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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Founder | Don Valentine |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Area served | United States, Southeast Asia, India, China, Israel |
Key people | |
| Products | Investments |
| AUM | US$85 billion (2022) |
| Website | sequoiacap |
Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC 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 regionally focused venture entities:[4]
- Sequoia Capital Operations on Europe and United States
- Peak XV Partners on India and Southeast Asia
- HongShan on China
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.