Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital, founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California, is a prominent venture capital firm that invests in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer services. The firm specializes in supporting startups and emerging growth companies, typically investing between $100,000 and $1 million in seed companies, $1 million to $10 million in early ventures, and $10 million to $100 million in growth investments. Sequoia Capital operates globally, with a presence in regions such as Israel, China, and Southeast Asia, and has built a diverse portfolio that includes notable companies like Airbnb, Alibaba, and JD.com. The firm emphasizes a partnership approach with entrepreneurs, leveraging decades of experience to guide them from initial concept through to public offering and beyond.

Audrey Adeline

Analyst

Rohit Agarwal

Vice President / Principal

Rajan Anandan

Managing Director

Michelle Bailhe

Partner

Sumaiya Balbale

COO and Operating Partner

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Roelof Botha

Partner

Romie Boyd

Partner

Rosemarie Boyd

Partner

Konstantine Buhler

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Xi Cao

Partner, China

Vipin Chamakkala

Director, Customer Partnerships

Jiazhen Chen

Investor

Luzhou Chen

Investor

Josephine Chen

Partner

Sakshi Chopra

Managing Director

W. M. Coughran

Founder's Coach and Partner

Charlie Curnin

Partner

Long Do

Analyst

Joe Dobrenski

Partner of Human Capital

Helen Fan

Vice President

Shirley Feng

Managing Director

James Flynn

Partner

Caroline Fu

Vice President

Xiang Gao

Associate

Stacey Gerber

VP, Operations and Experiences

Mike Goguen

Partner

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Wayne Guo

Managing Director

Kirstie Irmana

Analyst

Amit Jain

Managing Director

Pushpak Kedia

Associate

Pieter Kemps

Principal

Kais Khimji

Partner

Sunint Khurana

Analyst

Marie Klemchuk

Global CFO

Jess Lee

Partner

Jess Lee

Partner

Teng Lei

Associate

Douglas Leone

Global Managing Partner

Mei Li

Associate

Angie Shuyan Liu

Analyst

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Xiaobo Lu

Partner, China

Alyssa Maharani

Analyst

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner

Ishaan Mittal

Managing Director

Abhishek Mohan

Principal

Che Pinjue

Partner, China

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Antara Raychaudhury

Analyst

Andrew Reed

General Partner

Lauren Reeder

Partner

George Robson

Partner

Haim Sadger

Partner, Israel

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Yoav Shaked

Partner, Israel

Prateek Sharma

VP

Neil Shen

Managing Partner

Shailendra Singh

Managing Director

Thomas Stephenson

Partner

Sam Sun

Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Johan Surani

Vice President

Jessica H. Tan

Analyst

Vedant Trivedi

Analyst

Aradhita Tuli

Analyst

Mike Vernal

Partner

Pavel Vyhnalek

Operating Partner

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner

Fred Wang

Managing Director

Cen Wang

Partner

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Kai Wang

Managing Director

Michael Xiong

Investor

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Yu Yao

Managing Director

Stephanie Zhan

Partner

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Qingsheng Zheng

Partner, China

Guo Zhenwei

Managing Director

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Past deals in Smart Cities

Deep Intelligent Control

Series A in 2023
Deep Intelligent Control is a service provider focused on digital intelligence innovation and energy conservation. The company specializes in developing advanced products and technologies aimed at improving energy efficiency through the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) technologies. By offering a plug-and-play IoT energy management and monitoring system, Deep Intelligent Control enables businesses to manage their energy usage with minimal technical expertise, ultimately reducing costs and enhancing operational efficiency. Their solutions are designed to achieve significant energy savings in electromechanical systems, contributing to a reduction in carbon emissions. Through their research and development efforts, Deep Intelligent Control supports the building and industrial sectors in becoming more digitally intelligent and sustainable.

LightMetrics

Series A in 2023
We are creating a software platform for generating insights into people and cities in motion using smartphones.

Climes

Seed Round in 2022
Climes is a climate technology company focused on facilitating carbon neutrality and promoting climate-positive actions for individuals and businesses. The company aims to make climate action accessible and affordable by providing opportunities for consumers to neutralize their carbon footprints across various aspects of daily life. Through API integrations with various consumer brands, including those in travel, delivery, and events, Climes enables users to engage in climate-friendly practices conveniently. By simplifying the process of taking climate action, Climes contributes to efforts to cool the planet and combat climate change.

Sensors Data

Series D in 2022
Sensors was founded in 2015 by Sang Wenfeng, former technology manager at Baidu Inc's big data department. It currently provides big data analysis services for over 300 companies, including bike sharing company ofo, Chinese workout mobile app Keep, and video sharing and live streaming app Miaopai.

Lianyuan Intelligence

Series B in 2022
Shanghai Lianyuan Intelligent is an innovative energy Internet comprehensive value-added service provider jointly invested by the world's leading new energy companies and executives of the world's top 500 power industry and consulting companies.

Park+

Series B in 2021
Park+ is a mobile app-based platform that offers an automated parking system as well as a cloud-based security solution for daily commuters, corporates, and commercial establishments. It provides real-time parking discovery, booking, payment and tracking.

HT Aero

Series A in 2021
HT Aero aspires to be the pioneer of urban air mobility (UAM) and is dedicated to producing safe and intelligent electric flying vehicles. which combine automotive and aerospace technologies to realize domestic air-travel usage at scale.

SmartMore

Series B in 2021
SmartMore is a developer and operator of smart industrial platforms aimed at enhancing manufacturing optimization and intelligent manufacturing. The company integrates artificial intelligence and related technologies to deliver solutions that include intelligent industrial platforms, integrated equipment, and digital intelligence media. By focusing on the synergy between scientific research and industry, SmartMore seeks to innovate continuously and restructure AI systems to improve machine understanding. Its offerings provide industrial users with essential services for manufacturing optimization and digitalization, facilitating a more efficient and advanced industrial landscape.

Commons

Seed Round in 2020
Commons operates Joro, a mobile application designed to help users track and improve their carbon footprints. Founded in 2018 and based in Oakland, California, Joro aims to make climate action accessible to everyone by providing accurate estimates of key factors contributing to carbon emissions. The app is designed to facilitate decision-making with minimal manual input, promoting user engagement in sustainability efforts.

SmartMore

Series A in 2020
SmartMore is a developer and operator of smart industrial platforms aimed at enhancing manufacturing optimization and intelligent manufacturing. The company integrates artificial intelligence and related technologies to deliver solutions that include intelligent industrial platforms, integrated equipment, and digital intelligence media. By focusing on the synergy between scientific research and industry, SmartMore seeks to innovate continuously and restructure AI systems to improve machine understanding. Its offerings provide industrial users with essential services for manufacturing optimization and digitalization, facilitating a more efficient and advanced industrial landscape.

Sensors Data

Series C in 2020
Sensors was founded in 2015 by Sang Wenfeng, former technology manager at Baidu Inc's big data department. It currently provides big data analysis services for over 300 companies, including bike sharing company ofo, Chinese workout mobile app Keep, and video sharing and live streaming app Miaopai.

Park+

Series A in 2020
Park+ is a mobile app-based platform that offers an automated parking system as well as a cloud-based security solution for daily commuters, corporates, and commercial establishments. It provides real-time parking discovery, booking, payment and tracking.

Bounce

Series D in 2020
Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient. With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has just become devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users. Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India.

Bird

Series D in 2019
Bird operates a micro-mobility platform that offers electric vehicle-sharing services, aiming to provide affordable and sustainable transportation solutions to communities worldwide. The platform enables users to create profiles, facilitating the sharing of personal electric vehicles, including electric bicycles. By coordinating with cities, Bird enhances access to environmentally friendly local transport, thereby contributing to the reduction of traffic congestion and promoting responsible alternatives to traditional motor vehicles.

Xigua City

Series B in 2019
Xigua City is an online education platform focused on teaching computer programming to children aged 5 to 12. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China, the platform employs experienced program developers to create engaging and interactive coding curricula. Xigua City aims to foster children's interest in coding through gamified projects and intuitive teaching methods. The company has introduced the X Plan strategy, which leverages AI and big data to enhance curriculum development, improve teaching services, and refine the learning experience. This strategy includes the advancement of the LEAP curriculum system and learning evaluations, as well as the upgrade of the teaching intelligent assistant system to build an active learning community.

Bounce

Series C in 2019
Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient. With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has just become devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users. Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India.

Remix

Series B in 2019
Remix Software, Inc. provides a planning platform for public transit, designing streets, and managing new mobility. It provides transportation agencies with statistics on collisions, curb and street density, demographics, and ridership. Remix Software, Inc. was formerly known as TransitMix. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Commons

Seed Round in 2019
Commons operates Joro, a mobile application designed to help users track and improve their carbon footprints. Founded in 2018 and based in Oakland, California, Joro aims to make climate action accessible to everyone by providing accurate estimates of key factors contributing to carbon emissions. The app is designed to facilitate decision-making with minimal manual input, promoting user engagement in sustainability efforts.

Bounce

Series B in 2019
Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient. With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has just become devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users. Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India.

Bounce

Series A in 2018
Bounce (formerly known as Metro Bikes) is a smart mobility solution, with a mission of making daily commute stress-free, time-saving, reliable, and convenient. With a breakthrough technology that lets users access the bike with just an OTP, the Keyless bikes, have not only done away with keys, but the whole process of renting a bike has just become devoid of any physical or human intervention. With Bounce's new One Way Rental service, users can now pick up and drop the bike anywhere they need to and be done with the ride. This is aimed at providing a seamless first mile and last-mile connectivity to metro users. Founded in 2014, Bounce aims at decongesting the roads by encouraging commuters to choose public transport by delivering convenient options to rent bikes and reach their destinations from metro stations. It is based in Bangalore, India.

Bird

Series C in 2018
Bird operates a micro-mobility platform that offers electric vehicle-sharing services, aiming to provide affordable and sustainable transportation solutions to communities worldwide. The platform enables users to create profiles, facilitating the sharing of personal electric vehicles, including electric bicycles. By coordinating with cities, Bird enhances access to environmentally friendly local transport, thereby contributing to the reduction of traffic congestion and promoting responsible alternatives to traditional motor vehicles.

Sensors Data

Series C in 2018
Sensors was founded in 2015 by Sang Wenfeng, former technology manager at Baidu Inc's big data department. It currently provides big data analysis services for over 300 companies, including bike sharing company ofo, Chinese workout mobile app Keep, and video sharing and live streaming app Miaopai.

Xigua City

Series A in 2018
Xigua City is an online education platform focused on teaching computer programming to children aged 5 to 12. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Hangzhou, China, the platform employs experienced program developers to create engaging and interactive coding curricula. Xigua City aims to foster children's interest in coding through gamified projects and intuitive teaching methods. The company has introduced the X Plan strategy, which leverages AI and big data to enhance curriculum development, improve teaching services, and refine the learning experience. This strategy includes the advancement of the LEAP curriculum system and learning evaluations, as well as the upgrade of the teaching intelligent assistant system to build an active learning community.

Moovit

Series D in 2018
Moovit is a leading provider of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and operates the world's most popular transit app, which is available in over 2,700 cities across 86 countries. With more than 300 million users, Moovit enhances urban mobility by offering real-time information and route planning through a combination of data from public transit operators and community contributions. The app facilitates better travel experiences by allowing users to report on various aspects of their journey, including bus congestion and cleanliness. Moovit generates up to four billion anonymous data points daily, creating the largest repository of transit data globally. Additionally, the company employs a network of over 500,000 local contributors, known as "Mooviters," who help maintain accurate transit information in underserved areas. The app is accessible for free on iOS, Android, and web platforms in 44 languages, empowering cities, transit agencies, and businesses to improve urban mobility and reduce congestion.

Citizen

Series A in 2017
Citizen is a free mobile application that notifies its users with safety alerts and real-time incident updates. It is a powerful force for good that has already evacuated people from burning buildings, diverted school buses from nearby terrorist attacks, and, in one instance, led to the rescue of a one-year-old boy from a stolen car. It is a truly unique proposition that provides you with alerts from 911 data that until now has never been made available to the public. The alerts are accompanied by live stories, real-time updates, and user-generated content to provide you with the information you need so you know what’s happening around you rather than having to wonder why police are on your corner or there are helicopters above you. Today, over a million people across the United States have downloaded the app and use it to keep themselves, their families, and their friends safe. Emergency services and community activists alike hail the app as a ground-breaking development in personal and community safety. Over 1 million New Yorkers have citizens, and the app has seen similar growth, usage, and engagement in LA, SF, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The company was founded in 2017 and based in New York City, New York.

Remix

Series A in 2017
Remix Software, Inc. provides a planning platform for public transit, designing streets, and managing new mobility. It provides transportation agencies with statistics on collisions, curb and street density, demographics, and ridership. Remix Software, Inc. was formerly known as TransitMix. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sensors Data

Series B in 2017
Sensors was founded in 2015 by Sang Wenfeng, former technology manager at Baidu Inc's big data department. It currently provides big data analysis services for over 300 companies, including bike sharing company ofo, Chinese workout mobile app Keep, and video sharing and live streaming app Miaopai.

Tiantian Yongche

Series C in 2015
Tiantian Yongche is a carpool and ridesharing app. Tiantian Yongche currently operates in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Chengdu, and a handful of smaller cities.

Sensors Data

Series A in 2015
Sensors was founded in 2015 by Sang Wenfeng, former technology manager at Baidu Inc's big data department. It currently provides big data analysis services for over 300 companies, including bike sharing company ofo, Chinese workout mobile app Keep, and video sharing and live streaming app Miaopai.

Tiantian Yongche

Series B in 2015
Tiantian Yongche is a carpool and ridesharing app. Tiantian Yongche currently operates in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Chengdu, and a handful of smaller cities.

Moovit

Series C in 2015
Moovit is a leading provider of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and operates the world's most popular transit app, which is available in over 2,700 cities across 86 countries. With more than 300 million users, Moovit enhances urban mobility by offering real-time information and route planning through a combination of data from public transit operators and community contributions. The app facilitates better travel experiences by allowing users to report on various aspects of their journey, including bus congestion and cleanliness. Moovit generates up to four billion anonymous data points daily, creating the largest repository of transit data globally. Additionally, the company employs a network of over 500,000 local contributors, known as "Mooviters," who help maintain accurate transit information in underserved areas. The app is accessible for free on iOS, Android, and web platforms in 44 languages, empowering cities, transit agencies, and businesses to improve urban mobility and reduce congestion.

Remix

Seed Round in 2014
Remix Software, Inc. provides a planning platform for public transit, designing streets, and managing new mobility. It provides transportation agencies with statistics on collisions, curb and street density, demographics, and ridership. Remix Software, Inc. was formerly known as TransitMix. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Leaf Technologies

Series A in 2014
Leaf Technologies Pvt. Ltd., founded in 2013 and based in Mumbai, India, specializes in smart home products that enhance user control over household appliances. The company's flagship product, Air, is an Internet of Things device that allows users to monitor and manage their appliances remotely. Air not only enables scheduling and usage tracking but also provides insights aimed at reducing electricity consumption and saving costs. By focusing on user preferences, Air aims to create a seamless interaction between residents and their homes, enhancing both convenience and security. The company is dedicated to revolutionizing the home experience by integrating technology that learns and adapts to individual needs.

Moovit

Series B in 2013
Moovit is a leading provider of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and operates the world's most popular transit app, which is available in over 2,700 cities across 86 countries. With more than 300 million users, Moovit enhances urban mobility by offering real-time information and route planning through a combination of data from public transit operators and community contributions. The app facilitates better travel experiences by allowing users to report on various aspects of their journey, including bus congestion and cleanliness. Moovit generates up to four billion anonymous data points daily, creating the largest repository of transit data globally. Additionally, the company employs a network of over 500,000 local contributors, known as "Mooviters," who help maintain accurate transit information in underserved areas. The app is accessible for free on iOS, Android, and web platforms in 44 languages, empowering cities, transit agencies, and businesses to improve urban mobility and reduce congestion.
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