Luciana Lixandru made waves in March 2020, when she announced she was leaving her longtime role with Accel's London team to help open international VC firm Sequoia's first European office. The Romanian-born investor led the Series A round in Bucharest-founded UiPath in 2017; the robotic process automation company now headquartered in New York reached a $10 billion valuation in July 2020. Lixandru's career portfolio also includes online collaboration startup Miro, which raised $50 million in April 2020; cybersecurity company Tessian, which raised $42 million in 2019; and food delivery startup Deliveroo, valued at $2 billion.