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Sequoia Capital

also referred to as: sequoia

11 statements across 9 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Sep 11, 2018 by Mathilde Collin · said 81 times in 31 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Lemkin (45), Zach Coelius (7), Ryan Smith (5), Harry Stebbings (4), Brian Halligan (4), Robert Lacher (3), Sam Blond (2), Nick Mehta (2)

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Sep 11, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Sequoia built a custom Lego set to pitch Mathilde Collin
“What Sequoia did is they built a Lego, a custom Lego with the front logo and the Sequoia logo and then an FL tower cause I'm French and the Golden Gate Bridge, and they brought it to the office”
Mathilde Collin Sep 11, 2018 ▶ 2:46 Fireside Chat with CEO and Founder of Front, Mathilde Collin
Sep 11, 2018 positive
Disclosure
Collin: Sequoia Board Member Ran Front's VP of Sales Search
“So Brian from Sequoia, who joined our board a month ago, like, I said, oh, we need a VP cells, and he was like, I will run the search for you. And then he's, so our new VP cells is training on Monday.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 11, 2018 ▶ 15:40 Fireside Chat with CEO and Founder of Front, Mathilde Collin
Feb 17, 2019
Disclosure
Ryan Smith: Qualtrics raised from Sequoia and Accel at $350M–$400M valuation
“We raised at four hundred million dollars, three hundred fifty million dollars with Sequoia and Excel.”
Ryan Smith Feb 17, 2019 ▶ 5:03 The Things Nobody Tells You About An $8B Acquisition with Ryan Smith from Qualtrics
Feb 17, 2019 negative
Opinion
Smith: Accel and Sequoia totally underestimated Qualtrics' TAM
“And I think Excel and Sequoia totally shorted our TAM.”
Ryan Smith Feb 17, 2019 ▶ 20:25 The Things Nobody Tells You About An $8B Acquisition with Ryan Smith from Qualtrics
Mar 27, 2020 neutral
Insight
Lemkin: Failing to raise quickly out of top accelerators creates negative signaling
“I think if you are in a top tier accelerator and you don't get funded quickly, there is a bit of a black star, a scarlet mark. It's not huge, but if you're, it's not just YC, but if you're in a top program, there's an assumption that Bessemer has an army of an…”
Jason Lemkin Mar 27, 2020 ▶ 14:55 The Current State of Venture Capital and Cloud | SaaStr Software Community
Nov 30, 2021 negative
Opinion
Lemkin: Multi-stage seed without Series A preemption is a severe negative signal
“It's a huge signaling problem. Of course, if Sequoia or Accelerant recent or Lightspeed has two years of data and they don't preempt the A, of course it's a problem. Of course it's a bad signal.”
Jason Lemkin Nov 30, 2021 ▶ 36:14 Scaling a Successful SaaS Sales Team w/ 20VC Founder Harry Stebbings and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin
Apr 1, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lemkin: ZoomInfo scaled via private equity rather than mega VC rounds
“The company did not raise 11, a hundred million dollar rounds from Sequoia and Andreessen and had its own sort of path through private equity and other things.”
Jason Lemkin Apr 1, 2022 ▶ 2:36 From 0 to 400M, 10 Mistakes the CEO of ZoomInfo Made on His Journey to IPO | SaaStr
Sep 15, 2022 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lee: Sequoia Redesigned Fund Structure After Realizing Selling Early Sacrificed Returns
“Well, that's, I mean, that's why Sequoia went to this new fund structure, is because they did the analysis, and they showed that by selling too early, they had left a lot on the table.”
Aileen Lee Sep 15, 2022 ▶ 34:58 VC State of the Market with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Cowboy Ventures Founder & MP Aileen Lee
Aug 30, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lacher: Multi-Stage VC Funds in London Increased Fivefold Over Five Years
“What happened in the last three years is that there have been a tons of multi-stage funds entering Europe, building a new office. So five years ago, it was Excel index, Atomico, Boulder, and a few competing, and now you have Sequoia. NEA, you have Iconic, you …”
Robert Lacher Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 1:54 Navigating Fundraising and the VC Landscape Today with 20VC and Visionaries Club
Dec 27, 2024 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Halligan: The SaaS market recession ended in Q3 2024
“Sass was in a downturn. There's a Sass. And it started, I don't know when it started, but I think it ended in Q three. If you look at the SaaS company's numbers, see it through Sequoia, see it through all my HubSpot dashboards where I see our customers. It fel…”
Brian Halligan Dec 27, 2024 ▶ 23:41 HubSpot Co-Founder and Chair Brian Halligan on AI and SaaS, Board Meetings, and When Incumbents Win
Jan 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Halligan: Executive Hires Fail Without an Internal Sponsor Committed to Them
“It needs to be at least one person around the table. That is, I put up, I gave this person a four, five. I'm going to make this person successful. And if it's all threes, everyone's like, ah, Somebody else will worry about them.”
Brian Halligan Jan 3, 2025 ▶ 3:46 HubSpot Co-Founder Brian Halligan on How to Hire Great VPs and How M&A Really Works
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