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 Metals and Mining

Carbon Energy Technology

Series A in 2021
Carbon Energy Technology develops technology for carbon utilization and its commercialization.

MiningLamp

Series E in 2020
Beijing MiningLamp Software System Co., Ltd. is a Beijing-based company that specializes in developing big data software solutions for enterprises and the public sector. Founded in 2014, MiningLamp offers a range of products, including the Mininglamp Power Data Middle Office Solution, Atum Smart Retail Middle Office Solution, and a Public Security Knowledge Graph Platform. The firm provides clients with analysis and decision-making services, leveraging industry expertise, cognitive intelligence technology, and marketing intelligence platforms. MiningLamp focuses on integrating artificial intelligence with big data to help organizations create knowledge graphs and transform data into actionable insights. By connecting perceptual and cognitive intelligence, the company enables efficient operations and fosters innovation, allowing clients to invest more resources into creative endeavors. Its customer base includes notable organizations such as China UnionPay, CCTV, and China Postal Savings Bank.

MiningLamp

Series B in 2016
Beijing MiningLamp Software System Co., Ltd. is a Beijing-based company that specializes in developing big data software solutions for enterprises and the public sector. Founded in 2014, MiningLamp offers a range of products, including the Mininglamp Power Data Middle Office Solution, Atum Smart Retail Middle Office Solution, and a Public Security Knowledge Graph Platform. The firm provides clients with analysis and decision-making services, leveraging industry expertise, cognitive intelligence technology, and marketing intelligence platforms. MiningLamp focuses on integrating artificial intelligence with big data to help organizations create knowledge graphs and transform data into actionable insights. By connecting perceptual and cognitive intelligence, the company enables efficient operations and fosters innovation, allowing clients to invest more resources into creative endeavors. Its customer base includes notable organizations such as China UnionPay, CCTV, and China Postal Savings Bank.

500.com

Convertible Note in 2013
BIT Mining Limited is a cryptocurrency mining enterprise that acquires cryptocurrency mining machines to mine for both Bitcoin and Ethereum. The company was originally an online sports lottery service provider that aggregates and processes lottery purchase orders. It derives nearly all of its revenue from service fees paid by local sports lottery administration centers for the purchase orders of sports lottery products directed to such centers. BIT Mining Limited was founded in October 2001 in Shenzhen as 500wan.com Ltd., with a registered capital of RMB 50 million. The company secured venture capital investments of several million U.S. dollars from IDG Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, and SIG Capital in September 2007. It changed its name to 500.com in October 2013 and went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol WBAI on November 22, 2013.