Overview

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 by Don Valentine in Silicon Valley. The firm partners with a small number of founders and describes its approach as long-term company building from idea to IPO and beyond. It invests across pre-seed, seed, early and growth stages, with current activity spanning AI, enterprise and developer software, consumer technology, fintech, healthcare, cybersecurity, crypto, hardware and data infrastructure. Following the 2023 separation of its former China and India/Southeast Asia businesses into independent firms, Sequoia Capital's principal geographic focus is the United States and Europe.

Investment focus

Sectors
AI, Enterprise Software, Consumer, Fintech, Healthcare, Security, Developer Tools, Crypto, Hardware, Data & Analytics, Marketplaces
Stages
Pre-Seed, Seed, Early Stage, Growth
Regions
United States, Europe

How they work with companies

Sequoia supports founders with hands-on company-building help, including strategy, recruiting, customer introductions and access to its founder and operator network. Early-stage companies can participate in the Arc Intensive, which covers areas such as product-market fit, customer understanding, positioning, team building and growth. Founders also receive access to Ampersand, Sequoia's company-building resource hub and network directory, plus partner and operator 1:1s and technology benefits. Sequoia also operates a jobs board for roles at its partner companies.Read more

Sequoia supports founders with hands-on company-building help, including strategy, recruiting, customer introductions and access to its founder and operator network. Early-stage companies can participate in the Arc Intensive, which covers areas such as product-market fit, customer understanding, positioning, team building and growth. Founders also receive access to Ampersand, Sequoia's company-building resource hub and network directory, plus partner and operator 1:1s and technology benefits. Sequoia also operates a jobs board for roles at its partner companies.

Key people

5 people
Alfred LinCo-Steward & PartnerView bio

Alfred Lin is a co-steward of Sequoia Capital and an investor focused on seed and early-stage companies. Before Sequoia, he worked with Tony Hsieh at LinkExchange, co-founded the Venture Frogs incubator and seed fund, and held a senior operating role at Zappos. He has been a Sequoia partner since 2010.

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Pat GradyCo-Steward & PartnerView bio

Pat Grady is a co-steward of Sequoia Capital and a growth-stage investor. He has spent nearly two decades at Sequoia and has led its growth investing activities since 2015. His work focuses on partnering with founders as companies scale, with investments spanning enterprise software, AI, healthcare and other technology markets.

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Doug LeoneChairman & PartnerView bio

Doug Leone is chairman of Sequoia Capital. He joined the firm in 1988, became a partner in 1993 and managing partner in 1996. He led Sequoia for many years and helped oversee its international expansion. He continues to invest and work with founders after returning to a more active role at the firm in 2026.

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Jess LeePartner & Chief Product OfficerView bio

Jess Lee is a partner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia Capital. Before joining Sequoia, she was co-founder and CEO of social commerce company Polyvore. She works with early-stage founders and has also helped develop Sequoia's programs and products for founders, including its company-building initiatives.

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Sonya HuangGrowth PartnerView bio

Sonya Huang is a growth investor at Sequoia Capital with a major focus on artificial intelligence. Before Sequoia, she worked at Goldman Sachs and in private equity. Her current investing work spans foundation models, AI infrastructure, inference, enterprise applications and other technologies emerging from advances in machine intelligence.

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Companies curated by Ovii

A selection of companies associated with Sequoia Capital that Ovii curates for job seekers.

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