Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Don Valentine, widely regarded as the most successful and influential venture capital firm in history, with a portfolio including more companies worth more than $1 trillion in combined market capitalization than any other institutional investor. The firm invests from seed through growth stages with initial checks from $1 million to $15 million and has offices globally across the US, Europe, India, China, and Southeast Asia. Stripe was backed by Sequoia at an early stage. OpenAI received Sequoia investment. Airbnb was backed by Sequoia. Beyond its original investments in Stripe, OpenAI, and Airbnb, the Sequoia portfolio includes Apple, Google, Oracle, Cisco, LinkedIn, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, DoorDash, Snowflake, Zoom, Nvidia, and hundreds of additional technology companies that have shaped every era of the technology industry.