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

Roelof Botha

Executive

Jaime Bott

Partner of Human Capital

Anni Cai

Associate

Sakshi Chopra

Principal

William Coughran Ph.D

Partner

Chinmaya Golecha

VP

Ajey Gore

Operating Partner of Technology

Pat Grady

Partner

Irwin R. Gross

MD

Rachit Gupta

Associate

Kriti Gupta

Associate

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

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

Matthew Miller

Partner, Growth

Ishaan Mittal

Principal

Abhishek Mohan

Vice President

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

Prasanna Rengarajan

Associate

Anandamoy Roychowdhary

Principal

Anjana Sasidharan

Principal

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 FinTech

Tazapay

Series A in 2023
Tazapay is a trade management platform that focuses on enhancing cross-border commerce for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The platform addresses trust barriers often encountered in international trade by offering essential financial technology tools and services. It enables users to conduct background checks on trade partners and safeguards payments through digital escrows. Additionally, Tazapay provides templated proposals and contracts, along with other related services, to streamline negotiations and reduce friction in trade transactions. By facilitating these processes, Tazapay aims to increase the success rate of international trade for SMBs.

Leap

Series D in 2022
Leap Finance is a fintech startup focused on supporting Indian students who wish to pursue higher education abroad. The company offers a range of financial products and services, including loan options, specifically designed to facilitate international studies. By addressing the financial challenges faced by students, Leap Finance aims to make overseas education more accessible and achievable for its clientele.

Lean

Series A in 2022
Lean Technologies Limited is a Saudi B2B company that specializes in providing a developer-friendly application programming interface (API) platform aimed at facilitating access to financial data and payment initiation for fintech companies. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Riyadh, the company partners with financial institutions to create an integration layer that enhances existing systems while ensuring transparency and control over shared customer data. Lean offers a Universal API that allows fintechs to connect with multiple financial institutions through a single platform, thereby simplifying the integration process and enabling seamless access to users' bank accounts. This approach helps both developers and financial institutions navigate the complexities of financial infrastructure while maintaining oversight and security.

Personetics

Private Equity Round in 2022
Personetics Technologies Ltd. specializes in customer interaction technology tailored for the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in White Plains, New York, with research and development facilities in Nazareth, Israel, and additional offices in Singapore and Tel Aviv, the company offers solutions such as Personetics Digital Banker, which enhances customer engagement through self-service capabilities across multiple channels, including web and mobile. Its Personetics Anywhere platform allows financial institutions to deliver personalized assistance via messaging applications. Additionally, the Self-Driving Finance engagement platform provides varying levels of guidance for retail, small business, and wealth management clients, improving customer experience while reducing operational costs for financial institutions. By utilizing a real-time analytics engine, Personetics enables banks to better understand customer intent and convert passive users into active participants in digital banking.

TONIK

Series B in 2022
TONIK provides retail financial products, including deposits, loans, current accounts, payments, and cards on a highly secure digital banking platform.

Jupiter

Series C in 2021
Jupiter, operated by Amica Financial Technologies Private Limited, is a digital retail bank based in Mumbai, India, focused on providing a co-created banking experience tailored specifically for millennials. Established in 2019, Jupiter offers a range of services including automated savings, loans, debit cards, and 24/7 customer support. The platform also provides users with insights into their spending habits and financial growth, enhancing their understanding of personal finance. In addition to these banking services, Jupiter engages in various consultancy activities, including legal, accounting, and market research, positioning itself as a comprehensive financial service provider.

Fintual

Series B in 2021
Fintual is a digital investment platform that caters to young professionals looking to make informed investment decisions. The company offers financial advisory services that leverage artificial intelligence to assess clients' risk profiles. Based on this analysis, Fintual provides personalized investment recommendations, helping users to navigate the complexities of investing. The platform aims to empower clients with fundamental financial knowledge, enabling them to manage and grow their investments online effectively.

Beta Finance

Venture Round in 2021
Beta Finance is a permissionless money market protocol for lending, borrowing, and short-selling crypto assets. It aims to offset crypto volatility and bring market stability. Its one-click solution enables traders without technical know-how to manage and update their short positions on any token with all relevant token information directly available on the interface to guide their decision.

Leap

Series C in 2021
Leap Finance is a fintech startup focused on supporting Indian students who wish to pursue higher education abroad. The company offers a range of financial products and services, including loan options, specifically designed to facilitate international studies. By addressing the financial challenges faced by students, Leap Finance aims to make overseas education more accessible and achievable for its clientele.

Jupiter

Series B in 2021
Jupiter, operated by Amica Financial Technologies Private Limited, is a digital retail bank based in Mumbai, India, focused on providing a co-created banking experience tailored specifically for millennials. Established in 2019, Jupiter offers a range of services including automated savings, loans, debit cards, and 24/7 customer support. The platform also provides users with insights into their spending habits and financial growth, enhancing their understanding of personal finance. In addition to these banking services, Jupiter engages in various consultancy activities, including legal, accounting, and market research, positioning itself as a comprehensive financial service provider.

Pomelo

Seed Round in 2021
Pomelo is building a fintech-as-a-service platform for Latin America.

TONIK

Series A in 2021
TONIK provides retail financial products, including deposits, loans, current accounts, payments, and cards on a highly secure digital banking platform.

Fiture

Series B in 2021
Fiture, a fitness technology company, is redefining the home fitness scenarios through intelligent hardware and AI-empowered fitness content.

Leap

Series B in 2021
Leap Finance is a fintech startup focused on supporting Indian students who wish to pursue higher education abroad. The company offers a range of financial products and services, including loan options, specifically designed to facilitate international studies. By addressing the financial challenges faced by students, Leap Finance aims to make overseas education more accessible and achievable for its clientele.

Personetics

Private Equity Round in 2021
Personetics Technologies Ltd. specializes in customer interaction technology tailored for the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in White Plains, New York, with research and development facilities in Nazareth, Israel, and additional offices in Singapore and Tel Aviv, the company offers solutions such as Personetics Digital Banker, which enhances customer engagement through self-service capabilities across multiple channels, including web and mobile. Its Personetics Anywhere platform allows financial institutions to deliver personalized assistance via messaging applications. Additionally, the Self-Driving Finance engagement platform provides varying levels of guidance for retail, small business, and wealth management clients, improving customer experience while reducing operational costs for financial institutions. By utilizing a real-time analytics engine, Personetics enables banks to better understand customer intent and convert passive users into active participants in digital banking.

Two

Seed Round in 2021
Tillit is a fintech startup focused on creating a buy now, pay later solution specifically for business-to-business (B2B) transactions. The company aims to streamline the purchasing process for businesses by providing flexible payment options that enhance cash flow management. Additionally, it operates an investment platform designed to empower investors by offering a user-friendly interface and engaging content. This platform features a curated selection of investment funds, complete with detailed information and tools, enabling users to make informed investment decisions with ease. Through its innovative solutions, Tillit seeks to facilitate financial transactions and investment opportunities for businesses and individuals alike.

Finova Capital

Series C in 2020
Finova Capital Pvt Ltd is a non-banking financial company based in Jaipur, India, established in 2015. The company specializes in providing loans to financially excluded individuals and unorganized micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Finova Capital focuses on offering residential and commercial mortgage loans, as well as top-up loans, to support both urban and rural populations. Its mission is to enhance the lives of underserved communities by making finance accessible at reasonable costs while ensuring transparency in its operations. By empowering micro and small businesses, Finova Capital aims to facilitate economic growth and contribute to community transformation.

Fiture

Series A in 2020
Fiture, a fitness technology company, is redefining the home fitness scenarios through intelligent hardware and AI-empowered fitness content.

TONIK

Series A in 2020
TONIK provides retail financial products, including deposits, loans, current accounts, payments, and cards on a highly secure digital banking platform.

Leap

Seed Round in 2020
Leap Finance is a fintech startup focused on supporting Indian students who wish to pursue higher education abroad. The company offers a range of financial products and services, including loan options, specifically designed to facilitate international studies. By addressing the financial challenges faced by students, Leap Finance aims to make overseas education more accessible and achievable for its clientele.

Finix

Series B in 2020
Finix Payments, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides a payment infrastructure platform designed to help businesses manage and monetize their payment processes effectively. Founded in 2015, Finix offers a range of services, including a payment facilitator platform that includes features such as tokenization, merchant onboarding, reporting, reconciliation, settlements, and chargeback management. The company enables businesses to avoid the complexities and costs associated with developing an in-house payment system. Additionally, through a partnership with Visa, Finix facilitates real-time push-to-card payments, enhancing the efficiency of disbursements. Finix's solutions aim to improve the payment experience for both businesses and their customers, recognizing the critical role that effective payment technology plays in driving revenue.

Fi Money

Seed Round in 2020
Fi Money operates a digital banking platform designed to enhance personal finance management. The platform offers users digital bank accounts and co-branded debit cards that consolidate various financial services into a single mobile interface. This integration allows users to manage their finances more effectively by automatically setting aside funds, thereby optimizing their savings. Fi Money aims to empower individuals to take control of their financial well-being, providing features tailored to their unique needs and aspirations.

Fussen Technology

Series C in 2020
Fussen Technology is a digital oral total solution provider

Jupiter

Seed Round in 2019
Jupiter, operated by Amica Financial Technologies Private Limited, is a digital retail bank based in Mumbai, India, focused on providing a co-created banking experience tailored specifically for millennials. Established in 2019, Jupiter offers a range of services including automated savings, loans, debit cards, and 24/7 customer support. The platform also provides users with insights into their spending habits and financial growth, enhancing their understanding of personal finance. In addition to these banking services, Jupiter engages in various consultancy activities, including legal, accounting, and market research, positioning itself as a comprehensive financial service provider.

Jupiter

Seed Round in 2019
Jupiter, operated by Amica Financial Technologies Private Limited, is a digital retail bank based in Mumbai, India, focused on providing a co-created banking experience tailored specifically for millennials. Established in 2019, Jupiter offers a range of services including automated savings, loans, debit cards, and 24/7 customer support. The platform also provides users with insights into their spending habits and financial growth, enhancing their understanding of personal finance. In addition to these banking services, Jupiter engages in various consultancy activities, including legal, accounting, and market research, positioning itself as a comprehensive financial service provider.

Digifin

Seed Round in 2019
Digifin is a digital banking startup that has a comprehensive digital account opening platform along with the back office solution. It aims at simplifying and speeding up the account opening process. It also streamlines business processes and provides customer insight with the intent to support customer loyalty and retention. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Chennai, India with offices in the USA and UAE.

Fiture

Seed Round in 2019
Fiture, a fitness technology company, is redefining the home fitness scenarios through intelligent hardware and AI-empowered fitness content.

Finova Capital

Series B in 2019
Finova Capital Pvt Ltd is a non-banking financial company based in Jaipur, India, established in 2015. The company specializes in providing loans to financially excluded individuals and unorganized micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Finova Capital focuses on offering residential and commercial mortgage loans, as well as top-up loans, to support both urban and rural populations. Its mission is to enhance the lives of underserved communities by making finance accessible at reasonable costs while ensuring transparency in its operations. By empowering micro and small businesses, Finova Capital aims to facilitate economic growth and contribute to community transformation.

Qianhai Yuandao

Seed Round in 2018
Qianhai Yuandao is a Fintech company.

Finova Capital

Series A in 2018
Finova Capital Pvt Ltd is a non-banking financial company based in Jaipur, India, established in 2015. The company specializes in providing loans to financially excluded individuals and unorganized micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Finova Capital focuses on offering residential and commercial mortgage loans, as well as top-up loans, to support both urban and rural populations. Its mission is to enhance the lives of underserved communities by making finance accessible at reasonable costs while ensuring transparency in its operations. By empowering micro and small businesses, Finova Capital aims to facilitate economic growth and contribute to community transformation.

FinTell

Series A in 2018
FinTell Financial Service Outsourcing (Beijing) Co., Ltd. provides financial solutions using mobile Internet big data, artificial intelligence technology and specialized risk control experience. The company’s products include long loan index, address integrity index, credit monitoring program, and rich watchlist. It also offers consumer risk management products and SME risk management products; Customized products, including credit model, anti-fraud model, collection model, and modeling for small and micro size enterprises; end-to-end lending solutions; and credit underwriting, anti-fraud, and digital customer acquisition solutions. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Beijing, China with additional offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Chengdu, China.

JD Digits

Venture Round in 2016
JD Digits, formerly known as JD Finance, is a prominent provider of financial technology solutions in China, established in 2013. The company offers a comprehensive online platform for various financial services, including consumer and business loans, crowdfunding, investment management, and insurance. By leveraging JD.com’s extensive data resources and e-commerce expertise, JD Digits aims to enhance the efficiency of financial services for individuals and businesses. In November 2018, it was rebranded to JD Digital Technology, reflecting its commitment to integrating digital technology with financial and physical industries. The company focuses on areas such as digital finance, agriculture, marketing, and urban development, employing advanced technologies like artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. JD Digits has developed a robust financial ecosystem, connecting financial institutions and facilitating access to financing and business development services for early-stage enterprises. Through its innovative products and strong risk control capabilities, JD Digits seeks to create long-term social value while improving the overall effectiveness of the financial industry.

PPDai

Series C in 2015
FinVolution Group, formerly known as PPDai, is an online platform for peer-to-peer small unsecured loans in China. It builds a safe, high-performance, honest network platform with creative technology and ideals. FinVolution Group standardizes personal behaviors of debit and credit and brings returns to both lenders and borrowers. FinVolution was founded in August 2007 by founders from well-known companies.

WeLab

Series A in 2015
WeLab is reinventing traditional financial services by creating seamless digital experiences. With the company's proprietary risk management technology, WeLab effectively analyzes unstructured mobile big data within seconds to provide innovative financial services and offer consumer financing solutions for individual customers. WeLab also offers B2B enterprise solutions by partnering with traditional financial institutions, which utilize WeLab’s technology to offer fintech-enabled services to their customers.

PPDai

Series B in 2014
FinVolution Group, formerly known as PPDai, is an online platform for peer-to-peer small unsecured loans in China. It builds a safe, high-performance, honest network platform with creative technology and ideals. FinVolution Group standardizes personal behaviors of debit and credit and brings returns to both lenders and borrowers. FinVolution was founded in August 2007 by founders from well-known companies.

Personetics

Series B in 2013
Personetics Technologies Ltd. specializes in customer interaction technology tailored for the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in White Plains, New York, with research and development facilities in Nazareth, Israel, and additional offices in Singapore and Tel Aviv, the company offers solutions such as Personetics Digital Banker, which enhances customer engagement through self-service capabilities across multiple channels, including web and mobile. Its Personetics Anywhere platform allows financial institutions to deliver personalized assistance via messaging applications. Additionally, the Self-Driving Finance engagement platform provides varying levels of guidance for retail, small business, and wealth management clients, improving customer experience while reducing operational costs for financial institutions. By utilizing a real-time analytics engine, Personetics enables banks to better understand customer intent and convert passive users into active participants in digital banking.

Fintellix

Series B in 2012
Fintellix Solutions Private Limited specializes in analytics, risk, and compliance solutions tailored for the banking sector. The company provides a comprehensive suite of offerings, including the Fintellix platform for data management and processing, the Fintellix Data Foundation for core system integration and data hubs, and Fintellix Cloud for cloud-based compliance and analytics solutions. Their products encompass Fintellix Compliance for regulatory reporting and asset quality management, Fintellix Risk for market and credit risk solutions, and Fintellix Analytics for business intelligence. Additionally, Fintellix offers information management services, banking technology consulting, and various business applications. The firm serves a diverse clientele of local, regional, and global banks across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, and ASEAN. Founded in 2006 and based in Bengaluru, India, Fintellix was previously known as iCreate Software India Pvt. Ltd. and is a subsidiary of Argus Information & Advisory Services, LLC.

PPDai

Series A in 2012
FinVolution Group, formerly known as PPDai, is an online platform for peer-to-peer small unsecured loans in China. It builds a safe, high-performance, honest network platform with creative technology and ideals. FinVolution Group standardizes personal behaviors of debit and credit and brings returns to both lenders and borrowers. FinVolution was founded in August 2007 by founders from well-known companies.

Hitachi Payment Services

Venture Round in 2011
Hitachi Payment Services is focused on establishing a secure and innovative payments ecosystem, primarily serving financial institutions, retailers, and service providers. The company emerged from the integration of Integrated Maintenance and Services Private Limited and the investment from Sequoia Capital. Through its brand, Prizm Payments, it aims to create a modern payments network that benefits all stakeholders. Hitachi Payment Services operates in 70 cities across India, catering to 20 prominent corporate clients and managing over 3,500 electronic transaction terminals, including ATMs and kiosks. With 43 spare part depots nationwide and a rework center in Chennai, the company ensures that clients have prompt access to support and maintenance services.

Personetics

Series A in 2011
Personetics Technologies Ltd. specializes in customer interaction technology tailored for the financial services sector. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in White Plains, New York, with research and development facilities in Nazareth, Israel, and additional offices in Singapore and Tel Aviv, the company offers solutions such as Personetics Digital Banker, which enhances customer engagement through self-service capabilities across multiple channels, including web and mobile. Its Personetics Anywhere platform allows financial institutions to deliver personalized assistance via messaging applications. Additionally, the Self-Driving Finance engagement platform provides varying levels of guidance for retail, small business, and wealth management clients, improving customer experience while reducing operational costs for financial institutions. By utilizing a real-time analytics engine, Personetics enables banks to better understand customer intent and convert passive users into active participants in digital banking.

Green Dot

Venture Round in 2008
Green Dot Corporation is a financial technology and bank holding company based in Pasadena, California. The company operates primarily in two segments: Account Services and Processing and Settlement Services. It offers a variety of financial products, including prepaid debit cards, checking accounts for consumers and small businesses, gift cards, and secured credit cards. Green Dot is recognized as a leading provider of general-purpose reloadable prepaid debit cards, which are widely accessible through a network of approximately 50,000 retail locations, including major chains such as Walmart and Walgreens. The company also provides services like cash loading at point-of-sale locations, mobile banking, and electronic cash remittance services. Its technology platform, Green PlaNET, facilitates secure, real-time transactions and enhances the efficiency of its operations. Green Dot markets its services under various brand names, including Green Dot and GoBank, and distributes its products through retail outlets, direct-to-consumer channels, and its Banking as a Service platform. Established in 1999 and rebranded in 2005, Green Dot continues to innovate in the prepaid financial services sector.

Green Dot

Series B in 2006
Green Dot Corporation is a financial technology and bank holding company based in Pasadena, California. The company operates primarily in two segments: Account Services and Processing and Settlement Services. It offers a variety of financial products, including prepaid debit cards, checking accounts for consumers and small businesses, gift cards, and secured credit cards. Green Dot is recognized as a leading provider of general-purpose reloadable prepaid debit cards, which are widely accessible through a network of approximately 50,000 retail locations, including major chains such as Walmart and Walgreens. The company also provides services like cash loading at point-of-sale locations, mobile banking, and electronic cash remittance services. Its technology platform, Green PlaNET, facilitates secure, real-time transactions and enhances the efficiency of its operations. Green Dot markets its services under various brand names, including Green Dot and GoBank, and distributes its products through retail outlets, direct-to-consumer channels, and its Banking as a Service platform. Established in 1999 and rebranded in 2005, Green Dot continues to innovate in the prepaid financial services sector.

Green Dot

Series A in 2003
Green Dot Corporation is a financial technology and bank holding company based in Pasadena, California. The company operates primarily in two segments: Account Services and Processing and Settlement Services. It offers a variety of financial products, including prepaid debit cards, checking accounts for consumers and small businesses, gift cards, and secured credit cards. Green Dot is recognized as a leading provider of general-purpose reloadable prepaid debit cards, which are widely accessible through a network of approximately 50,000 retail locations, including major chains such as Walmart and Walgreens. The company also provides services like cash loading at point-of-sale locations, mobile banking, and electronic cash remittance services. Its technology platform, Green PlaNET, facilitates secure, real-time transactions and enhances the efficiency of its operations. Green Dot markets its services under various brand names, including Green Dot and GoBank, and distributes its products through retail outlets, direct-to-consumer channels, and its Banking as a Service platform. Established in 1999 and rebranded in 2005, Green Dot continues to innovate in the prepaid financial services sector.