Overview
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. the firm had approximately US$85 billion in assets under management.
Sequoia is an umbrella brand for three different venture entities: one focused on the U.S. and Europe, another on India and Southeast Asia, and a third on China.
Notable successful investments made by the firm include Apple, Cisco, Google, NVIDIA, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, PayPal, Reddit, Tumblr, WhatsApp, and Zoom.
History
Sequoia was founded by Don Valentine in 1972 in Menlo Park, California, at a time when the state's venture capital industry was just beginning to develop.
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