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Ellen DaSilva

Investor

Scout at Sequoia Capital

New York, New York

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedSummer Health

About

Ellen DaSilva is the SVP of Partnerships and Commercial Strategy at Doctronic, where she oversees B2B efforts following the company's acquisition of Summer Health, which she founded and led as CEO. Previously, she held the position of Head of Business Development at hims&hers and worked in business operations at Twitter and at Barclays Capital. DaSilva holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School, where she was a partner at Rough Draft Ventures, and serves as a Sequoia Scout; she is also a co-author of "Pitching & Closing: Everything You Need To Know About Business Development, Partnerships, and Making Deals that Matter."

Experience

  1. DoctronicSVP, Partnerships and Commercialcurrent2026 — presentNew York, United States
  2. Summer HealthFounder, CEO2021 — 2026New York, United States
  3. Sequoia CapitalScout2020 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. hims & hersHead of Strategic Partnerships2020 — 2021
  5. hims & hersDirector, Business Development2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. GC Venture FellowsPartner2016 — 2019Boston, MA, San Francisco
  7. TwitterManager, Business Operations2012 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  8. BarclaysAnalyst, Equity Syndicate2010 — 2012New York, NY

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.) with Distinction2015 — 2017
  2. Brown UniversityBachelor of Arts, English Literature
  3. Horace Mann SchoolHigh School

Skills & more

Financial Modeling15Valuation12Equities13Financial Analysis8Data Analysis7Twitter9Bloomberg5Social Media11Venture Capital5Private Equity4Outstanding verbal3Politics1
+12 moreCapital MarketsSeries 7AnalyticsInvestment BankingCompetitive AnalysisSpicesHumorDonutsWitStrategyManagementShoes

Languages Mandarin

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Colleagues at Sequoia Capital

Abhishek Malani
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Alfred Lin
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Amira Yahyaoui
Scout at Sequoia Capital
Anas Biad
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Andrew Reed
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Anne Marie Boidock
Investor at Sequoia Capital
Bill Coughran
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Bogomil Balkansky
Home chef and food blogger, venture capital partner, and wildlife photographer

Network3

Anas Biad
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Andrew Reed
Partner at Sequoia Capital
Bill Coughran
Partner at Sequoia Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Ellen DaSilva work?
Ellen DaSilva is Scout at Sequoia Capital.
What check size does Ellen DaSilva write?
Ellen DaSilva typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Ellen DaSilva found?
Ellen DaSilva founded Summer Health.

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