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Sequoia Capital

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Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm has offices in the U.S., China, India and Israel. Sequoia has funded an unprecedented number of enormously successful companies including Google, Yahoo, Paypal, Electronic Arts, NVIDIA, Cisco Systems, Oracle, Apple, YouTube, Admob and Zappos. Sequoia estimates that 14% of the NASDAQ’s value is made up of firms they have funded.

Milestones

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  Sequoia Capital invested in Airstrip Technologies. (8/24/10)
  Posted 8/17/10 at 11:49am via dowjones.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Inkling Inc.. (8/20/10)
  Posted 8/20/10 at 6:03pm via techcrunch.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Quick Heal Technologies. (8/18/10)
  Posted 8/19/10 at 9:47pm via finsmes.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in KENSHOO. (7/28/10)
  Posted 7/28/10 at 2:56am via techcrunch.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in SynapSense. (7/26/10)
  Posted 7/26/10 at 6:36pm via synapsense.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Jive Software. (7/20/10)
  Posted 7/21/10 at 6:09pm via techcrunch.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in MobileIron. (7/12/10)
  Posted 7/13/10 at 6:01pm via venturebeat.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in eMeter. (7/8/10)
  Posted 7/8/10 at 7:55am
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  Sequoia Capital invested in SunRun. (6/29/10)
  Posted 6/29/10 at 2:27am via techcrunch.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Sencha. (6/23/10)
  Posted 6/23/10 at 9:59pm via techcrunch.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Nimbula. (6/23/10)
  Posted 7/8/10 at 12:54am via cloudave.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Snaptu. (6/22/10)
  Posted 6/22/10 at 6:56pm via techcrunch.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Moblica. (6/22/10)
  Posted 3/11/10 at 6:26pm
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Taykey. (5/24/10)
  Posted 5/24/10 at 8:01pm via thealarmclock.com
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Y Combinator. (5/21/10)
  Posted 5/21/10 at 7:38pm via techcrunch.com
• 
  Sequoia Capital invested in Sipera Systems. (5/18/10)
  Posted 5/18/10 at 10:12am via texastechpulse.com

Investments

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1. Sequoia Israel Raises Fourth Fund (pehub.com) [edit]
2. Sequoia India about to finish raising $280M fund (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. Sequoia charges ahead on new $1B fund (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
4. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
5. sequoiacap.com [edit]
6. sequoiacap.com [edit]
7. sequoiacap.com [edit]
8. sequoiacap.com [edit]
9. sequoiacap.com [edit]
10. sequoiacap.com [edit]
11. sequoiacap.com [edit]
12. sequoiacap.com [edit]
13. sequoiacap.com [edit]
14. Medical Software Maker AirStrip Banks $30M (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]
15. Digital Textbook Startup Inkling Scores Sequoia Funding, Publisher Deals (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. Quick Heal Technologies Receives Investment from Sequoia Capital India (finsmes.com) [edit]
17. Hungry For Growth, Search Marketing Startup KENSHOO Raises More Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. SynapSense Raises Additional $5 Million (synapsense.com) [edit]
19. Readying For An IPO, Jive Software Raises $30 Million From Kleiner Perkins And Sequoia (techcrunch.com) [edit]
20. MobileIron raises $16 million to manage employee smartphones (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
21. Citation Needed [add]
22. Homerun For SunRun: Sequoia Capital Leads $55 Million Financing (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. Private Cloud Redux – Nimbula Bets on Today’s Reality (cloudave.com) [edit]
24. Sequoia Capital Leads $14 Million Round For Sencha’s HTML5 Frameworks. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
25. Snaptu Hits 10 Million Users, Raises $6 Million More From Carmel And Sequoia (techcrunch.com) [edit]
26. Cap Funding Report [edit]
27. Sequoia Invests in Israeli Online Ad Optimization's Taykey (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
28. Y Combinator Closes New $8.25 Million Fund, Sequoia Is Lead Investor (techcrunch.com) [edit]
29. Sipera Raises $10M (texastechpulse.com) [edit]
30. Sequoia Capital Invests In Swedish Startup Klarna (pulse2.com) [edit]
31. Cotendo Closes $12 Million Investment Round (freshnews.com) [edit]
32. Druva Raises $5 Million From Sequoia And IAN For Data Protection Software (techcrunch.com) [edit]
33. Series F, 3/10 [edit]
34. Cap Funding Report [edit]
35. Quantenna raises $15M to make Wi-Fi faster and more reliable (venturebeat.com) [edit]
36. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
37. Sanrad secures $3 million in fourth round of venture funding (tradingmarkets.com) [edit]
38. techcrunch.com [edit]
39. Oorja charges up with $450K for forklift fuel cells (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
40. Acton Pharma completes $15M first funding round (masshightech.com) [edit]
41. CloudShare Lands $10 Million To Bring Software Demos To The Cloud (techcrunch.com) [edit]
42. Kenshoo Secures Additional Funding From Sequoia Capital, to launch new “Kenshoo Local” Business Unit (newdesignworld.com) [edit]
43. Sina (corp.sina.com.cn) [edit]
44. zero2ipo (zero2ipo.com.cn) [edit]
45. SEC D (sec.gov) [edit]
46. ReaMetrix raises $2.1M to develop cell lines (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
47. Outright raises $5.5M to help small businesses with their finances (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
48. NASDAQ (nasdaq.com) [edit]
49. Eventbrite Gets A $6.5 Million Infusion From Sequoia Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
50. Cap Funding Report [edit]
51. Unity Technologies Announces Investment from Sequoia Capital and Silicon Valley Luminaries (unity3d.com) [edit]
52. Bump Technologies Confirms Sequoia Funding, Reveals Roster Of Angels. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
53. YC-Funded DailyBooth Raises $1 Million From Sequoia, Kevin Rose, Ron Conway Et Al. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
54. Jive Raises $12 Million For Social Enterprise Software (techcrunch.com) [edit]
55. Clean Diesel Specialist Achates Power Raises $12.1M (cleantechbrief.com) [edit]
56. Unisfair captures $3.2M to host virtual events (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
57. Ruckus nabs $10.7M for Wi-Fi for internet TV (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
58. Thread.com Raises $1.2 Million For Facebook-Powered Matchmaking Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
59. techcrunch.com []
60. Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
61. Rayspan raises $12.5 million to filter out noise in cell phones (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
62. Santur Lands $13M (lightreading.com) [edit]
63. Sequoia Capital invests $8.2 mln in Just Dial (in.reuters.com) [edit]
64. Kontera Raises $15.5M For Annoying In-Text Advertising Technology (techcrunch.com) [edit]
65. eMeter takes $32M to help utilities switch to smart meters (green.venturebeat.com) [edit]
66. StrongMail Raises $7.6 Million—Likely In Order To Fund Purchase Of PopularMedia (paidcontent.org) [edit]
67. eCardio Receives Significant Investment in Private Funding from Sequoia Capital (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
68. techcrunch.com [edit]
69. GameGround snags $4.1 million from Sequoia for gamer services (venturebeat.com) [edit]
70. Sugar Buys Shopflick.com; Raises $16 Million In Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
71. LogLogic scores $8M for data management services (venturebeat.com) [edit]
72. Citation Needed [add]
73. Quantenna Communications Raises $14 Million in Series C Funding for Wireless High Definition Home Networking (marketwire.com) [edit]
74. Citation Needed [add]
75. Y Combinator Gets The Sequoia Capital Seal Of Approval (techcrunch.com) [edit]
76. CDN Upstart Cotendo Launches, Gets More Cash (businessinsider.com) [edit]
77. SynapSense Raises $7M for Data Center Energy Efficiency (gigaom.com) [edit]
78. Aster Data Systems Extends oversubscribed Series B Funding to $17 Million (asterdata.com) [edit]
79. Appirio raises $10M to bring business into the cloud (venturebeat.com) [edit]
80. Marketing platform start-up Pontis raises nearly $20m (ivc-online.com) [edit]
81. Gene Security Network Completes $6M Series B Financing (reuters.com) [edit]
82. Sequoia Capital Charges Hard Through Recession (blogs.wsj.com) [edit]
83. techcrunch.com [edit]
84. Gene Security Network raises $4M, aims to improve IVF gene tests (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
85. United States Securities and Exchange Commission (sec.gov) [edit]
86. Mobile ad network AdMob hits profitability, raises $15.7 million (venturebeat.com) [edit]
87. Dropbox Raised $6 Million Sequoia-Led Series A In October 2008 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
88. Corvil Signs Fixnetix, Correlix Gains Investor (allbusiness.com) [edit]
89. Challenge Games raises $10 Million in Series B funding (fatfoogoo.com) [edit]
90. Palo Alto Networks Raises $27 Million in Series C Financing (paloaltonetworks.com) [edit]
91. Video Chat Service TokBox Raises $10 Million From Bain (techcrunch.com) [edit]
92. Mobile Firm Amobee Raises $22 Million For Ad-Supported Cellphone Service (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
93. PopularMedia Gets $8 Million Third Round For Social Media Tools (paidcontent.org) [edit]
94. TutorVista.com gets $18-m PE funding (economictimes.indiatimes.com) [edit]
95. Conformia Software, Inc. Obtains $2,950,000 Series D Financing (sandhill.com) [edit]
96. Sequoia Capital Invests in Appirio to Accelerate the Adoption of On-Demand (foxbusiness.com) [edit]
97. Real estate search company Trulia raises $15M more (venturebeat.com) [edit]
98. Online Gamer Challenge Games Raises $4.5 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
99. MEVIO Secures $15 Million in Funding to Support Rapid Growth and Move Into Vertical Entertainment Networks (marketwatch.com) [edit]
100. Ideacts Innovations raises $5 million from Sequoia Capital (alootechie.com) [edit]
101. Giant Interactive Invests $51 Million in Chinese Social Networking Site 51.com (paidcontent.org) [edit]
102. LinkedIn Closes Its Round; Got That Billion Dollar Valuation (techcrunch.com) []
103. Chinese In-Game Advertiser Bihu.com Raises $10 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
104. SCIOinspire announces formal launch (docs.google.com) [edit]
105. SatNav Technologies receives funding worth $7 million from Sequoia Capital (topnews.in) [edit]
106. FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection (venturebeat.com) [edit]
107. Raising $8M funding, Maxscend aggressively pursues China’s terrestrial DTV market (tradevibes.com) [edit]
108. Press Releases (marketlive.com) [edit]
109. More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
110. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
111. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
112. Webitpr release (webitpr.com) [edit]
113. Storwize Secures $19M (byteandswitch.com) [edit]
114. Citation Needed []
115. Press Release (bubblemotion.com) [edit]
116. Advanced Power Projects, for power plant efficiency, takes first funding (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
117. P2P Firm Skyrider Raises $5 Million; Changes CEOs (paidcontent.org) [edit]
118. Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
119. Cap Funding Report [edit]
120. techcrunch.com [edit]
121. TechCrunch [edit]
122. Unisfair Gets $10M in Series B Financing (virtualworldsnews.com) [edit]
123. IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M (paidcontent.org) [edit]
124. Twitter Acquires Mixer Labs (techcrunch.com) [edit]
125. Latest Sequoia investments highlight global focus (techconfidential.com) [edit]
126. Looks Like Twitter Paid Mixer Labs $5.17M in Stock (gigaom.com) [edit]
127. SEC D/A (sec.gov) [edit]
128. Citation Needed [add]
129. techcrunch.com [edit]
130. Cap Funding Report [edit]
131. techcrunch.com [edit]
132. pehub.com [edit]
133. venturebeat.com [edit]
134. thealarmclock.com [edit]
135. Citation Needed [add]
136. Cap Funding Report [edit]
137. Sequoia Capital Invests In Israel's Silent Communications (silentcom.com) [edit]
138. Navigenics raises more than $25M for personal genetics (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
139. Quantenna Secures Series B Funding Of Over $12.7 Million (quantenna.com) [edit]
140. Ruckus Wireless raises $7.5M more for IPTV router (venturebeat.com) [edit]
141. pehub.com [edit]
142. Sipera secures $10 million (sipera.com) [edit]
143. Citation Needed [add]
144. mitsloanblog.typepad.com [edit]
145. Satellier receives a $10 million investment (dealipedia.com) [edit]
146. techcrunch.com [edit]
147. Xoom Raises $20 Million Series E (techcrunch.com) [edit]
148. techcrunch.com [edit]
149. Clearwell, email analytics company, raises $17M. (venturebeat.com) [edit]
150. Jive Software Receives $15 Million from Sequoia Capital (home.businesswire.com) [edit]
151. Kontera raises $10.3M more for “in-text” ad technology (venturebeat.com) [edit]
152. Cap Funding Report [edit]
153. Loopt draws on $8.25 million of a $12M planned second round (venturebeat.com) [edit]
154. Mark Logic Secures $15 Million in Third-Round Financing (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
155. Palo Alto Networks Raises $18 Million in Series B Financing (paloaltonetworks.com) [edit]
156. WiQuest Raises $28M in Series C Funding (texastechpulse.com) [edit]
157. Storewiz raises $9M for online storage compression appliance (venturebeat.com) [edit]
158. Citation Needed [add]
159. Citation Needed [add]
160. 51.com Has 60M users and Another $10M in Funding (mashable.com) [edit]
161. Joost Announces $45 million Funding (lksf.org) [edit]
162. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
163. thealarmclock.com [edit]
164. venturebeat.com [edit]
165. Citation Needed [add]
166. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
167. AllThingsD (kara.allthingsd.com) [edit]
168. truliablog.com [edit]
169. SEC (sec.gov) [edit]
170. pulse2.com [edit]
171. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
172. Open-Silicon, chip design company, gets $10M. (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
173. UUSee – the YouTube Killer – gets more funding – $23 million worth (centernetworks.com) [edit]
174. Founder's Blog (english.martinvarsavsky.net) [edit]
175. Provigent, system-on-a-chip for wireless, raises more cash (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
176. techcrunch.com []
177. sanjose.bizjournals.com [edit]
178. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
179. Discretix receives $20 million VC boost to develop new mobile content protection solutions (discretix.com) [edit]
180. dash.net [edit]
181. Pontis Secures $15 Million in Equity Financing Led By Sequoia Capital (pontis.com) [edit]
182. Beceem Raises Over $40 Million in Series D-Round Financing (beceem.com) [edit]
183. freshnews.com [edit]
184. Viral marketing company, PopularMedia, raises $4.25M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
185. Cap Funding Report [edit]
186. Discretix, mobile device and flash memory security co., raises $20M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
187. Collactive seeks to overwhelm Digg, Reddit with interested stories (venturebeat.com) [edit]
188. @ D: Calacanis’ New Venture: Mahalo, Human-Powered Search Engine; $16 Million Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
189. siliconbeat.com []
190. TUTORVISTA SECURES $10.75 MILLION SECOND ROUND FUNDING LED BY LIGHTSPEED VENTURE PARTNERS (tutorvista.co.in) [edit]
191. GreenDot : The Ubiquitous Pre-Paid Card Gets Funded at $20M (bizorigin.com) [edit]
192. Songbird, a browser-integrated media player, received $8M last year (venturebeat.com) [edit]
193. Qihoo raises $25M for new Web 2.0 search engine (venturebeat.com) [edit]
194. moconews.net [edit]
195. Aruba raises $5M, sweetening pot before going public? (venturebeat.com) [edit]
196. SkyRider gets $12M more for aggressive P2P search engine (venturebeat.com) [edit]
197. Cap Funding Report [edit]
198. Digital display component co., Miradia, raises around $15M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
199. Music player Songbird gets $1M, releases cross-platform version (venturebeat.com) [edit]
200. Cap Funding Report [edit]
201. Citation Needed [add]
202. NEA leads PortAuthority $18m third round. (accessmylibrary.com) [edit]
203. Leak prevention company PortAuthority gets $18M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
204. Peakstream gets $17M more from Foundation, Sequoia, Kleiner (venturebeat.com) [edit]
205. Press Release (bubblemotion.com) [edit]
206. Web conferencing co Unisfair raises $4m (archive.globes.co.il) [edit]
207. Digital Chocolate Gets $22.5 Million (gigaom.com) [edit]
208. Cap Funding Report [edit]
209. ConSentry Networks Raises $20 Million in Oversubscribed Round (findarticles.com) [edit]
210. Cap Funding Report [edit]
211. kontera.com [edit]
212. Click here to find out more! Network Appliance to buy storage company, Topio, for $160M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
213. AppLabs Secures $10 Million in Funding from Sequoia Capital. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
214. Stardoll.com: From Little Things Big Things Grow (techcrunch.com) [edit]
215. TutorVista Secures $2 Million from Sequoia Capital India (allbusiness.com) [edit]
216. China-based VanceInfo Technologies Inc. Secures Venture Capital Funding Led by Sequoia Capital (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
217. Is Sequoia jumping on the green-tech bandwaggon? (venturebeat.com) [edit]
218. Cap Funding Report [edit]
219. Dblur Technologies Raises $6 Million in Second Financing Round. (encyclopedia.com) [edit]
220. Formula Vision subsidiary SintecMedia to raise $10 million (ivc-online.com) [edit]
221. Email Intelligence Pioneer Clearwell Systems Announces $12 Million in Funding (clearwellsystems.com) [edit]
222. eons.com [edit]
223. news.com.com []
224. WiQuest secures $18 million in second-round funds (powermanagementdesignline.com) [edit]
225. Cap Funding Report [edit]
226. Sipera Secures $13.2 Million From Sequoia Capital, Austin Ventures And Star Ventures (sipera.com) [edit]
227. insiderpages.com [edit]
228. gigaom.com [edit]
229. LightReading (lightreading.com) [edit]
230. techcrunch.com [edit]
231. waps a chinese wireless company reportedly raises $8m (duldule.com) [edit]
232. ITA Software Announces $100 Million in Equity Financing (itasoftware.com) [edit]
233. StrongMail Systems Secures $9.5 Million in Series B Funding (strongmail.com) [edit]
234. Agitar Snags Another $10M (agitar.com) [edit]
235. POWERFILE® SECURES SERIES B FUNDING (powerfile.com) [edit]
236. Barracuda Networks Announces Investment from Sequoia Capital and Francisco Partners (barracudanetworks.com) [edit]
237. Cap Funding Report [edit]
238. Citation Needed [add]
239. Palo Alto Networks (paloaltonetworks.com) [edit]
240. venturebeat.com [edit]
241. @ D: Calacanis’ New Venture: Mahalo, Human-Powered Search Engine; $16 Million Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
242. Sequoia puts $7 mn in Guruji.com (business-standard.com) [edit]
243. Dash gets more VC cash (gigaom.com) [edit]
244. Sequoia Leads Investment in China's UUSEE (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
245. Bharti Telesoft Raises $13.5M (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
246. Meebo Confirms Sequoia Funding (techcrunch.com) []
247. Loopt to make mobile presence usable (techcrunch.com) [edit]
248. Zappos [edit]
249. marketwire.com []
250. Ruckus Wireless Secures $9 Million in Second Round Financing (ruckuswireless.com) [edit]
251. Stoke Gets Stoked With $20M (lightreading.com) [edit]
252. VC: Wireless Networks and Mobile Content (m.fiercewireless.com) [edit]
253. ConSentry Networks Raises $17 Million in Oversubscribed Series C Funding Round from Accel Partners, INVESCO and Sequoia Capital (findarticles.com) [edit]
254. Citation Needed [add]
255. Citation Needed [add]
256. Elemental raises $11 million in third funding round (eetimes.com) [edit]
257. PortAuthority Technologies -Formerly Vidius- Raises $13.4 Million in Funding from Greylock.. (allbusiness.com) [edit]
258. Cap Funding Report [edit]
259. Topio Taps $8M (networkcomputing.com) [edit]
260. Cap Funding Report [edit]
261. Cap Funding Report [edit]
262. Citation Needed [add]
263. CHELSIO COMMUNICATIONS RAISES $25 MILLION SERIES C FUNDING (chelsio.com) [edit]
264. Corporate Backgrounder (fireeye.com) [edit]
265. wp.kayak.com [edit]
266. eHarmony Replacing Yenta (sramanamitra.com) [edit]
267. Citation Needed [add]
268. Techmoz article (tech-moz.com) []
269. techcrunch.com [edit]
270. Plaxo connects to more funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
271. StrongMail Systems Receives Equity Funding from Sequoia Capital and Evercore Ventures (strongmail.com) [edit]
272. Gracenote Closes $13M Round of Funding, Led by Bessemer Venture Partners (findarticles.com) [edit]
273. Citation Needed [add]
274. Citation Needed [add]
275. Citation Needed []
276. Plaxo Press Release - 7/28/2003 (plaxo.com) [edit]
277. SEC Filing Via Liquid Scenarios Search2Model (liquidscenarios.com) [edit]
278. GreenDot : The Ubiquitous Pre-Paid Card Gets Funded at $20M (bizorigin.com) [edit]
279. Mark Logic Secures $12 Million in Series B Funding; Funds Targeted to Help Company Meet Surge in Customer Demand; Tom Banahan Joins Board of Directors (findarticles.com) [edit]
280. Plaxo Press Release - 2/18/2003 (plaxo.com) [edit]
281. Gracenote Raises $9.5 Million in Third Round of Financing Led by Sequoia Capital; Funding Will Accelerate Next Generation Technologies, Strategic Initiatives (findarticles.com) [edit]
282. Mark Logic builds on vertical strengths with XML-based content server (marklogic.com) [edit]
283. Citation Needed [add]
284. google.com []
285. Sequoia Backs Stealthy C12 To Capture Carbon (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]