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Sequoia Capital is an American venture capital firm.The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California and mainly focuses on the technology industry.It has backed companies that now control $1.4 trillion of combined stock market value, equivalent to 22 percent of Nasdaq.Notable companies that Sequoia invested in early on include Apple, Google, Oracle, Youtube, Instagram, Zoom, WhatsApp, Linkedin, and Paypal.

Sequoia has been regarded as one of the top venture capital firms in the world, managing multiple investment funds including funds specific to India & Southeast Asia,Israel,and China, in addition to the US.The firm has offices in Menlo Park, Singapore, Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, London and Tel Aviv.

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Further Reading

A peek inside Sequoia Capital’s low-flying, wide-reaching scout program

Ten years ago, Sequoia Capital began quietly encouraging founders of its portfolio companies to consider which of their founder friends they might like to get behind financially.

Techcrunch

Scout networks are latest VC salvo in war for founders

Founders are extraordinarily busy, even for their own investors. A decade ago, they might have had relationships with a handful of VC partners as they scaled their businesses and raised additional rounds of capital.

Techcrunch

Sequoia’s scouts in Europe

The famed scout programme from US VC firm Sequoia has launched in Europe. We meet the scouts.

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Secretive, Sprawling Network of ‘Scouts’ Spreads Money Through Silicon Valley

Sequoia Capital has funneled millions of dollars to scores of well-connected entrepreneurs and academics, who invest and look for ideas.

Wall Street Journal

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