Stephanie Zhan

Stephanie Zhan

Partner atSequoia CapitalFirm active Oct 13California

Stephanie Zhan is a seed/early investor at Sequoia Capital focused on AI. She partners with ambitious founders from idea to IPO, often as their first believer, and serves on boards of companies like Linear and Reflection AI.

What Stephanie 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.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Sequoia Capital.

Career

  1. Google Maps · not stated
  2. Nest · not stated
  3. Sequoia Capital · Partner
    Now

Investments named in public bios

LinearReflection AIRicursive IntelligenceSkild AI

Focus

aiai native worldoss superintelligenceconsumeremerging technologymachine intelligence

Education

Stanford, Computer Science

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Who is Stephanie Zhan?

Stephanie Zhan is a seed/early investor at Sequoia Capital focused on AI. She partners with ambitious founders from idea to IPO, often as their first believer, and serves on boards of companies like Linear and Reflection AI.

How much does Stephanie Zhan invest?

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

How do I pitch Stephanie Zhan?

A warm intro from a founder Sequoia Capital backed works best.

What did Stephanie Zhan do before Sequoia Capital?

not stated at Google Maps; not stated at Nest.

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