Josephine Chen

Partner atSequoia CapitalFirm active Oct 13California

Josephine Chen is a Partner at Sequoia Capital focused on seed-stage investing. She is interested in biotech, computer science, and fintech for SaaS, and supports immigrant founders.

What Josephine can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Sequoia Capital writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

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Focus

biotechcomputer sciencefintechSaaS

Education

Stanford

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Who is Josephine Chen?

Josephine Chen is a Partner at Sequoia Capital focused on seed-stage investing. She is interested in biotech, computer science, and fintech for SaaS, and supports immigrant founders.

How much does Josephine Chen invest?

Josephine Chen invests through Sequoia Capital, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

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