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Bio

Professional summary

Stephanie Zhan is a partner on Sequoia's seed and early-stage team. Her Sequoia bio says she grew up across Asia, studied Computer Science at Stanford and focuses on transformational founders, with current interests spanning AI-native collaboration, open-source superintelligence, AI for chip design and embodied AI. Her Sequoia profile lists companies including Linear, Reflection AI, Ricursive Intelligence, Skild AI, Mach Industries, Tavus, Rec Room and Middesk.

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

LinearReflection AIRicursive IntelligenceSkild AIMach Industries

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • Sequoia CapitalPartnerPresent

Education

  • Stanford UniversityComputer Science

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Andrew Reed

Andrew Reed

Partner

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia growth partner backing global internet, fintech, developer-tool and design companies.

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Sequoia founder coach and former Google SVP Engineering focused on technical companies.

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Sequoia early partner backing cloud, developer-tool, DevOps and enterprise SaaS founders.

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Bryan Schreier

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Carl Eschenbach

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Cole Pergament

Cole Pergament

Partner, Growth

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Growth-stage Sequoia partner working with founders across sectors and geographies.

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David Cahn

David Cahn

Partner, Growth

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Growth investor focused on AI, data and software, with Hugging Face and Notion on his Sequoia roster.

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Dean Meyer

Dean Meyer

Partner, Seed/Early

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Seed investor backing technical founders in AI, infrastructure, cloud, data and cybersecurity.

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