Sarah Chen-Spellings

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Beyond The Billion; Host, Billion Dollar Moves

Based in Washington DC, award-winning American entrepreneur & investor Sarah Chen-Spellings is Co-Founder of Beyond The Billion (launched as The Billion Dollar Fund for Women), the world's first and largest global consortium of over 100 venture funds and limited partner investors that have pledged to invest and are actively deploying beyond $1B towards women-founded companies. In under two years, partner funds in the consortium have deployed $638M into close to 800 female-founded companies, of which to date, 15 have been recognized as unicorns: from Canva to Airwallex.

In the formative years of her career in Asia, she was on the pioneer team of a corporate venture capital unit within a publicly traded Asian conglomerate, investing in later-stage biotechnology companies. Since then, she has been at the forefront of multi-million cross-border investments, structuring and executing commercialization plans with her portfolio companies. A recognized leader in gender-lens investing, she serves as a key advisor to select fund franchises, serving on investment committees, to further expand capital for, source, invest in, and advance women-led innovation.

Named Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and Forbes Under 30 VC, Chen-Spellings is a recognized speaker, strategist, and commentator on venture capital, startups, and women in leadership, having been featured on Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, Der Spiegel, United Nations, et al, and hosts a top global VC podcast Billion Dollar Moves backed by the Hubspot Podcast Network (10 million downloads/ month as a group). Sarah holds a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (Hons.) from King’s College London.