# Josephine Chen

> Josephine Chen is a Partner at Sequoia Capital focused on seed and Series A investments at the intersection of enterprise software, fintech, and crypto. Born in Massachusetts and raised largely in Taiwan before moving to the Bay Area at age ten, she brings a biomedical informatics background from Stanford and a career arc through Genentech, McKinsey, and Emergence Capital. She champions immigrant founders, bets on biology-meets-software breakthroughs, and has backed companies including Found, AMP Robotics, Anrok, Cresta, Abby Care, and Magic Eden.

- **Role:** Partner at Sequoia Capital
- **Organizations:** Sequoia Capital, Emergence Capital, McKinsey & Company, Genentech
- **From:** Massachusetts, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S./M.S. Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the world's most prestigious venture capital firms, Led investments in Found, AMP Robotics, Anrok, Cresta, Abby Care, Magic Eden, Freed, Nuvo, Crosby, and Rox, Backed Bridge and Privy, both acquired by Stripe

## Career timeline

- **2013-2018** — Stanford University - studied Biomedical Informatics; research internships at Stanford School of Medicine, UC Davis, Stanford Center for Clinical Research, and Genentech
- **2018-2019** — Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
- **2019** — Investment Associate at Emergence Capital
- **2019-present** — Partner at Sequoia Capital, focusing on seed and Series A investments in enterprise software, fintech, and crypto

## Achievements

- Partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the world's most prestigious venture capital firms
- Led investments in Found, AMP Robotics, Anrok, Cresta, Abby Care, Magic Eden, Freed, Nuvo, Crosby, and Rox
- Backed Bridge and Privy, both acquired by Stripe
- Board Director at Freed and Abby Care; Board Observer at Found, AMP Robotics, Bridge, and Knowde
- Speaker at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022
- Published venture essays and founder resources on TechCrunch and Sequoia's Medium publication
- Built unique cross-sector thesis bridging enterprise software, fintech, and crypto

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Sequoia Capital raised a new fund round (latest raise as of October 2025)
- **2025-06** — Sequoia-backed Crosby, one of Chen's portfolio companies, launched a new AI-powered law firm
- **2022-10** — Spoke onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 in San Francisco

## Links

- Website: https://sequoiacap.com/people/josephine-chen/
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephine-k-chen
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/josephinekchen
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/SequoiaCap/

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