Jess Lee
VCPartner (Seed & Early Stage) & Chief Product Officer, Sequoia Capital
Sequoia seed partner championing consumer and SaaS founders
Background
Jess Lee studied computer science at Stanford, then joined Google as a product manager on Google Maps. She became employee number one at Polyvore, a social fashion commerce platform, rising to CEO before its acquisition by Yahoo in 2015. In 2016 she joined Sequoia Capital as its first female investing partner in the US, focusing on seed and early-stage consumer internet and SaaS companies. She also serves as Sequoia's Chief Product Officer, running the Company Design program for portfolio companies. She co-founded All Raise, an organization supporting diversity among founders and investors. Her notable investments include Figma, Maven Clinic, Ironclad, Wonolo, Squint, and Delphi.
Investment Thesis
Back seed-stage founders with spike, grit, and spark building consumer or SaaS companies riding generational shifts; distance traveled and mission orientation matter more than pedigree.
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Based in: USA (primarily Silicon Valley) (North America)
Notable Investments
Figma
Early backer; Adobe acquisition at $20B
Maven Clinic
Women's health telemedicine; board member
Ironclad
Contract management SaaS; board member
Wonolo
On-demand staffing marketplace; board member
Strava
Fitness tracking and social platform for athletes
Stytch
Developer authentication and identity platform
Mos
Student financial aid and banking platform; board member
Squint
Manufacturing AI platform; Series A