Sequoia Capital

Founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California, Sequoia Capital is a leading venture capital firm that specializes in investing in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including energy, financial services, healthcare, internet, mobile, and technology. The firm aims to collaborate with a select number of ambitious founders to help them build transformative companies. Sequoia Capital typically invests between $100,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage, $1 million to $10 million in early-stage companies, and $10 million to $100 million in growth-stage firms. With a strong preference for being the first investor in profitable and rapidly growing companies, Sequoia seeks to partner with teams that have demonstrated successful products or services. The firm's investment strategy encompasses a global perspective, with significant allocations in markets such as China, India, and Israel.

Rohit Agarwal

Vice President / Principal

Abheek Anand

Managing Director

Michelle (Bailhe) Fradin

Partner

Sumaiya Balbale

COO and Operating Partner

Bogomil Balkansky

Partner

Mohit Bhatnagar

Managing Director - India

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Rosemarie Boyd

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Vipin Chamakkala

Director, Customer Partnerships

Josephine Chen

Partner

W. M. Coughran

Founder's Coach and Partner

Charlie Curnin

Partner

Joe Dobrenski

Partner of Human Capital

Christian Edler

Scout Partner

Carl Eschenbach

Venture Partner

Helen Fan

Vice President

James Flynn

Partner

Caroline Fu

Vice President

Stacey Gerber

VP, Operations and Experiences

Mike Goguen

Partner

Patrick Grady

Partner

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Trency Gu

Managing Director

Wayne Guo

Vice President

Ravi Gupta

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

Shaun Maguire

Partner

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner, Seed / Early

Abhishek Mohan

Principal

Michael Moritz

Managing Partner

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Andrew Reed

General Partner

Anandamoy Roychowdhary

Principal

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Yoav Shaked

Partner, Israel

Thomas Stephenson

Special Limited Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Mike Vernal

Partner

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner

Fred Wang

Managing Director, China

Cen Wang

Partner, China

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Stephanie Zhan

Partner

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Qingsheng Zheng

Partner, China

Kui Zhou

Partner, China

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Roelof Botha

Partner

Past deals in Personal Finance

Fintual

Venture Round in 2024
Fintual is a digital investment platform based in Santiago, Chile, that focuses on managing investments for young professionals seeking to make informed financial decisions. Founded in 2018 by Pedro Pineda, Omar Larré, Agustín Feuerhake, and Andres Marinkovic, the company provides low-commission accounts that emphasize passive investment strategies. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Fintual assesses clients' risk profiles and offers personalized investment recommendations, making it easier for users to gain essential financial knowledge and invest online.

Telda

Seed Round in 2022
Telda is a financial brand operating in the MENA region, targeting Millennials and Gen Z with its innovative money transfer application. The platform simplifies the processes of sending, spending, and saving money, providing a convenient alternative to traditional banking. Users can open a free account without paperwork, utilizing biometric identification and 3D secure technology. Telda allows individuals to send and receive money from friends at no cost, while also offering insights into spending habits to assist clients in managing their finances effectively. Through its user-friendly approach, Telda aims to enhance the payment experience and address common money handling challenges faced by its audience.

Hubble Money

Seed Round in 2022
Hubble Money offers consumers rewarding, trustworthy, and transparent saving plans directly with top brand partners.

Found

Series B in 2022
Found provides business banking services for self-employed people that makes self-employed taxes easy. With built-in expense tracking and a tax savings account, we’re on a mission to help millions of self-employed people make their business dreams a reality.

Mos

Series B in 2022
Mos is a financial services platform dedicated to assisting students in navigating the complexities of financing their education. It provides checking accounts, debit cards, and access to financial aid advisors, all designed to simplify the financial aid process. The platform offers comprehensive guidance to help students identify and secure scholarships and other financial resources, thereby reducing the costs associated with higher education. By focusing on removing financial barriers, Mos aims to empower students to achieve their academic goals without the burden of unnecessary fees or uncertainty in funding options.

Fintual

Series B in 2021
Fintual is a digital investment platform based in Santiago, Chile, that focuses on managing investments for young professionals seeking to make informed financial decisions. Founded in 2018 by Pedro Pineda, Omar Larré, Agustín Feuerhake, and Andres Marinkovic, the company provides low-commission accounts that emphasize passive investment strategies. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Fintual assesses clients' risk profiles and offers personalized investment recommendations, making it easier for users to gain essential financial knowledge and invest online.

Empower

Series B in 2021
Empower is a financial technology company focused on improving access to affordable credit for everyday Americans. The company offers a range of innovative features designed to assist its members in managing their finances effectively. Key offerings include Empower Cash Advance, which provides instant access to funds, and Empower Automatic Savings, which facilitates effortless saving for the future. Additionally, the Empower Thrive line of credit serves as a low-cost borrowing option that supports members in building their credit profiles. By combining cash advances, budgeting tools, and personalized financial recommendations, Empower aims to enhance financial literacy and improve overall financial outcomes for its users.

Telda

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Telda is a financial brand operating in the MENA region, targeting Millennials and Gen Z with its innovative money transfer application. The platform simplifies the processes of sending, spending, and saving money, providing a convenient alternative to traditional banking. Users can open a free account without paperwork, utilizing biometric identification and 3D secure technology. Telda allows individuals to send and receive money from friends at no cost, while also offering insights into spending habits to assist clients in managing their finances effectively. Through its user-friendly approach, Telda aims to enhance the payment experience and address common money handling challenges faced by its audience.

FPL Technologies

Series B in 2021
FPL believes that consumption credit presents a very large opportunity in India and the credit card is the best product to offer consumption credit to India’s growing younger population. Card acceptance has trebled in the three years after demonetisation and every category is getting digitized. Like the overall growth in adoption of digital payments, the adoption of credit cards too has grown, both in terms of card issuance and spends. However, the experience of using a credit card has not evolved to serve the digitally savvy young millennials. FPL has created a proprietary full-stack technology platform to deliver a next-gen credit card experience to its customers. Customers can use an intuitive mobile app along with their credit cards to manage every aspect of their credit life cycle. FPL launched the OneScore app in July this year to help customers understand and manage their credit score and behavior in a simple and secure way.

Nubank

Series G in 2021
Nubank is a prominent digital bank revolutionizing finance with its customer-centric approach. It provides a variety of services, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payments, all accessible through a simple mobile app. Known for transparency, ease of use, and low fees, Nubank aims to empower users with innovative solutions for better financial management.

Found

Series A in 2020
Found provides business banking services for self-employed people that makes self-employed taxes easy. With built-in expense tracking and a tax savings account, we’re on a mission to help millions of self-employed people make their business dreams a reality.

Mos

Series A in 2020
Mos is a financial services platform dedicated to assisting students in navigating the complexities of financing their education. It provides checking accounts, debit cards, and access to financial aid advisors, all designed to simplify the financial aid process. The platform offers comprehensive guidance to help students identify and secure scholarships and other financial resources, thereby reducing the costs associated with higher education. By focusing on removing financial barriers, Mos aims to empower students to achieve their academic goals without the burden of unnecessary fees or uncertainty in funding options.

Empower

Series A in 2020
Empower is a financial technology company focused on improving access to affordable credit for everyday Americans. The company offers a range of innovative features designed to assist its members in managing their finances effectively. Key offerings include Empower Cash Advance, which provides instant access to funds, and Empower Automatic Savings, which facilitates effortless saving for the future. Additionally, the Empower Thrive line of credit serves as a low-cost borrowing option that supports members in building their credit profiles. By combining cash advances, budgeting tools, and personalized financial recommendations, Empower aims to enhance financial literacy and improve overall financial outcomes for its users.

Nubank

Series F in 2019
Nubank is a prominent digital bank revolutionizing finance with its customer-centric approach. It provides a variety of services, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payments, all accessible through a simple mobile app. Known for transparency, ease of use, and low fees, Nubank aims to empower users with innovative solutions for better financial management.

ClearTax

Series B in 2018
ClearTax is a Tax & Investing platform that simplifies financial lives for Indians. ClearTax is Built on top of India’s Massive Digitization of its Tax Systems. They are a Bangalore-based Financial-Technology platform providing solutions for Income Tax filing, GST, and Mutual Fund Investments. Founded by 3 friends, Archit Gupta, Srivatsan Chari, and Ankit Solanki, ClearTax became the first Y-Combinator-funded company of India in 2014. As ClearTax took this journey, we have added mentors and Investors like Max Levchin, founder of Paypal, Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm, Neeraj Arora of Whatsapp, Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Sequoia, Ryan Peterson of Flexport. SAIF Partners had invested $12Mn in ClearTax. Composite Capital has invested $50Mn in ClearTax.

Empower

Venture Round in 2018
Empower is a financial technology company focused on improving access to affordable credit for everyday Americans. The company offers a range of innovative features designed to assist its members in managing their finances effectively. Key offerings include Empower Cash Advance, which provides instant access to funds, and Empower Automatic Savings, which facilitates effortless saving for the future. Additionally, the Empower Thrive line of credit serves as a low-cost borrowing option that supports members in building their credit profiles. By combining cash advances, budgeting tools, and personalized financial recommendations, Empower aims to enhance financial literacy and improve overall financial outcomes for its users.

Empower

Seed Round in 2017
Empower is a financial technology company focused on improving access to affordable credit for everyday Americans. The company offers a range of innovative features designed to assist its members in managing their finances effectively. Key offerings include Empower Cash Advance, which provides instant access to funds, and Empower Automatic Savings, which facilitates effortless saving for the future. Additionally, the Empower Thrive line of credit serves as a low-cost borrowing option that supports members in building their credit profiles. By combining cash advances, budgeting tools, and personalized financial recommendations, Empower aims to enhance financial literacy and improve overall financial outcomes for its users.

Nubank

Series D in 2016
Nubank is a prominent digital bank revolutionizing finance with its customer-centric approach. It provides a variety of services, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payments, all accessible through a simple mobile app. Known for transparency, ease of use, and low fees, Nubank aims to empower users with innovative solutions for better financial management.

Nubank

Series C in 2016
Nubank is a prominent digital bank revolutionizing finance with its customer-centric approach. It provides a variety of services, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payments, all accessible through a simple mobile app. Known for transparency, ease of use, and low fees, Nubank aims to empower users with innovative solutions for better financial management.

Nubank

Series B in 2015
Nubank is a prominent digital bank revolutionizing finance with its customer-centric approach. It provides a variety of services, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payments, all accessible through a simple mobile app. Known for transparency, ease of use, and low fees, Nubank aims to empower users with innovative solutions for better financial management.

Feidee

Series B in 2015
Feidee is a company based in Beijing, China, founded in 2010, that specializes in online personal finance management. It operates platforms that allow users to record their daily expenses and manage their personal finances efficiently. One of its key offerings is Kaniu, a mobile application designed to help users track credit card expenditures. Through its services, Feidee aims to assist individuals in budgeting for costs and managing their savings effectively.

Nubank

Series A in 2014
Nubank is a prominent digital bank revolutionizing finance with its customer-centric approach. It provides a variety of services, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payments, all accessible through a simple mobile app. Known for transparency, ease of use, and low fees, Nubank aims to empower users with innovative solutions for better financial management.

Nubank

Seed Round in 2013
Nubank is a prominent digital bank revolutionizing finance with its customer-centric approach. It provides a variety of services, including credit cards, personal loans, and digital payments, all accessible through a simple mobile app. Known for transparency, ease of use, and low fees, Nubank aims to empower users with innovative solutions for better financial management.

Block

Series B in 2011
Block, Inc. is a technology company established in 2009 that specializes in financial services. It encompasses several key divisions, including Square, Cash App, TIDAL, and TBD, all aimed at increasing economic accessibility. Block provides payment services to merchants and has developed Cash App, a person-to-person payment network that facilitates financial transactions between individuals. In 2023, the company reported a payment volume exceeding $200 million. Through its various platforms and services, Block seeks to empower users and enhance their ability to engage with the economy.

ApnaPaisa

Series B in 2007
ApnaPaisa is India’s leading fintech platform distributing loans and mortgages. We provide assistance to help you decide the best product for your needs including personal, home & business loans. With our experienced team of experts who possess an acute understanding of the credit marketplace blended with the latest technology, we create a safe & secure environment where you can explore and exploit the best of everything.

ApnaPaisa

Venture Round in 2007
ApnaPaisa is India’s leading fintech platform distributing loans and mortgages. We provide assistance to help you decide the best product for your needs including personal, home & business loans. With our experienced team of experts who possess an acute understanding of the credit marketplace blended with the latest technology, we create a safe & secure environment where you can explore and exploit the best of everything.

Elevate Credit

Series A in 2005
Elevate Credit, Inc. is a financial services company that specializes in providing online credit solutions to non-prime consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, Elevate offers a range of products including unsecured online installment loans, lines of credit, and credit cards. Its key offerings include Rise, Elastic, Sunny, and the Today Card, which cater to the needs of consumers facing limited credit options. The company aims to support its customers not only by providing immediate financial relief but also by promoting long-term financial health through incentives for good financial behavior, such as lower interest rates, free financial training, and credit monitoring services.

Yodlee

Series A in 1999
Yodlee, Inc. is a technology company that operates a cloud-based financial services platform known as the Yodlee Financial Cloud. This platform offers a variety of financial applications, or FinApps, designed for sectors including retail finance, wealth management, and small businesses. These applications help consumers and small businesses manage their finances by simplifying tasks such as reviewing accounts, tracking spending, and calculating net worth. Additionally, the Yodlee Financial Cloud allows customers to create their own applications using open application programming interfaces, providing secure data and various financial functionalities. Yodlee also offers data solutions and market research services, catering to financial institutions and third-party developers of financial applications. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Yodlee operates as a subsidiary of Envestnet, Inc.
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