Where does Stephanie Zhan work?

Stephanie Zhan is Seed/Early at Sequoia Capital and Board director at Brud.

What check size does Stephanie Zhan write?

Stephanie Zhan typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

What boards does Stephanie Zhan sit on?

Stephanie Zhan holds tracked board seats at Brud, Linear, Reflection AI, Ricursive Intelligence, Skild AI.

What companies has Stephanie Zhan invested in?

Investments tracked here include Doppler, Evy, Linear, Mach Industries, Middesk, Tavus.

Where did Stephanie Zhan go to school?

Stephanie Zhan studied at Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).

Stephanie Zhan

Investor

Seed/Early at Sequoia Capital · Board director at Brud

San Francisco, California

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M

30 Under 30 2018 · Venture Capital

About

Stephanie Zhan is a partner on Sequoia Capital's early-stage investing team, where she backs consumer and enterprise companies at the Seed and Series A stages and continues to work with them as they grow. She serves on the boards of Rec Room, Linear, Middesk, Sunday, and Brud.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

z•••@sequoiacap.comreveal

Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDefense TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Beyond investing

Education: Studied at Stanford (Computer Science)
Hobbies: Zhan enjoys paddle-boarding and snow-shoeing.
Pets: She has a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Ares.
Family: She is a parent to young children.

From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.

Board director at Brud

Intro paths

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In turn, Stephanie can intro founders to Brud's investors below.

Brud's investors · 3

HomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checks · since 2019 Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2019 Spark CapitalSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checks

Co-founders at Brud

Trevor McFedriesExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Sequoia CapitalPartnercurrent2015 — presentMenlo Park, CA
Ricursive IntelligenceBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
ReflectionAIBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
Skild AIBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
LinearBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
MiddeskBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
Rec Room Inc.Board Membercurrent2016 — present
TavusInvestorcurrent2021 — present
Mach IndustriesInvestorcurrent2023 — present
Ethos LifeInvestorcurrent2017 — present
EvyInvestorcurrent2021 — present

Deals · 1

BrudBoard seat

via Sequoia Capital · filed Mar 2019 · $20.5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Linear Reflection AI Ricursive Intelligence Skild AI

Investor

DopplerEvyLinearMach IndustriesMiddeskTavus

Sources: SEC Form D filings · the firm's website · curated public sources.

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

Adam GuildScout

Co-founder and CEO at Owner.com, helping restaurant owners save their businesses.

Baylor AdamsScout

Investor at Z-Fellows

Geoff LewisScout

Founder & Managing Partner at Bedrock

Investors connected to Stephanie in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Stephanie Zhan?: Stephanie Zhan is a partner on Sequoia Capital's early-stage investing team, where she backs consumer and enterprise companies at the Seed and Series A stages and continues to work with them as they grow. She serves on the boards of Rec Room, Linear, Middesk, Sunday, and Brud.
Where does Stephanie Zhan work?: Stephanie Zhan is Seed/Early at Sequoia Capital and Board director at Brud.
What does Stephanie Zhan invest in?: Stephanie Zhan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Defense Tech, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
What check size does Stephanie Zhan write?: Stephanie Zhan typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
What boards does Stephanie Zhan sit on?: Stephanie Zhan holds tracked board seats at Brud, Linear, Reflection AI, Ricursive Intelligence, Skild AI.
What companies has Stephanie Zhan invested in?: Investments tracked here include Doppler, Evy, Linear, Mach Industries, Middesk, Tavus.
Where did Stephanie Zhan go to school?: Stephanie Zhan studied at Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science).