Pat Grady
VCCo-Steward & Growth Partner, Sequoia Capital
Sequoia co-steward focused on AI and enterprise growth
Background
Pat Grady joined Sequoia Capital in 2007 and has spent 18+ years at the firm focused on growth-stage enterprise software and AI. He led Sequoia's growth investing practice from 2015, driving landmark deals in Snowflake, Zoom, ServiceNow, OpenAI, Notion, Okta, HubSpot, and Harvey. In November 2025 he and Alfred Lin were named co-stewards of Sequoia, succeeding Roelof Botha. Under their leadership Sequoia raised a roughly $7 billion expansion fund targeting late-stage AI companies in the US and Europe. He currently sits on the boards of Harvey, Grow Therapy, Watershed, Pilot.com, Cribl, and Attentive.
Investment Thesis
The AI application layer holds the largest aggregate venture opportunity; back founders with culture-building conviction and transformative ambition in enterprise software.
Investment Focus
Stages
Typical check: $10M–$500M
Sectors
Based in: USA, Europe (North America)
Notable Investments
OpenAI
Leading AI lab; Sequoia growth investment
Snowflake
Cloud data platform; IPO 2020, NASDAQ: SNOW
Zoom
Video communications platform; IPO 2019, NASDAQ: ZM
ServiceNow
IT workflow platform; NYSE: NOW
Harvey
Legal AI platform; active board seat
Notion
Productivity and collaboration; Sequoia portfolio
Cribl
Observability data pipeline platform; active board seat
Grow Therapy
Mental health platform; active board seat