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Sarah Chen-Spellings is an award-winning American investor and entrepreneur helping family offices and institutions unlock returns through women-led innovation and the VC funds backing them. She is the Co-Founder of Beyond The Billion—the first and largest global consortium mobilizing over $1B toward women-founded companies, with 15 unicorns backed to date, including Canva and Airwallex.
Already a VC cutting multi-million dollar checks in her 20s, Sarah was on the founding team of a corporate venture arm for a publicly listed Asian conglomerate. Today, she advises leading fund franchises and often serves on investment committees to scale women-centered capital globally.
Named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and Forbes 30 Under 30 in VC, she also hosts Billion Dollar Moves—a top global podcast spotlighting the founders and funders behind the world’s most iconic companies, unicorn founders and funders from YouTube to Sequoia. Sarah is frequently called upon by international governments to elevate their innovation ecosystems on the global stage—particularly in advancing women-led entrepreneurship. She holds a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (Hons.) from King’s College London.
Named Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and Forbes Under 30 VC.
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Investor
A trusted adviser to women in wealth, Sarah partners with family offices, institutional investors, and venture funds to shape portfolios with purpose.
As co-founder of Beyond The Billion, she helped mobilize over $1 billion into female-founded companies – with partner funds backing unicorns like Canva and Airwallex – proving that inclusion and returns go hand in hand.
Catalyst
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 catalyses 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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”