Sequoia Capital
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Sequoia Capital
Type Private
Founded 1972
Founder Don Valentine
Headquarters Menlo Park, California,
 United States
No. of locations 6
Industry Venture capital
Employees ~ 130 worldwide
Website www.sequoiacap.com

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Randy L. Ditzler, Greg McAdoo, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Gaurav Garg, Michael Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Roelof Botha, and Mark 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:

Name First Invested Description Status
AdBrite 02004-07-26 26 July 2004 Sell advertising on their websites and blogs Private
AdMob 02006-05-19 19 May 2006 Mobile advertising marketplace. Private
AMCC 01987-09-15 15 September 1987 Provides storage, embedded hardware and software solutions. Public
Amobee Media Systems 02005-01-07 07 January 2005 Mobile Advertising Systems for Mobile Operators. Private
Applabs Pvt Ltd 01999-01-01 1 January 1999 Software Testing Company. Private
Apple Inc. 01978-01-01 1 January 1978 Designs and manufactures consumer electronics. IPO
Aricent 02006-09-01 1 September 2006 Independent communications software company. Private
Aruba Networks 02002-04-19 19 April 2002 Delivers enterprise network to users IPO
Asia Media 02005-09-21 21 September 2005 Electronic program guide systems. IPO
Atari 1975 Coin-operated video games, coin-operated pinball machines and home game consoles.
Atom Entertainment 02000-01-14 14 January 2000 Distributes casual games, short films, and animations on the web. Acquired by Viacom/MTV
Documentum 01993-10-18 18 October 1993 Enterprise content management. IPO and later acquired by EMC
Dropbox 02007-09-24 24 September 2007 File sharing and storage. Private
Electronic Arts 01982-12-06 6 December 1982 Distributor of computer and video games. IPO
Eloan 01998-09-02 2 September 1998 Financial services company that offering home mortgage, home equity, and auto loans. IPO
FirstSource 02001-06-13 13 June 2001 Provider of business process management services. IPO
Flextronics 01993-06-29 29 June 1993 Worldwide electronics design, fabrication, assembly, and test company. IPO
Followap 02005-06-02 02 June 2005 Mobile Instant Messaging and Presence Acquired by NeuStar
Funny or Die 02007-04-17 17 April 2007 Large media company with multiple vertical websites, including funnyordie.com started with comedian Will Ferrell. Private
Google 01999-05-26 26 May 1999 Search Engine. IPO
Idea Cellular 02006-11-27 27 November 2006 Cellular services, SMS services and mobile communication devices. IPO
imeem 02006-12-15 15 December 2006 Social media networking services. Private
Isilon 02002-07-03 3 July 2002 Modular network storage solutions designed for large digital files. IPO
LinkedIn 02003-11-07 7 November 2003 Online network that helps you find and be found by former colleagues. Private
Loopt 02005-11-02 2 November 2005 Mobile social networking services. Private
LSI Logic 01981-01-20 20 January 1981 Provider of silicon, systems and software technologies. IPO
Meebo 02005-12-15 15 December 2005 Instant messaging services. Private
Mellanox Technologies 01999-06-01 1 June 1999 Provider of InfiniBand technology. IPO
Meraki 02006-03-02 2 March 2006 Mesh wireless networking. Private
Microchip Technology 01989-04-06 6 April 1989 Manufacturer of microcontroller, memory and analog semiconductors. IPO
Netezza 02003-07-10 10 July 2003 Provider of enterprise data warehouse appliances. IPO
Netscreen 01998-05-21 21 May 1998 Networking and security solutions. IPO and later acquired by Juniper Networks, Inc.
NetApp 01994-09-23 23 September 1994 Provides an integrated solution that enables storage, delivery, and management of network data. IPO
NVIDIA 01993-07-02 2 July 1993 Technologies for video cards, graphics cards, notebooks, workstations, and desktop PCs. IPO
Paypal 01999-08-02 2 August 1999 Internet payment services. IPO and later acquired by Ebay
Plaxo 02002-03-01 1 March 2002 Address book services. Acquired by Comcast in 2008.
PixelWorks 01998-04-29 29 April 1998 Designs, develops and markets highly integrated system-on-a-chip solutions for broadband communications. IPO
PMC-Sierra 01984-01-11 11 January 1984 Broadband communications and storage chips. IPO
Pure Digital Technologies 02005-03-03 3 March 2005 Digital imaging systems, including the Flip Video family of digital camcorders. Private
Rackspace 02000-03-28 28 March 2000 Managed hosting service provider. IPO
RockYou 02007-01-09 9 January 2007 Slideshow widgets. Private
Royal Orchid Hotels 02007-10-06 6 October 2007 Hotel chain catering to business travelers. IPO
Satellier 2000 Outsourced AEC design services. Private
Silent Communication 02007-11 November 2007 Call completion services for mobile operators. Private
Sourcefire 02004-01-16 16 January 2004 Network security. IPO
Stardoll 02006-06-15 15 June 2006 Girls social networking. Private
Sugar Inc. 02006-09-12 12 September 2006 Women's publishing. Private
Tokbox 02007-08-03 3 August 2007 Video communications services. Private
Yahoo! 01995-04-05 5 April 1995 Web Portal. IPO
YouTube 02005-10-21 21 October 2005 Hosts user-generated videos. Acquired by Google
Yodlee 01999-10 October 1999 Online data aggregation and online Bill Pay service provider. Private
Zappos.com N/A Online Retailer Private

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.citation needed

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