sequoiacap

The firm named sequoiacap here is Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm that describes itself as helping founders build companies from idea through to a public listing and beyond. Its writing says it has lived through every economic cycle over more than fifty years.

What sequoiacap offers

• Seed and early-stage investment — runs a series of seed funds, the fifth of which was announced in January 2023.
• Arc programme — takes applications from early founders to a structured company-building programme.
• Founder guidance — publishes essays, podcasts and frameworks on topics such as product-market fit and moving from founder to scale-up chief executive.
• Jobs board — lists open roles at companies it backs.

Who it works with

Founders building technology companies. Its partners write about artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, enterprise software, financial technology and electrification as themes of interest.

Key facts

• History: More than fifty years of investing
• Recent partnerships: Cymphony, Nevis, Form Energy and Empirik