Jess Lee

Jess Lee is a Sequoia Capital partner focused on seed and early-stage companies. Her official profile describes her path from Stanford computer science to Google product management and then Polyvore, where she joined as employee number one, worked across engineering, design, community, fundraising, and ads, became cofounder and CEO, and later joined Sequoia after Polyvore was acquired by Yahoo. She says she looks for founders with spike, grit, spark, distance traveled, mission orientation, and storytelling ability. Her natural focus is consumer, including generational shifts such as side hustles, aging demographics, Gen Z behavior, and flexible work. She also co-founded All Raise.