the company is headquartered in Beijing, China. Jiuxian's platform offers a diverse selection of foreign liquor and premium wines, catering to consumers seeking unique and high-quality alcoholic products. In addition to its retail services, Jiuxian provides delivery and after-sale support to enhance customer satisfaction.

Paper Boat

Series B in 2013
Paper Boat is an e-commerce platform based in Haryana, India, that specializes in non-carbonated beverages and food products. Founded in 2009, the company focuses on reviving traditional Indian flavors, offering a range of drinks such as jaljeera, aamras, and tulsi tea, along with various snack items. By combining scientific observation with a passion for authentic tastes, Paper Boat aims to provide consumers with nostalgic beverages reminiscent of their childhood. The brand collaborates with prominent companies and personalities to enhance its offerings, ensuring a unique and enjoyable experience for its customers.

Jiuxian

Series B in 2011
Jiuxian is an online retail platform that specializes in the sale of alcoholic beverages, including both imported and domestically produced wines and liquors. Founded in 2009 by He Haofeng, the company is headquartered in Beijing, China. Jiuxian's platform offers a diverse selection of foreign liquor and premium wines, catering to consumers seeking unique and high-quality alcoholic products. In addition to its retail services, Jiuxian provides delivery and after-sale support to enhance customer satisfaction.

Prataap Snacks Limited

Series A in 2011
Prataap Snacks has a diversified product portfolio including traditional and western snacks. Company manufacture and sell it's snacks under three major savory snack food categories: 1. Extruded Snacks: Processed, reconstituted and shaped potato or cereal based snacks. This includes Puffs, Rings, Pellets and Chulbule products. 2. Chips: Fried, sliced chips or crisps made from potatoes, hummus, lentils. 3. Namkeen: Traditional savoury Indian snack which includes products such as moong dal, masala or fried nuts, sev and bhujia.

Tenfu Group

Series A in 2010
The Tenfu Corporation was conceived by “Worldwide King of Tea” (as per People’s Daily), Mr Lee Rie-Ho. We are a private label tea company based in the People’s Republic of China.

Feihe International

Venture Round in 2009
Feihe is the largest domestic-brand baby formula supplier in China, and registered for an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange this year, according to bankruptcy court papers. The company had traded on the New York Stock Exchange until 2013, when it was taken private by its chief executive and Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia.

Cafe Coffee Day

Venture Round in 2006
Cafe Coffee Day is a coffee shop, providing a full range of coffee products through a robust and transparent system of farming and social responsibility. To design, develop, and deliver coffee-products, it maintains practices in advisory, sustainable farming, retail, products, technology, solutions, corporate social responsibility, and operations. Cafe Coffee Day was founded in 1996 and is based in Bangalore.