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 Tourism

KLOOK

Series E in 2021
Klook Travel Technology Limited provides technology for exploring and booking travel experiences online and on mobile. It teams up directly with operators offering various travel experiences, such as specialty activities, food-themed excursions and adventure expeditions, shows, and various modes of transport, as well as sightseeing tours and iconic attractions. Klook Travel Technology Limited has a strategic partnership with Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

Tourlane

Series C in 2020
Tourlane GmbH is an online travel consulting and booking platform based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016. The company specializes in connecting travelers with travel specialists worldwide, enabling individuals and groups to plan and book personalized multi-day tours affordably. Tourlane's platform offers features such as real-time pricing, availability, instant trip visualization, and customizable trip adjustments, enhancing the user experience. Catering to over 30 countries, Tourlane combines the expertise of traditional travel agencies with modern technology to simplify the booking process for unique adventures and authentic travel experiences. By matching travelers with pre-selected specialists, Tourlane aims to make the planning of individual and adventure trips efficient and accessible.

Tourlane

Series C in 2019
Tourlane GmbH is an online travel consulting and booking platform based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016. The company specializes in connecting travelers with travel specialists worldwide, enabling individuals and groups to plan and book personalized multi-day tours affordably. Tourlane's platform offers features such as real-time pricing, availability, instant trip visualization, and customizable trip adjustments, enhancing the user experience. Catering to over 30 countries, Tourlane combines the expertise of traditional travel agencies with modern technology to simplify the booking process for unique adventures and authentic travel experiences. By matching travelers with pre-selected specialists, Tourlane aims to make the planning of individual and adventure trips efficient and accessible.

KLOOK

Series D in 2019
Klook Travel Technology Limited provides technology for exploring and booking travel experiences online and on mobile. It teams up directly with operators offering various travel experiences, such as specialty activities, food-themed excursions and adventure expeditions, shows, and various modes of transport, as well as sightseeing tours and iconic attractions. Klook Travel Technology Limited has a strategic partnership with Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

Tourlane

Series B in 2018
Tourlane GmbH is an online travel consulting and booking platform based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2016. The company specializes in connecting travelers with travel specialists worldwide, enabling individuals and groups to plan and book personalized multi-day tours affordably. Tourlane's platform offers features such as real-time pricing, availability, instant trip visualization, and customizable trip adjustments, enhancing the user experience. Catering to over 30 countries, Tourlane combines the expertise of traditional travel agencies with modern technology to simplify the booking process for unique adventures and authentic travel experiences. By matching travelers with pre-selected specialists, Tourlane aims to make the planning of individual and adventure trips efficient and accessible.

KLOOK

Series D in 2018
Klook Travel Technology Limited provides technology for exploring and booking travel experiences online and on mobile. It teams up directly with operators offering various travel experiences, such as specialty activities, food-themed excursions and adventure expeditions, shows, and various modes of transport, as well as sightseeing tours and iconic attractions. Klook Travel Technology Limited has a strategic partnership with Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

KLOOK

Series C in 2017
Klook Travel Technology Limited provides technology for exploring and booking travel experiences online and on mobile. It teams up directly with operators offering various travel experiences, such as specialty activities, food-themed excursions and adventure expeditions, shows, and various modes of transport, as well as sightseeing tours and iconic attractions. Klook Travel Technology Limited has a strategic partnership with Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

KLOOK

Series B in 2017
Klook Travel Technology Limited provides technology for exploring and booking travel experiences online and on mobile. It teams up directly with operators offering various travel experiences, such as specialty activities, food-themed excursions and adventure expeditions, shows, and various modes of transport, as well as sightseeing tours and iconic attractions. Klook Travel Technology Limited has a strategic partnership with Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

Tuniu

Post in 2015
Tuniu Corporation operates as an online leisure travel company. The company offers a selection of packaged tours, including organized and self-guided tours; and other travel-related services, such as tourist attraction tickets selling, visa application services, accommodation reservation, financial services, and hotel booking services, as well as air, train, and bus ticketing for leisure travelers. It also provides car rental and insurance services, as well as advertising services to tourism boards and bureaus. The company offers its products and services through various online and offline channels comprising the tuniu.com website; mobile platform; a primary call center in Nanjing; a regional call center in Suqian; and other offline retail stores in China. Tuniu Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Nanjing, China.

Yaochufa

Series C in 2014
Yaochufa company founded in October 2011, the company mainly to provide "travel around" package services, that is to big cities or the capital city as the center, covering its neighboring cities and neighboring provinces tourism market, itinerary 1 - 1 day based tourism packages. Within the package covers the cream of the crop of artificial selection of boutique resort, as well as specialty restaurants, tourist attractions tickets and many other essential products, so the quality of tourism products within the package can be maintained 4-5 star or more. To travel around the current online packages starting about 2000, all the packages are suitable for families and parents and children around the tour.

Lvmama

Series C in 2011
Lvmama Tourism is a business-to-consumer based e-tourism website, as well as a platform for DIY tour advisory and booking in China. It entered the market as a DIY tour service, and after development for many years, Lvmama finally formed a comprehensive tourism website with DIY tour as the core characteristic, with discount tickets, free walkers, and resort hotel as its main components. It does this in combination with services such as group tours, long-distance travels, outbound tours, tourist group purchases, and more. Up until now, over 6000 scenic spots, over 6000 resort hotels, and thousands of domestic and foreign tourism bureaus, and airline companies have been listed on the site. Lvmama Tourism was founded in China in 2008. It covers each province and municipality across China, five continents, and more than 50 countries and regions.

Tuniu

Series C in 2011
Tuniu Corporation operates as an online leisure travel company. The company offers a selection of packaged tours, including organized and self-guided tours; and other travel-related services, such as tourist attraction tickets selling, visa application services, accommodation reservation, financial services, and hotel booking services, as well as air, train, and bus ticketing for leisure travelers. It also provides car rental and insurance services, as well as advertising services to tourism boards and bureaus. The company offers its products and services through various online and offline channels comprising the tuniu.com website; mobile platform; a primary call center in Nanjing; a regional call center in Suqian; and other offline retail stores in China. Tuniu Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Nanjing, China.

Lvmama

Series B in 2010
Lvmama Tourism is a business-to-consumer based e-tourism website, as well as a platform for DIY tour advisory and booking in China. It entered the market as a DIY tour service, and after development for many years, Lvmama finally formed a comprehensive tourism website with DIY tour as the core characteristic, with discount tickets, free walkers, and resort hotel as its main components. It does this in combination with services such as group tours, long-distance travels, outbound tours, tourist group purchases, and more. Up until now, over 6000 scenic spots, over 6000 resort hotels, and thousands of domestic and foreign tourism bureaus, and airline companies have been listed on the site. Lvmama Tourism was founded in China in 2008. It covers each province and municipality across China, five continents, and more than 50 countries and regions.

TravelGuru

Venture Round in 2006
Travelguru is an Indian travel website, offering search, booking, and deals on flights, hotels and holiday packages across India and the world. They offers hotel bookings, holiday packages, and airline travel reservations.