Sequoia Capital

Quick read

Sequoia Capital is a generalist venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Don Valentine, headquartered at 2800 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. It's one of the most storied VC firms in history, with early bets on Apple, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and Nvidia — Sequoia-backed companies account for more than 25% of NASDAQ's total value. The firm recently closed a ~$7B expansion strategy fund and continues to run Arc, its company-building program for pre-seed and seed founders.

Key facts

Founded

1972

Founders

Don Valentine

Employees

28

Sectors

generalist, ai, enterprise, consumer, fintech, healthcare, saas

Website

sequoiacap.com

Investment thesis

Sequoia backs founders with bold ideas addressing large markets across all stages — seed through growth — with a focus on technology companies in enterprise software, AI, consumer internet, fintech, and healthcare. The firm takes concentrated, long-term positions and aims to be the first institutional believer in companies that go on to define their categories.

Recent activity

• Apr 2026fundraise
  Sequoia raised roughly $7 billion for a new expansion strategy fund — nearly double its $3.4B 2022 vehicle — focused on late-stage investments across the US and Europe. x.com
• Apr 2026press
  Hosted AI Ascent IV, its annual AI conference, under the theme 'AI at the Frontier' covering robotics, new chips, brain-computer interfaces, and space-based data centers. x.com
• Apr 2026investment
  Backed Ineffable, a UK AI startup, in a $1.1B seed round alongside Google, Nvidia, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. tracxn.com
• Apr 2026investment
  Invested in Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent web infrastructure startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, as part of a $100M round alongside Index Ventures and First Round Capital. tracxn.com
• Mar 2026investment
  Led or participated in an $80M Series A in KAST, the latest tracked deal on record. startupintros.com
• Nov 2025leadership
  Announced a 'new generation of Sequoia stewards,' signalling a leadership transition at the firm. x.com
• May 2025investment
  Announced plans for a significant investment in Anthropic as part of its concentrated AI bet. linkedin.com

Notable investments

• IneffableSeedApr 2026tracxn.com
• Parallel Web SystemsSeries AApr 2026tracxn.com
• AstrocadeSeries A / Series BMay 2026tracxn.com
• KASTSeries AMar 2026startupintros.com
• AnthropicGrowth2025linkedin.com
• CobotSeries B2025linkedin.com
• Amplitudesequoiacap.com
• Blockaidsequoiacap.com

Key people

Named individuals at the firm. We don't expose direct email or phone — use their LinkedIn for outreach.

• Roelof Botha · Partner
  Brief →LinkedIn
• Bryan Schreier · Partner
• David Cahn · COO
  LinkedIn
• Marie Klemchuk · CFO
• Rich Ha · CTO
• George Robson · Partner
• Reggie Williams · Partner
• Alfred Lin · Partner at Sequoia
  Brief →
• Doug Leone · Partner
  Brief →
• Pat Grady · Partner
• Mike Vernal · Partner
• Sonya Huang · Partner
• Andrew Reed · Partner

Sources

• Sequoia Capital – Home
• Sequoia raises ~$7B expansion strategy fund
• New generation of Sequoia stewards – Nov 2025
• Sequoia Capital – Tracxn Investor Profile
• Sequoia Capital – Crunchbase
• Sequoia Capital – Startup Intros
• David Cahn – Sequoia Capital | LinkedIn
• Sequoia Capital plans big investment in Anthropic

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