Sarah Chen

Investment Management | WEF Young Global Leader & Forbes U30VC

📍 Washington, District of Columbia, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2019𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member
Jun 2019
131 & Counting is a joint initiative founded by Women in Government Relations (WGR), Women’s Bar Association (WBA) of the District of Columbia, Young Government Leaders (YGL), Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), Bloomberg Government and Holland & Knight LLP (H&K). 131 Counting is a bipartisan effort dedicated to educational and networking events that bring together women public policy professionals, women congressional staff, and women lawmakers. To accelerate the pace of progress, we shift from raising our glasses celebrating the growth of women in Congress (currently 131) to pushing up our sleeves and directing attention to the work needed to achieve gender parity across both parties.
Board Member, BEACON DC
Jun 2018
A problem isnt truly solved until its solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone. Check out our career opportunities at goo.gle/3DLEokh
Board Member & Co-Founder, Lean In Malaysia
Jan 2015
The Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation (SGB) works to build a more equal and resilient world. We bring people together to support each other through three initiatives: - LeanIn.Org empowers women to achieve their ambitions. - OptionB.Org helps people build resilience and find meaning in the face of adversity. - The Dave Goldberg Scholarship Program empowers diverse young leaders through financial support, mentorship, and professional development. We are a private operating nonprofit under IRS section 501(c)(3).
Board Member & Co-Founder, Lean In Malaysia
Jan 2015
The Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation (SGB) works to build a more equal and resilient world. We bring people together to support each other through three initiatives: - LeanIn.Org empowers women to achieve their ambitions. - OptionB.Org helps people build resilience and find meaning in the face of adversity. - The Dave Goldberg Scholarship Program empowers diverse young leaders through financial support, mentorship, and professional development. We are a private operating nonprofit under IRS section 501(c)(3).
Experience · 9 entries
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2022
Founder and Host
Nov 2022
Top Global VC Podcast backed by Hubspot Podcast Network: Join Sarah Chen-Spellings as she travels across the globe in search of the unexpected leader. Hear from leading CEOs like Niels B. Christiansen, President & CEO of Lego Group, and funders and founders of multi-billion firms from CPPIB, CVC Capital Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and Sequoia. Every week, we deconstruct the Billion Dollar Moves of unicorn founders & funders; many of them underestimated long before they became iconic. Many of them, unexpected leaders, just like you. This show is about unfiltered conversations about success, failure, fear, and courage in the pursuit of the next big thing in tech and venture.
2021
Keynote Speaker & Moderator on Venture Capital, Women in Leadership & Global Business
Mar 2021
Washington Speakers Bureau (WSB) is the world’s largest talent agency specializing in corporate speaking events. For more than 40 years, WSB has helped connect event hosts with the best keynote speakers in the world. We take pride in representing only the very best keynote & motivational speakers. Our team of seasoned speaking agents and event managers approach every event with one goal: find the perfect speaker, execute flawlessly, and make our clients shine on the day of their big event.
2019
Board Member
Jun 2019
131 & Counting is a joint initiative founded by Women in Government Relations (WGR), Women’s Bar Association (WBA) of the District of Columbia, Young Government Leaders (YGL), Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), Bloomberg Government and Holland & Knight LLP (H&K). 131 Counting is a bipartisan effort dedicated to educational and networking events that bring together women public policy professionals, women congressional staff, and women lawmakers. To accelerate the pace of progress, we shift from raising our glasses celebrating the growth of women in Congress (currently 131) to pushing up our sleeves and directing attention to the work needed to achieve gender parity across both parties.
2018
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Sep 2018
Beyond The Billion is the worlds first and largest consortium of venture funds pledged to invest and actively deploying over $1bn into women-founded companies. Beyond the Billion’s (BTB) first pledge campaign was launched as The Billion Dollar Fund for Women in October 2018 with an audacious goal of catalyzing $1 billion into the hands of women founders globally, addressing the gender venture investment gap where women were receiving only 2.2% of all venture capital funding. In under 2 years, $638 million of the first billion pledged was deployed into close to 800 women-founded companies, of which 14 have been recognized as unicorns. To continue to build on this momentum, the founders, Shelly Porges and Sarah Chen-Spellings launched Beyond The Billion, to catalyze capital deployed to and with these venture funds, ensuring their continued capacity to invest by bridging LPs and GPs, building a community of institutional investors, sovereign funds, IFIs, DFIs, family offices, wealth managers and high net worth individuals; driving the agenda collectively.
Board Member, BEACON DC
Jun 2018
A problem isnt truly solved until its solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone. Check out our career opportunities at goo.gle/3DLEokh
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2013–2019 · 6 investments
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