Anas Biad

Growth

Anas Biad

“I admire that founders have the courage to take the risk—to put pressure on their lives, both personally and professionally, in order to build something from nothing.”

“I admire that founders have the courage to take the risk—to put pressure on their lives, both personally and professionally, in order to build something from nothing.”

“I admire that founders have the courage to take the risk—to put pressure on their lives, both personally and professionally, in order to build something from nothing.”

Backstory

I grew up in Casablanca, Morocco where I enjoyed my time playing soccer, reading Manga and studying mathematics. Our public schools didn’t have many resources, so I had to study on my own. Eventually, I got into Ecole Polytechnique in France.

One internship changed the course of my career. I was building a machine-learning model for an ad trading firm, but I was much more excited about understanding how the company worked. I realized that the business world was much more interesting to me.

At Bain, I experienced the importance of great company culture and at Silver Lake I had the chance to see what best-in-class late stage tech businesses are. Partnering with founders at Sequoia allows me to be part of the company-building adventure from the start—it’s a privilege to work with daring founders in their journey.

On the Lookout for

I like spending time in different areas. If a business has the potential to disrupt how we live and work, I’m excited to learn about it.

Every founder is different, but they all have a story of why they decided to drop everything and start their company. I look for founders who have a unique insight and are obsessed with winning.

Personal Side

Soccer / Manga / Video games / Traveling

Companies

Current companies

Company Name

Short description

Current Stage

Founders

First Partnered

Company Name

Short description

Company Name

Avelios

Avelios is a modern hospital information system.

Early

Christian Albrecht

Nicolas Jakob

Sebastian Krammer

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2025

)

Avelios

Avelios is a modern hospital information system.

Avelios

Bolt

Bolt is a European mobility platform for ridesharing, scooter rentals and food delivery.

Growth

Oliver Leisalu

Markus Villig

Martin Villig

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2021

)

Bolt

Bolt is a European mobility platform for ridesharing, scooter rentals and food delivery.

Bolt

Harvey

Harvey is redefining professional services with generative AI.

Growth

Gabe Pereyra

Winston Weinberg

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2023

)

Harvey

Harvey is redefining professional services with generative AI.

Harvey

Ledgy

Ledgy’s platform gives companies, employees and investors insight into equity ownership.

Growth

Ben Brandt

Timo Horstschäefer

Yoko Spirig

Armon Bättig

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2021

)

Ledgy

Ledgy’s platform gives companies, employees and investors insight into equity ownership.

Ledgy

Nominal

Nominal builds software that transforms how engineers test and operate mission-critical hardware.

Growth

Cameron McCord

Bryce Strauss

Jason Hoch

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2025

)

Nominal

Nominal builds software that transforms how engineers test and operate mission-critical hardware.

Nominal

Pennylane

Pennylane is the all-in-one financial and accounting platform for business owners and their CPAs.

Growth

Tancrede Besnard

Felix Blossier

Quentin de Metz

Arthur Waller

Thierry Deo

Édouard Mascré

Alexandre Roquoplo

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2021

)

Pennylane

Pennylane is the all-in-one financial and accounting platform for business owners and their CPAs.

Pennylane

Profound

Profound is an AI visibility and content creation platform that helps brands monitor and optimize how they appear in AI-powered search results.

Growth

James Cadwallader

Dylan Babbs

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2025

)

Profound

Profound is an AI visibility and content creation platform that helps brands monitor and optimize how they appear in AI-powered search results.

Profound

Serval

Serval is the AI platform for IT teams to resolve help desk requests, build workflows, and manage tickets, software access, and assets.

Growth

Jake Stauch

Alex McLeod

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2025

)

Serval

Serval is the AI platform for IT teams to resolve help desk requests, build workflows, and manage tickets, software access, and assets.

Serval

Trade Republic

Trade Republic makes buying and selling ETFs, derivatives and cryptocurrency easy.

Growth

Marco Cancellieri

Christian Hecker

Thomas Pischke

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2021

)

Trade Republic

Trade Republic makes buying and selling ETFs, derivatives and cryptocurrency easy.

Trade Republic

Upway

Upway is a platform for the second-hand purchase, reconditioning and resale of electric bikes.

Growth

Toussaint Wattinne

Stéphane Ficaja

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2021

)

Upway

Upway is a platform for the second-hand purchase, reconditioning and resale of electric bikes.

Upway

VEED

VEED is an AI video creation platform to go from idea to social-ready video in minutes.

Growth

Sabba Keynejad

Timur Mamedov

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2021

)

VEED

VEED is an AI video creation platform to go from idea to social-ready video in minutes.

VEED

Enduring companies

Company Name

Short description

Current Stage

Founders

First Partnered

Company Name

Short description

Company Name

Unity

Unity is a 3D and VR content development platform.

IPO

David Helgason

Joachim Ante

Pre-Seed/Seed

(

2009

)

Unity

Unity is a 3D and VR content development platform.

Unity