Sequoia Capital

The most consequential VC firm in history — backers of Apple, Google, NVIDIA, Stripe

VC Multi-stage 📍 Menlo Park, CA Founded 1972

AUM

$85B

as of 2026-Q1

LARGE

Sequoia Capital was founded in 1972 by Don Valentine and has backed companies that today represent over 20% of the Nasdaq's market cap. In 2021 it broke the traditional 10-year fund structure with an open-ended Sequoia Capital Fund. Now operates separately as Sequoia Capital (US/Europe), Sequoia China (Hong Shan), and Peak XV (India/SEA).

Firm Profile

Firm Type

Subtype

Multi-stage

Founded

1972

Menlo Park, CA

Country

USA

Active Fund

Sequoia Capital Fund · 2021

Notable Partners

Roelof BothaAlfred LinPat GradyDoug Leone

Portfolio Companies (48)

Enriched 2026-09-08 · QuantLogix research

OpenAI Stripe Databricks Found Stori Cast AI Ethos Fika Jobs LegalOS Pace Public Unit People.ai Kalshi Canva Faire Lark Glow Anthropic Replicate Ramp Mercury Notion Linear Clay ElevenLabs Neuralink Zipline Skild AI Verkada Glean Strava Rippling Cohesity Cresta Cribl OpenEvidence Sierra Enterour companiesour teamarcOur HistorySequoia HeritageSequoia Global EquitiesLP LoginSequoia Ampersand LoginHubSpot HubSpot builds all-in-one marketing software.

Investment Focus

Stages

Seed · Series A · Series B · Growth

Sectors

AI · Software · Fintech · Healthcare · Consumer

VCTier-1 VCHall of FameOpen-Ended Fund

Investor data reflects publicly disclosed AUM, fund sizes, and portfolio holdings as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed periodically.