Sequoia Capital Totally Explained

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Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Randy L. Ditzler, Greg McAdoo, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Gaurav Garg, Michael Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme.
The firm has offices in the US, China, India and Israel. Sequoia has funded companies including Cisco Systems, Oracle and Apple.

Portfolio

Sequoia Capital provided venture capital for the following companies:

Name	First Invested	Description	Status
AdBrite		Sell advertising on their websites and blogs	Private
AdMob		AdMob is the world's largest mobile advertising marketplace.	Private
AMCC		Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, provides storage, embedded hardware and software solutions.
Amobee Media Systems		Leaders in Mobile Advertising Systems for Mobile Operators.	Private
Applabs Pvt Ltd		World's Leading Software Testing Company.	Private
Apple Inc.		Designs and manufactures consumer electronics.	IPO
Aricent		Independent communications software company.
Aruba Networks		Delivers enterprise network to users	IPO
Asia Media
Atom Entertainment		Distributes casual games, short films, and animations on the web.	Acquired by Viacom/MTV
Documentum		Enterprise content management.	IPO and later acquired by EMC
Electronic Arts		Distributor of computer and video games.	IPO
Eloan		Financial services company that offering home mortgage, home equity, and auto loans.	IPO
FirstSource		Provider of business process management services.	IPO
Flextronics		Worldwide electronics design, fabrication, assembly, and test company.	IPO
Google		Search Engine.	IPO
Idea Cellular		Offers cellular services, SMS services and mobile communication devices.	IPO
Isilon		Offers modular network storage solutions designed for large digital files.	IPO
LinkedIn		Online network that helps you find and be found by former colleagues.	Private
LSI Logic		Provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies.	IPO
Meebo		The web messenger that allows access to IM from anywhere.	Private
Mellanox Technologies		Provider of InfiniBand technology.	IPO
Meraki		Mesh wireless networking.	Private
Microchip Technology		Manufacturer of microcontroller, memory and analog semiconductors.	IPO
Netezza		Provider of enterprise data warehouse appliances.	IPO
Netscreen		Networking and security solutions.	IPO and later acquired by Juniper Networks, Inc.
Network Appliance		Provides an integrated solution that enables storage, delivery, and management of network data.	IPO
nVidia		Technologies for video cards, graphics cards, notebooks, workstations, and desktop PCs.	IPO
Paypal		PayPal lets you send money to anyone with email.	IPO and later acquired by Ebay
PixelWorks		Designs, develops and markets highly integrated system-on-a-chip solutions for broadband communications.	IPO
PMC-Sierra		Broadband communications and storage chips.	IPO
Pure Digital Technologies		Provider of digital imaging solutions for the mass market, including the Flip Video family of digital camcorders.	Private
Royal Orchid Hotels		Hotel chain catering to business travelers.	IPO
Silent Communication		Call completion services for mobile operators.	Private
Sourcefire		Network security.
Yahoo!		Web Portal.	IPO
YouTube		Hosts user-generated videos.	Acquired by Google
Yodlee		Online data aggregation and online Bill Pay service provider.	Private
Zappos.com	N/A	Online Retailer	Private

Sequoia profited well when Google agreed to buy YouTube for $1.65B. It is believed that Sequoia's $11M investment translated to 30% of the ownership.

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