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Sequoia Capital

also referred to as: sequoia

23 statements across 19 episodes · 8 bullish · 2 bearish · 18 people on the record · first statement Feb 2, 2016 by Frank Meehan · said 90 times in 38 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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brought up most by Nathan Latka (17), Amit RG (10), PV Kannan (8), Alex Yampolskiy (6), Mohit Aran (4), Brian Halligan (4), Frank Meehan (3), Amit Bendov (3)

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Everything said about Sequoia Capital, oldest first

Feb 2, 2016 bullish
Opinion
Meehan: Sequoia is the biggest VC player in Asia
“Sequoia is the biggest player in Asia right across the board. Interesting. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, they're amazing in Asia. Very, very strong. They are the biggest in Asia.”
Frank Meehan Feb 2, 2016 ▶ 10:36 He Sits on Spotify Board
Mar 9, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sequoia gave Cohesity its highest enterprise Series A valuation in four years
“In Sequoia's own words, they have not given that high valuation to any enterprise company in the last four years before.”
Mohit Aran Mar 9, 2016 ▶ 14:28 Inventor of Hyper-Convergence Sitting On $150m+ Valuation and $77m Raised with Mohit Aron of Cohesity EP 199
Mar 9, 2016
Disclosure
Cohesity raised a $15M Series A from Sequoia and Wing
“I got funded by Sequoia and another venture firm, which was new, called Wing Ventures, and together they put in fifteen million dollars to put money into my Series A.”
Mohit Aran Mar 9, 2016 ▶ 14:02 Inventor of Hyper-Convergence Sitting On $150m+ Valuation and $77m Raised with Mohit Aron of Cohesity EP 199
Jan 4, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Suter: Early LinkedIn investor Mark Kvamme serves on Notion.ai's board
“Mark was actually the original investor from Sequoia that invested in LinkedIn when they were less employees than we are now. And so we've got somebody on our board that was on LinkedIn's board for like eight years, and he's, his experience that he's brought t…”
Guy Suter Jan 4, 2017 ▶ 15:42 EP 529: $10m Raised, Pre-Revenue, Notion.ai Adds AI to Email Messaging with Co-Founder Guy Suter
Jun 4, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Campbell Booked Pitch Meetings With Sequoia and a16z via Cold Email
“I ended up having a meeting with Sequoia, with Andrew Horowitz, and with August Capital, many other, like, firms, again, through just cold email.”
Oleg Campbell Jun 4, 2017 ▶ 9:50 680: How to Start SaaS Company with Very little Savings, with Reply.io CEO Oleg Campbell
Jul 2, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Resnik: Sequoia partners do majority of own sourcing and diligence
“It's a pretty flat organization where the partners do the majority of their own kind of sourcing and deal flow and due diligence.”
Asaf Resnik Jul 2, 2017 ▶ 3:56 708: $35M Raised to Tell IT Departments What Alerts Are Important
Jul 30, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Accel and Sequoia have co-invested in only 8 to 12 companies worldwide
“No, no, they, there are a very few I mean, there are like I don't know, eight or 10 or 12 companies in the world that they have both invested in Dropbox being one of them, Clevertabs being another one.”
Sunil Thomas Jul 30, 2017 ▶ 4:51 736: How Mobile Analytics Company Went $0 to $4 Million in 12 Months
Feb 2, 2018 neutral
Disclosure
Avner: Sequoia Invested $2M Seed Check into Taykey Before Launch
“Sequoia Capital came in and wrote a check before we started the company, and to get the employees going... We raised two million dollars.”
Amit Avner Feb 2, 2018 ▶ 9:32 923 He's Doing $10m-$30m in ARR Between Adtech and SaaS
Mar 13, 2018 bullish
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Halligan: HubSpot lifted net revenue retention from 75% to 100%
“When we did our round with Sequoia, Our customer retention rate was something like 70%. What's that? Logo. Around 70. I don't remember exactly. Our revenue retention rate, including upsell, was maybe 75. Since then, our customer logo retention rate, you…”
Brian Halligan Mar 13, 2018 ▶ 17:52 962 Why Hubspot Spent 1000's+ Hours On Pricing
Mar 13, 2018 positive
Disclosure
Halligan: Sequoia's Pat Grady introduced HubSpot to two-axis pricing
“Then we raised our round from Sequoia, and this guy named Pat Grady at Sequoia, Sequoia, who is an expert on pricing, and he was the one who schooled us on this kind of two-axis pricing. It's like, you need a second axis around something like contacts receipts…”
Brian Halligan Mar 13, 2018 ▶ 17:34 962 Why Hubspot Spent 1000's+ Hours On Pricing
May 20, 2019
Disclosure
Kahuna has raised close to $50M from Sequoia and Tenaya Capital
“Kavuna is backed by Softech, Sequoia Capital, and Tanaya Capital and we've raised close to fifty million.”
Samir Patel May 20, 2019 ▶ 9:51 1395 Kahuna Helps Marketplaces Keep Buyers and Sellers Engaged, Way more than $3m in ARR
May 21, 2019 positive
Insight
Top-tier VC backing secures favorable debt financing terms for startups
“What I found is, in having done this at Rocket Fuel as well with debt financing, is there a bunch of banks that are just lined up with the VCs, the top VCs in the world, and they got these different deals that they do, and they invest in the portfolio, and you…”
Randy Wootton May 21, 2019 ▶ 7:14 1396 Percolate Flirts with $40m in ARR, 600 Brands Using as Their Ultimate Content Machine
Jul 30, 2019 neutral
Insight
Hess: Transitioning from SMB to enterprise is harder than starting over
“Moving from small business to enterprise focus will be as hard or harder as starting your company over. Starting your company in the first place. And it was actually really good advice and I've appreciated that because even though I knew it was going to be cha…”
Garen Hess Jul 30, 2019 ▶ 13:16 1466 Sales Demo Tool Passes $3m in ARR, Transitions To Enterprise
Jun 30, 2020
Disclosure
Animoto pitched Sequoia the exact week the 2008 financial crash hit
“We were actually about to raise kind of our first serious round, like literally the day, the week of that, where everything kind of like everything crashed and Sequoia posted their rest in peace, you know, memo or whatever it was. And we were like sitting in w…”
Jason Hsiao Jun 30, 2020 ▶ 5:32 Video Platform Animoto up 20% YoY with $30m in Revenue, Will Canva Acquire For $300m?
Mar 27, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Elon Musk told Yampolsky he reverse-engineers his daily schedule for impact
“When I asked him, how does he know that what he's working on during the day is really making a difference? He said to me, at the end of each day, he reverse engineers his day and says, how did I spend my time? Which meetings did I attend? Who did I speak to? W…”
Alex Yampolskiy Mar 27, 2021 ▶ 16:00 Worth $2.6b Today, What About 36 Months Ago?
Apr 6, 2021
Assertion Not checkable as stated
VCs warned Caldbeck his burnout post would make him 'dead to Sequoia'
“And there were three VCs who I did not mention. I love these people, but I did not mention them. And the three VCs said Hey, look, love it. It's very emotional. You should know you will be dead to Sequoia. When you write this, you'll be dead to a VC”
Ryan Caldbeck Apr 6, 2021 ▶ 1:14:49 The Secret Dataset CPG Gods Use
Jul 5, 2021
Disclosure
Bendov: Gong raised $200M Series D, reaching nearly $340M total funding
“The most recent round is the Series D two hundred million. Dollars led by Code Two, Thrive, Salesforce, and Index. This is the fourth round, so the total to date is like 300, almost three hundred and forty million dollars. The last round was led by Sequoia in …”
Amit Bendov Jul 5, 2021 ▶ 2:41 Will Gong Break $10b Valuation by October?
Mar 1, 2022 neutral
Insight
Falk: Top VCs like Sequoia and a16z always take 20% equity
“If we go with a big VC, like a Sequoia, an Andreessen, I say goes, if we're fortunate enough to go with one of them, they, they're always taking 20%. Like that's the way they work. So they'll increase the valuation, but they will, no matter what, take 20%.”
Brendan Falk Mar 1, 2022 ▶ 17:23 DevOps Tool Fig Raised $2.2m in 2020, Now Approaching 100k MAU's, Whats Next?
Mar 24, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Kannan: Sequoia invested in [24]7.ai in 2003; Mike Moritz on board
“And then we did one round of funding with Sequoia in 2003. So Mike Moritz is on our board.”
PV Kannan Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 4:55 Latka IPO Watch: 24.7 About to File? A look back
Mar 24, 2022 positive
Insight
Kannan: Top-tier VC backing provides an essential talent-recruiting edge
“We were actually profitable when we raised the money. What I think in Silicon Valley especially is whether you like it or not the type of venture firm you partner with kind of sets up your brand, right? So with a thousand companies, startups around, and like y…”
PV Kannan Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 5:32 Latka IPO Watch: 24.7 About to File? A look back
Feb 15, 2023
Disclosure
Richpanel raised $2M from Sequoia at a $20M valuation in 2020
“I did raise two million dollars from Sequoia at a twenty million dollar valuation. I did that in 2020.”
Amit RG Feb 15, 2023 ▶ 3:04 How he hit $2m ARR in 24 months for Ecommerce Support SaaaS, Raised at $20m valuation
Feb 15, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Amit RG turned down Y Combinator after raising from Sequoia
“We also got selected by Combinator, but we decided to not go ahead with it. Because this thing happened like one week before YC, YC was all remote. I'm a big YC fan, but it didn't make sense, you know, to dilute so much when we were already getting, they wante…”
Amit RG Feb 15, 2023 ▶ 3:10 How he hit $2m ARR in 24 months for Ecommerce Support SaaaS, Raised at $20m valuation
Jan 7, 2025 negative
Insight
Yampolskiy: Founders Should Ignore Advice from Investors Who Never Operated
“Do not listen for advice from people who've not done your job. That's my number one advice. It doesn't matter if you have a Investor from Sequoia or Andreessen. We've taken money from top investors, including Sequoia. It doesn't matter if you are a board membe…”
Alex Yampolskiy Jan 7, 2025 ▶ 11:44 3 Strategies I Used To Scale SecurityScorecard to $70M ARR, 1,700 Customers, & $200M in Cash
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