Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC
Company type	Private
Industry	Venture capital
Founded	1972
Founder	Don Valentine
Headquarters	Menlo Park, California, U.S.
Area served	United States, Southeast Asia, India, China, Israel
Key people	Michael Moritz; Douglas Leone; Jim Goetz; Roelof Botha; Alfred Lin;
Products	Investments
AUM	US$85 billion (2022)
Website	sequoiacap.com

Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California which specializes in seed stage, early stage, and growth stage investments in private companies across technology sectors.^[1] As of 2022,^[update] the firm had approximately US$85 billion in assets under management.^[2]^[3]

Sequoia is an umbrella brand for three different venture entities: one focused on the United States and Europe, another on India and Southeast Asia, and a third on China.^[4]

Notable successful investments made by the firm include Apple, ByteDance, and Cisco.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ Secretive, Sprawling Network of 'Scouts' Spreads Money Through Silicon Valley Archived 2022-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rolfe Winkler, November 12, 2015, Wall Street Journal, retrieved May 12, 2016.
^ Clark, Kate (July 27, 2022). "Sequoia Capital to Open New York Office, First U.S. Outpost Outside Silicon Valley". The Information. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022. The firm has about $85 billion in assets under management.
^ Sachmechi, Natalie (July 28, 2022). "Sequoia Capital opening its first New York office". Crain Communications. Archived from the original on July 28, 2022.
^ Russell, Melia. "The decision to split Sequoia Capital into 3 entities puts to bed any questions of a power struggle at the VC powerhouse". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
^ Levy, Ari (2020-09-18). "Silicon Valley's most prominent VC firm had a banner week: $9 billion in IPO shares while helping TikTok negotiations". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
^ "From Alibaba To Zynga: 45 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them". CB Insights. June 9, 2021. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
^ Helft, Miguel; Richtel, Matt (2006-10-10). "Venture Firm Shares a YouTube Jackpot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

[1] Secretive, Sprawling Network of 'Scouts' Spreads Money Through Silicon Valley Archived 2022-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rolfe Winkler, November 12, 2015, Wall Street Journal, retrieved May 12, 2016.

[2] Clark, Kate (July 27, 2022). "Sequoia Capital to Open New York Office, First U.S. Outpost Outside Silicon Valley". The Information. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022. The firm has about $85 billion in assets under management.

[3] Sachmechi, Natalie (July 28, 2022). "Sequoia Capital opening its first New York office". Crain Communications. Archived from the original on July 28, 2022.

[4] Russell, Melia. "The decision to split Sequoia Capital into 3 entities puts to bed any questions of a power struggle at the VC powerhouse". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-07-16.

[:0-5] Levy, Ari (2020-09-18). "Silicon Valley's most prominent VC firm had a banner week: $9 billion in IPO shares while helping TikTok negotiations". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-02-13.

[CBI-6] "From Alibaba To Zynga: 45 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them". CB Insights. June 9, 2021. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.

[7] Helft, Miguel; Richtel, Matt (2006-10-10). "Venture Firm Shares a YouTube Jackpot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2023-06-27.

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