$1B+

to Female Founders
Capital Catalyzed

10M+

Podcast Listens
Narratives Amplified

100+

Partner Funds
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1M+

Impressions
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50,000+

Global Community
Narratives Amplified

A defining chapter of Sarah’s career has been expanding recognition of women as founders, investors and owners of capital. Through Beyond The Billion and her broader public work, she helped demonstrate that broadening access to opportunity can be consistent with disciplined investment thinking and long-term value creation.

- Sarah Chen-Spellings

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Named Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and Forbes Under 30 VC.

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Sarah’s career has included work with investors, founders and global institutions across private markets and innovation. She is particularly recognized for her contributions to the conversation around women, wealth creation and capital allocation.

Going Beyond The Billion
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Sarah is a force for change – known for bringing together capital, talent, and ideas to spark movements that reshape the future.

From building entrepreneurial ecosystems to leading global investor coalitions, she catalyzed systems-level shifts that move women from the margins to the mainstream of innovation and investment.

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A natural communicator who grew up on television, Sarah merges capital and culture to shape the global narrative on women, wealth, and innovation. As a sought-after keynote speaker, moderator, and host of Billion Dollar Moves, she turns stories into strategy – creating a platform where capital meets conversation.

Trusted by governments and brands alike, her podcast is a platform where strategy, storytelling, and capital collide – equipping listeners with the real playbook behind billion-dollar outcomes.

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Doug Cameron
CO-PRESIDENT, FIRST GREEN PARTNERS AND FORMER CSO, KHOSLA VENTURES
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“In my capacity as Advisor to Sime Darby’s ventures team, l’ve had the pleasure to work closely with Sarah who drives a lot of the investments work in the team. Sarah continues to impress me with her positive and professional attitude and approach in her work, with demonstrated in-depth, practical knowledge of the business.

She is a rare combination of an analytical, strategic mind with a true talent for negotiation and stakeholder management. Representing a strategic investor, Sarah goes the extra mile whether it’s in working in the investee companies in business development or project financing work. It is without a doubt that Sarah will be an asset to any organization she works with.”

Aiza Azreen Ahmad
FORMER CHIEF STRATEGY AND TRANSFORMATION OFFICER, BANK RAKYAT MALAYSIA AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, SIME DARBY
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“Sarah is a force to be reckoned with. We worked together on a strategy to bring innovation to a large corporate, back when engagement by the corporate with startups was still very nascent. I saw first hand, Sarah’s strategic thinking combined with excellent execution ability, her deep diligence in evaluating investments combined with top relationship management – which frankly, is a profile hard to come by. 

She is one that is able to look at a problem set, maneuver any framework, manage stakeholders, and come to a solution that everyone around the table can then back. She is a leader, and I’m confident, will do great things.”

Panu Maulaheimo
Senior Advisor, Helsinki Partners
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“We’ve worked with Sarah & her team to promote investing in and from Helsinki, leveraging ad spots and a sponsored a series of episodes showcasing our nation’s best unicorn founders and funders.

Sarah’s compelling storytelling combined with her targeted reach has resulted in an oversubscribed program for international investors. This was our second year working with her and we are excited to continue working with her.”

Karen Wawrzaszek
Regional Director for Foundation & Institutional Advisory, Northern Trust Wealth Management
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While l’ve only known Sarah Chen for a short period of time, very quickly I knew this was the kind of young leader I wanted to spend more time with and support as I saw her dive head first to work at addressing access to capital, building a diverse and inclusive future via venture capital, at a global scale.


I am particularly impressed by the DecaBillion+ initiative which I am part of, where she and her team have brought together Chief Investment Officers of some of the largest and most influential foundations and endowments including Rockefeller, Kresge and W.K.K. Kellogg with the aim of mobilizing capital by enlisting the support of institutional and private investors.

Brian Conn
Former CFO, Verdezyne
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Upon first meeting Sarah, you are immediately struck by her energy, ambition and wit. Quickly you discover that there is far more substance than you expected and find yourself working hard to keep up with her. I had the pleasure of getting to know Sarah in 2014 when Sime Darby was evaluating a significant investment in my company. As the deal progressed, her contributions to the deal increased greatly and we ultimately closed a $30 million investment.

Since then, I’ve come to learn that Sarah possesses the rare attribute of having an entrepreneur-like ability to see big picture concepts while at the same time having a lawyer-like attention to detail. She proves to be equally valuable in document review and strategic planning. Sarah also has a tireless work ethic, amazing people skills and an outstanding professional demeanor.

I have no doubt that Sarah is destined for great things and will enjoy seeing her conquer whatever she chooses to face in life, professionally and otherwise.

Monsha'at
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Sarah Chen-Spellings brought her signature energy and commanding presence to Biban 2024, making her the ideal host and moderator alongside the Shark, Robert Herjavec. Her deep insights into investing in innovation and women-led ventures resonated powerfully with our audience of entrepreneurs, business leaders, and global investors. With her polished media expertise and natural ability to engage across cultures, she elevated the event, ensuring impactful takeaways and amplifying our reach across platforms. We were honored to have a globally renowned name join our stage, and we are excited to continue to work with her to drive entrepreneurship in our country and beyond.

Ann Cairns
Former Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard
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We at Mastercard are delighted to be working with Beyond the Billion to address the massive gender venture funding gap holding women innovators back. Shelly, Sarah and their team have done an excellent job of raising awareness about this issue and creating a network of VCs pledged to do more by investing into female-founded startups to address the problem. Working with our team, they seamlessly created an impactful dialogue based on Mastercard’s gender balance narrative.

Nina Kaiser
Founder, 4GAMECHANGERS, Prosienbat 1 PULS GMBH
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Sarah Chen is such a dynamic, engaging speaker and she was the perfect opener for our stage at the April 2019 4GameChangers in Vienna, Austria. She truly has a strong presence, and her material truly resonated with our audience of senior technology leaders, entrepreneurs and investors, many of whom told us how inspired they were by her message on investing in women as a business strategy. With her media background, she was a naturally enthusiastic guest on our talk shows and post-event interviews, ultimately scoring our event a full spread on Forbes – which gave us additional exposure!

Daniel Göpfert
Goethe-Institut e.V.
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Sarah is one-of-a-kind: her work in venture and women in leadership, her depth of knowledge in her areas of expertise, and ability to present an argument to a large international audience and immediately win them over, truly impressed us at the Goethe-Institut. She was also an engaging facilitator at our Kultursymposium, a gathering of over 500 thought leaders from the world of science, culture, politics, economics and journalism. She has character, wit and presence – and is the speaker you’d want at your event.

Rick Baker
Co-Founder, Blackbird VC
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It was a great opportunity to share ideas, not only in the formal sessions, but in a bunch of great conversations before and after the main events. I’ve taken away handful of good ideas to work on!

Kate Glazebrook
Head of Impact & Operating Principal, Blackbird VC
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Just wanted to share a thanks from Rick and I for all the work that went into last night and today’s events. We got a lot from them: excellent timing to test some of our thinking on our new gender strategy, and great as always to have our ideas challenged by different founders and GPs in the market.

Ollen Douglas
Former MD, Motley Fool Ventures
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Our fund continues to benefit from the talent and success of our women-led companies. We’re proud that in total, we have placed approximately 35% of our invested capital into their businesses and continue to reap the returns. In 2021 alone, public companies acquired two of our women-led startups. These acquisitions underscore the value being created by our founders and their ability to grow world-class technology companies.

Allen Barbieri
Former CEO, Biosynthetic Technoligies (Exited PortCo) - Healthcare Executive
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Sarah is extremely sharp, hard working and talented. I work with strategy executives at many of the largest industrial corporations in the world. Sarah can certainly hold her own with any of these individuals. Sarah is particularly good at analyzing, managing, negotiating and closing strategic transactions that offer high returns for her employer. Finally, Sarah is dedicated to creating value for her employer and is enjoyable to work with.