Josephine Chen

Partner at Sequoia Capital

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 11 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2025
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Jun 2025
Applied Compute builds Specific Intelligence for enterprises, unlocking the knowledge inside a company to train custom models and deploy an in-house agent workforce.
Investor
Nov 2024
The AI Law Firm Built for Execution. Lawyer-assisted AI to help historys fastest companies close deals even faster.
Investor
Mar 2024
Rox helps businesses secure and grow revenue.
Board Observer
Nov 2023
APIs that enable developers to move into, out of, and between any form of a dollar.
Investor
Jul 2022
At the heart of everything we do is a simple belief, moving money should be effortless. We’re on a mission to simplify payments infrastructure for modern businesses, making transactions faster, smarter, and more secure. Whether its scaling a startup or optimizing an enterprise, our platform empowers companies to build, grow, and adapt without being held back by legacy systems. We combine the reliability of enterprise-grade tools with the flexibility of modern SaaS to deliver seamless, real-time financial operations. By removing complexity from payments, we help businesses focus on what they do best—innovating, serving customers, and growing with confidence
Investor
Oct 2021
Wallet infrastructure for winning teams. Powering 50M+ accounts, securing billions in volume. Embed crypto rails into your product seamlessly with one API.
Investor
Apr 2021
Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it, from the medicines we take, to the crops we grow, the materials we wear, and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology. Benchling’s mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The world’s most innovative biotech companies use Benchling’s R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market. Come help us bring modern software to modern science. https://www.benchling.com/careers/
Board Observer
Nov 2020
Found is on a mission to make self-employment easier. With business banking and smart, simple financial tools, we help people seamlessly run their own businesses. With over half the U.S. workforce predicted to be self-employed by 2027, we’re proud to be meeting a real and growing need. Self-employment can be infinitely rewarding, but it comes with a host of challenges. When you are your business, even when the job is done, there’s still a ton of work to do—from bookkeeping to invoicing to taxes. The independence of entrepreneurship can instead feel like a maze of paperwork. That’s where we can help. Found automatically tracks expenses, estimates taxes, and keeps the books organized, all from one easy app. With a Found account, everything from business banking to invoicing to reporting is at your fingertips. In the words of one of our members, “it has given me so much financial freedom and free time.” We’re driven by our mission and we work in support of entrepreneurship, independence, and the sheer joy of loving what you do. Come love what you do at Found. Found is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided by Piermont Bank, Member FDIC. The Found Mastercard debit card is issued by Piermont Bank pursuant to a license from Mastercard Inc.
Board Observer
Mar 2020
More than 8,000 of the worlds largest suppliers and distributors use Knowde to accelerate their digital transformation and drive business growth. Knowde solves the root of the problem holding the industry back from successful digital transformation: organizing and digitizing product data. Knowde’s Proprietary Knowledge Engine extracts, cleanses and organizes unstructured product data in a matter of weeks, creating product master data that powers business systems, internal teams, and amazing online customer experiences. Knowde instantly transforms how customers discover, engage and transact with suppliers and distributors online.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the worlds recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling.
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2016
Based in New York City, Stripes is a leading growth equity firm that invests in branded consumer and enterprise companies. For over a decade, Stripes has partnered with market-leading businesses, fueling the next generation of iconic companies with services and resources that make a critical difference.
Experience · 13 entries
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2025
Investor
Jun 2025
Applied Compute builds Specific Intelligence for enterprises, unlocking the knowledge inside a company to train custom models and deploy an in-house agent workforce.
2024
Investor
Nov 2024
The AI Law Firm Built for Execution. Lawyer-assisted AI to help historys fastest companies close deals even faster.
Investor
Mar 2024
Rox helps businesses secure and grow revenue.
2023
Board Observer
Nov 2023
APIs that enable developers to move into, out of, and between any form of a dollar.
2022
Investor
Jul 2022
At the heart of everything we do is a simple belief, moving money should be effortless. We’re on a mission to simplify payments infrastructure for modern businesses, making transactions faster, smarter, and more secure. Whether its scaling a startup or optimizing an enterprise, our platform empowers companies to build, grow, and adapt without being held back by legacy systems. We combine the reliability of enterprise-grade tools with the flexibility of modern SaaS to deliver seamless, real-time financial operations. By removing complexity from payments, we help businesses focus on what they do best—innovating, serving customers, and growing with confidence
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