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Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972. It is primarily based out of Menlo Park, United States. As of Jun 2025, Sequoia Capital is an active investor, having invested in 1711 companies, with 47 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it led the $100M Series F round of MUBI.
Overall, Sequoia Capital portfolio has seen 139 unicorns, 126 IPOs and 413 acquisitions including key companies like Zomato, Grab and Uber. A lot of funds co-invest with Sequoia Capital, with names like Peak XV Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Sequoia Capital has team of 141 people including 100 partners.
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
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Series A, Seed & 14 more
Portfolio IPOs
Sequoia Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Sequoia Capital has invested in 1719 companies over the last 47 years, with an average of 89 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2024, it made 106 investments, while as of Jun 2025, it has made 42 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in MUBI and most recent follow-on round was in Hex.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 24 | 18 | 42 |
2024 | 53 | 53 | 106 |
2023 | 53 | 34 | 87 |
2022 | 116 | 82 | 198 |
2021 | 173 | 155 | 328 |
2020 | 106 | 92 | 198 |
2019 | 103 | 79 | 182 |
2018 | 98 | 85 | 183 |
2017 | 62 | 61 | 123 |
2016 | 41 | 78 | 119 |
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Sequoia Capital's Investments by Stage
Sequoia Capital has made 588 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $17.4M, 387 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $7.38M and 273 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $63.2M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 588 |
Seed | 387 |
Series B | 273 |
Series C | 138 |
Series D | 48 |
Others | 75 |
Sequoia Capital's Investments by Sector
Sequoia Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure and Retail. Notably, it has invested in 1436 Tech companies, 986 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 735 Software companies and at least 672 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 586 |
High Tech | 394 |
Consumer | 362 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 208 |
Retail | 189 |
Others | 1748 |
Sequoia Capital's Investments by Geography
Sequoia Capital has made most investments in United States (675), followed by China where it has made 376 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 675 |
China | 376 |
India | 257 |
Israel | 46 |
United Kingdom | 30 |
Others | 128 |
Sequoia Capital's recent investments
Filter this listHere are the most recent investments by Sequoia Capital:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 02, 2025 | United States | Series F | $100M | - | |
May 28, 2025 | United States | Series A | $25M | First Round Capital [+4] | |
May 28, 2025 | United States | Series C | $70M | avra [+5] | |
May 27, 2025 | United States | Series E | $650M | Founders Fund [+4] | |
May 26, 2025 | United States | Series G | Undisclosed | TCV [+2] |
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Filter this listHere is a list of unicorns in Sequoia Capital's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
58 | AI-enabled bioinformatics platform for drug discovery and biomarker development | 2014 | Hong Kong | Series E | qkbohat | ||
85 | Online exchange platform for cryptocurrency | 2017 | Ta Xbiex | Series C | {bpjoko | ||
41 | Crime intelligence and analytics solution | 2016 | San Francisco | Series C | ezrkqsi | ||
54 | AI powered medical search platform for healthcare professionals | 2021 | Cambridge | Series A | gpmzkbd | ||
61 | AI and cloud based lead management and contact dataset provider | 2017 | New York | Series B | zsqw{qd |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Sequoia Capital's Portfolio
Filter this listHere are Sequoia Capital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 14, 2025 | - | - | - | |
Dec 18, 2024 | Oct 27, 2007 | Series B | $12.5M | |
Dec 18, 2024 | Mar 28, 2014 | Series A | $2.54M | |
Dec 12, 2024 | Mar 26, 2021 | Series F | $500M | |
Nov 27, 2024 | Mar 03, 2017 | Seed | Undisclosed |
Acquired companies in Sequoia Capital's Portfolio
Filter this listHere are Sequoia Capital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 29, 2025 | May 02, 2024 | Seed | $7M | |
May 28, 2025 | Oct 27, 2010 | Series A | $2.7M | |
May 19, 2025 | Aug 31, 2017 | Series F | $250M | |
May 02, 2025 | Feb 18, 2021 | Series A | $16M | |
Apr 23, 2025 | Jan 23, 2024 | Seed | $1.6M |
Team profile of Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital has a team of 141 members including 100 Partners, 6 Venture Partners and 21 Principals located in United States, China and 5 more locations. Sequoia Capital's team sits on the board of 8 companies.Here is a list of top team members in Sequoia Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Menlo Park | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Menlo Park | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Menlo Park | - | ||
Partner | United States | - |
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Over the past 47 years, 10316 investors have co-invested in Sequoia Capital's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Sequoia Capital: Y Combinator, Accel and 2104 others have invested in rounds before Sequoia Capital. There are 67 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Sequoia Capital and 24 companies where Accel has invested before Sequoia Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Sequoia Capital: 2669 investors entered a company along with Sequoia Capital. These include investors like Peak XV Partners (75 companies).
- Invested after Sequoia Capital: A total of 5541 investors have invested in Sequoia Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Tiger Global Management (62 companies), Sequoia Capital China (34 companies) and Lightspeed Venture Partners (34 companies).
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