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Sequoia Capital

also referred to as: sequoia

11 statements across 9 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 31, 2021 by Shaan Puri · said 59 times in 25 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Shaan Puri (40), Ryan Smith (6), Sam Parr (3), Dharmesh Shah (2), Andrew Wilkinson (2), Nader Al-Naji (1), Matt Mazzeo (1), Joe Lonsdale (1)

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Mar 31, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
$170 million deposited into BitClout, mostly from Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia
“About a hundred seventy million dollars has been deposited onto this. Most of that is from their institutional backers like Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia and those other guys.”
Shaan Puri Mar 31, 2021 ▶ 44:03 MFM #165: How Jack Butcher is Selling his Art for $76m & How to Research Wealthy People
May 28, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Puri: Sequoia led every single WhatsApp round before its $19B acquisition
“Basically they invest in WhatsApp. They invested in every single round of WhatsApp. They led every round, which was a genius move. So when it exits for 19, twenty billion bucks, they were huge winners out of that.”
Shaan Puri May 28, 2021 ▶ 20:51 How Vending Machines are Generating Millions & The Next Big Social App | My First Million #187
Sep 17, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Parr: Zapier raised funding at a $5B valuation from Sequoia
“They recently raised a little bit of funding at a five billion dollar valuation by, I believe, Sequoia.”
Sam Parr Sep 17, 2021 ▶ 10:02 12 Startups Where Stock Grants Can Make You a Millionaire | My First Million #220
Nov 3, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Al-Naji: Top VCs bought ~$30M of DeSo, none owning >5%
“I think about thirty million dollars worth was that which is, I think, not, not a huge percent, and no one has, no one owns more than five percent of the supply from that.”
Nader Al-Naji Nov 3, 2021 ▶ 23:43 The Next Big Social Media Network Will Be On the Blockchain. Nader Al-Naji Tells Us Why.
Sep 14, 2023 bullish
Assertion Supported
MongoDB is approaching a $2 billion revenue run rate
“Then finally, Sequoia came in and then we raised a lot of money and now it does getting close to a two billion dollar run rate.”
Kevin Ryan Sep 14, 2023 ▶ 23:13 How This Billionaire Founder Finds +$20B Business Ideas | Kevin Ryan Interview (#495)
Sep 13, 2024 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Parr: Retool hit ~$100M ARR in 2024 at a $3.7B valuation
“Their latest valuation is 3.7. They've raised one hundred fifty million dollars from Sequoia and a bunch of other great companies. Listen to this growth. First nine months, 500,000 dollars in revenue. In 2018, they hit two million in ARR. In 2024, they hit aro…”
Sam Parr Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 14:22 10 Startups w/ Stock Grants That’ll Make You A Millionaire | Sara’s List 2024
Jan 16, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Ron Conway Secured a $250K Allocation in Google for Brokering VC Deal
“He gets the 250 K. So that's how Ron Conway gets in on this deal.”
Shaan Puri Jan 16, 2025 ▶ 28:13 The Crazy Story of Google’s 7 Angel investors
May 2, 2025
Disclosure
Mah: Sequoia trained scouts using investment memos of failed startups
“I was a scout for Sequoia Capital for many years. And they would show us a bunch of these like great ideas with amazing traction, especially in consumer internet. And then they would ask us, would you invest on this memo, yes or no? And so we would vote, an…”
Jess Mah May 2, 2025 ▶ 32:50 Asking A Billionaire How To Make $1,000,000
Nov 5, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sequoia demanded Qualtrics formally name a single CEO to secure its investment
“When we took money in 2011, Sequoia, I remember, was like, We're only doing this if there's a CEO. Which one of you is the CEO?”
Ryan Smith Nov 5, 2025 ▶ 18:33 The High School Dropout Who Made Billions & Bought An NBA team
Nov 5, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Ryan Smith compared Sequoia and Accel co-investing to Yankees and Red Sox
“And then, you know, we decided to go raise money from Sequoia and Excel. And at the time it was like taking money from the Red Sox and the Yankees.”
Ryan Smith Nov 5, 2025 ▶ 31:10 The High School Dropout Who Made Billions & Bought An NBA team
Nov 5, 2025 bullish
Assertion Contradicted
Qualtrics raised the largest tech Series A since 2008 in 2012
“We've taken this money from Excel, this is the largest Series A raised in 2000, in 12, since 2008, in all of tech, it's outside of the Bay Area”
Ryan Smith Nov 5, 2025 ▶ 19:37 The High School Dropout Who Made Billions & Bought An NBA team
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