- Sequoia Capital
Infobox Company
name = Sequoia Capital
company_
type = Private
genre =
foundation = 1972
founder =Don Valentine
location_city =Menlo Park, California
location_country = USA
location =
locations = 6
area_served =
key_people =
industry =Venture capital
products =
services =
operating_income =
num_employees = ~ 130 worldwide
parent =
divisions =
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slogan = The Entrepreneurs Behind the Entrepreneurs
homepage = [http://www.sequoiacap.com/ www.sequoiacap.com]
footnotes =
intl =Sequoia Capital is a
venture capital firm founded byDon Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners includeDon Valentine , Randy L. Ditzler, Greg McAdoo, Pierre Lamond,Michael Moritz , Doug Leone, Gaurav Garg,Michael Goguen , Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz,Roelof Botha , andMark Kvamme .The firm has offices in the US, China, India and Israel. Sequoia has funded companies including
Cisco Systems , Oracle and Apple.Portfolio
Sequoia Capital provided venture capital for the following companies:
Sequoia profited well when Google agreed to buy YouTube for $1.65B. It is believed that Sequoia's $11M investment translated to 30% of the ownership.Fact|date=March 2008
External links
* [http://www.sequoiacap.com/ Sequoia Capital Homepage]
* [http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/sequoia-capital List of Investments by Sequoia Capital at CrunchBase]
* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/99/biz_07midas_Michael-Moritz_1YIC.html Forbes Midas List story on Sequoia Capital General Partner Michael Moritz]
* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/99/biz_07midas_Roelof-Botha_KDY8.html Forbes Midas List story on Sequoia Capital General Partner Roelof Botha]
* [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1595326_1615737_1616199,00.html Time 100 story on Sequoia Capital General Partner Michael Moritz]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/07/technology/07google.html?hp&ex=1160193600&en=ee1a9efb8a678ca1&ei=5094&partner=homepage New York Times article discussing YouTube's VC funding (login required)]
* [http://iinnovate.blogspot.com/2007/11/gregg-mcadoo-partner-at-sequoia-capital.html Greg McAdoo interview by iinnovate, a podcast on innovation and entrepreneurship by Stanford business and design school students.]
* [http://corporate.yodlee.com/company/press_room/previous/1999/10/yodleecom_raise.html Yodlee gets funding from Sequoia]
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