# Andrew Lee

> Andrew Lee is a seed investor at Sequoia Capital backing Internet of Things and Energy Management. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aplee

Andrew Lee is a seed investor at Sequoia Capital in San Francisco focused on Internet of Things and Energy Management. Andrew Lee is Vice President at Sequoia Capital.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $50k–$4.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet of Things | 3 | 27% |
| Energy Management | 2 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 18% |
| News | 1 | 9% |
| DevOps | 1 | 9% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 82% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 18% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 91% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kubecost | Kubecost is a developer of a cost monitoring platform to help companies manage their Kubernetes resources and costs. Its platform also provides direct integrations with the Kubernetes API and cloud billing APIs, cost allocations for all key Kubernetes concepts, dynamic recommendations for optimizing cloud spend, and infrastructure assessmentservices helping clients to reduce spending and prevent resource-based outages. | $4M | Seed | Mar 23, 2021 |  |
| Memberstack | Turn websites into members-only sites, dashboards, web apps, and intranets. | $2M | Seed | Oct 13, 2020 |  |
| ChargeLab | ChargeLab is the Android of EV charging. We don’t build EV chargers, but our hardware-agnostic platform runs on the world’s most popular EV chargers. Once connected, our software makes any EV charger smarter and easier to use. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Mar 16, 2020 |  |
| Printify | Printify is the world's most famous print-on-demand platform designed to help anyone with an internet connection unlock the freedom that comes with opening your own online business. And because it’s completely risk free, more than 10 million people have signed up to open their stores! We created Printify so that anyone can create greatproducts, drive sales, and unlock their freedom. Printify has been on a steep growth curve since 2015, and now with more than 700 employees, three offices, and an amazing diverse team spread around Europe, we’re continuing to go from strength to strength. The Financial Times has ranked us as a Best Startup Employer for the last 4 years in a row, and we’re headquartered in Riga with investment backing from Richard Branson, Index Ventures, and some of the best angel investors from Silicon Valley and beyond. | $3M | Seed | May 09, 2019 |  |
| 3DEN | 3DEN is a network of pay as you go urban sanctuaries, with everything needed to work, relax, freshen-up, shower and replenish. | $2M | Seed | Feb 14, 2019 |  |
| Flair | Flair makes smart vents and wireless thermostats and advanced software for residential heating and cooling. The company builds smart hardware and software for HVAC controls focused on efficiency, comfort, electrification, and smart grid integration. The company's products are sold through multiple channels including direct to consumer, HVACdistribution, and utilities. | $810K | Seed | Jan 03, 2019 |  |
| Happs | Happs is a global community working together to change the face of live news. Happs is a live streaming news platform that covers top stories from around the world. Using Happs app, it alerts the community to global breaking or trending news events — this could be an article, tweet, image, or live video of the event. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2019 |  |
| Esper | Esper specializes in android device deployment and application management platforms for enterprises. It was co-founded in the year 2018 by US-based, industry veterans Yadhu Gopalan and Shiv Sundar. In addition to providing a device and application management platform, the company enables device manufacturers and chipset vendors to deliver a leanAndroid solution purpose-built for the smart dedicated device space. It also allows its customers to control every aspect of their device fleet and go as far as real-time debugging of applications on a remote device when required. | $4.1M | Seed | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| Necto | Necto is a startup that aims to create ISP school to help people get started with their own internet service provider. By removing the technical and financial hurdles to starting an ISP, Necto enables local businesses to sell fast & net-neutral internet access to their neighborhoods. |  | Seed | Mar 23, 2018 |  |
| Fairy | Fairy offers 30 minute daily “hotel like” cleanings and is a great service for busy professionals and families -- their mission is to deliver happiness to every home in the world. Their team has started and sold venture-backed startups and have helped scale companies like Instacart, NextDoor, Box, and LinkedIn through their IPOs. | $4.1M | Seed | Jun 15, 2017 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Third Sphere](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-us) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1517 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1517-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Afore Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afore-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [b8ta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b8ta) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Berkeley Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berkeley-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sequoia Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Sequoia is a venture capital focused on energy, financial, enterprise, healthcare, internet, and mobile startups. The firm helps a small number of daring founders build legendary companies. It spurs them to push the boundaries of what’s possible.The firm seeks to invest in all sectors with a focus on energy, financials and financial services,healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, mobile, outsourcing, and technology.

5 contacts available at Sequoia Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anas Biad | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anas-biad |
| Andrew Lee | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-lee |
| Carl Eschenbach | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-eschenbach |
| Caroline Fu | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caroline-fu |
| Donald Valentine | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-valentine |

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## FAQ

### What does Andrew Lee invest in?

Andrew Lee invests primarily in Internet of Things, Energy Management and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Andrew Lee's check size?

Andrew Lee typically joins rounds of $50k–$4.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Andrew Lee participates in.

### When did Andrew Lee last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Andrew Lee closed in Mar 2021. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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