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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 US, China, India and Israel. Sequoia has funded an unprecedented number of enormously successful companies including Google, Yahoo, Paypal, Electronic Arts, YouTube, NVIDIA, Cisco Systems, Oracle and Apple. Sequoia estimates that 10% of the NASDAQ’s value is made up of firms they have funded.

Milestones

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  Sequoia Capital invested in Outright. (11/16/09)
  Posted 11/16/09 at 6:19am
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  Sequoia Capital invested in IMImobile. (11/13/09)
  Posted 11/13/09 at 2:03am
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Eventbrite. (11/4/09)
  Posted 11/4/09 at 2:46pm
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  Sequoia Capital — M&A- Admob Acquired by Google (11/09)
  Posted 11/10/09 at 12:17pm
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Bump Technologies. (10/24/09)
  Posted 10/24/09 at 3:40pm
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Unity Technologies. (10/20/09)
  Posted 10/20/09 at 10:50am
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  Sequoia Capital invested in DailyBooth. (10/19/09)
  Posted 10/19/09 at 3:05am
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Jive Software. (10/19/09)
  Posted 10/19/09 at 7:52pm
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Achates Power. (10/8/09)
  Posted 10/9/09 at 12:25am
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  Sequoia Capital — M&A- Zappos Acquired by Amazon (10/09)
  Posted 11/10/09 at 12:17pm
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Unisfair. (9/28/09)
  Posted 9/28/09 at 2:55pm
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Ruckus. (9/15/09)
  Posted 9/21/09 at 7:27am
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  Sequoia Capital — IPO- A123 Systems (9/09)
  Posted 11/10/09 at 12:16pm
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  Sequoia Capital invested in Sofa Labs. (9/1/09)
  Posted 9/3/09 at 11:03am
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  Sequoia Capital — IPO- Peak Sport (9/09)
  Posted 11/10/09 at 12:23pm
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  Sequoia Capital invested in MobileIron. (8/09)
  Posted 8/17/09 at 11:45am

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]
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12. Outright Raises $5 Million More For Simple Online Bookkeeping App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
13. NASDAQ (nasdaq.com) [edit]
14. Eventbrite Gets A $6.5 Million Infusion From Sequoia Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
15. Sequoia Capital Invests In Bump Technologies, The iPhone-Tapping Data Swap App (techcrunch.com) [edit]
16. Unity Technologies Raises $5.5 Million From Sequoia Capital (techcrunch.com) [edit]
17. YC-Funded DailyBooth Raises $1 Million From Sequoia, Kevin Rose, Ron Conway Et Al. (techcrunch.com) [edit]
18. Citation Needed [add]
19. Clean Diesel Specialist Achates Power Raises $12.1M (cleantechbrief.com) [edit]
20. Unisfair captures $3.2M to host virtual events (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
21. Ruckus nabs $10.7M for Wi-Fi for internet TV (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
22. Thread.com Raises $1.2 Million For Facebook-Powered Matchmaking Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
24. techcrunch.com []
25. Rayspan raises $12.5 million to filter out noise in cell phones (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
26. Santur Lands $13M (lightreading.com) [edit]
27. Sequoia Capital invests $8.2 mln in Just Dial (in.reuters.com) [edit]
28. Kontera Raises $15.5M For Annoying In-Text Advertising Technology (techcrunch.com) [edit]
29. eMeter takes $32M to help utilities switch to smart meters (green.venturebeat.com) [edit]
30. StrongMail Raises $7.6 Million—Likely In Order To Fund Purchase Of PopularMedia (paidcontent.org) [edit]
31. techcrunch.com [edit]
32. eCardio Receives Significant Investment in Private Funding from Sequoia Capital (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
33. Sugar Buys Shopflick.com; Raises $16 Million In Third Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
34. GameGround snags $4.1 million from Sequoia for gamer services (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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36. LogLogic scores $8M for data management services (venturebeat.com) [edit]
37. Quantenna Communications Raises $14 Million in Series C Funding for Wireless High Definition Home Networking (marketwire.com) [edit]
38. Citation Needed [add]
39. Y Combinator Gets The Sequoia Capital Seal Of Approval (techcrunch.com) [edit]
40. CDN Upstart Cotendo Launches, Gets More Cash (businessinsider.com) [edit]
41. SynapSense Raises $7M for Data Center Energy Efficiency (gigaom.com) [edit]
42. Aster Data Systems Extends oversubscribed Series B Funding to $17 Million (asterdata.com) [edit]
43. Appirio raises $10M to bring business into the cloud (venturebeat.com) [edit]
44. Marketing platform start-up Pontis raises nearly $20m (ivc-online.com) [edit]
45. Gene Security Network Completes $6M Series B Financing (reuters.com) [edit]
46. techcrunch.com [edit]
47. Gene Security Network raises $4M, aims to improve IVF gene tests (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
48. Mobile ad network AdMob hits profitability, raises $15.7 million (venturebeat.com) [edit]
49. Correlix Ltd. Raises Additional $8 Million in Financing Round Led by Sequoia Capital (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
50. Challenge Games raises $10 Million in Series B funding (fatfoogoo.com) [edit]
51. Palo Alto Networks Raises $27 Million in Series C Financing (paloaltonetworks.com) [edit]
52. Video Chat Service TokBox Raises $10 Million From Bain (techcrunch.com) [edit]
53. Mobile Firm Amobee Raises $22 Million For Ad-Supported Cellphone Service (alleyinsider.com) [edit]
54. PopularMedia Gets $8 Million Third Round For Social Media Tools (paidcontent.org) [edit]
55. TutorVista.com gets $18-m PE funding (economictimes.indiatimes.com) [edit]
56. Conformia Software, Inc. Obtains $2,950,000 Series D Financing (sandhill.com) [edit]
57. Sequoia Capital Invests in Appirio to Accelerate the Adoption of On-Demand (foxbusiness.com) [edit]
58. Real estate search company Trulia raises $15M more (venturebeat.com) [edit]
59. Online Gamer Challenge Games Raises $4.5 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
60. MEVIO Secures $15 Million in Funding to Support Rapid Growth and Move Into Vertical Entertainment Networks (marketwatch.com) [edit]
61. Ideacts Innovations raises $5 million from Sequoia Capital (alootechie.com) [edit]
62. Giant Interactive Invests $51 Million in Chinese Social Networking Site 51.com (paidcontent.org) [edit]
63. LinkedIn Closes Its Round; Got That Billion Dollar Valuation (techcrunch.com) []
64. Chinese In-Game Advertiser Bihu.com Raises $10 Million First Round (paidcontent.org) [edit]
65. SCIOinspire announces formal launch (docs.google.com) [edit]
66. SatNav Technologies receives funding worth $7 million from Sequoia Capital (topnews.in) [edit]
67. FireEye raises $14.5M for botnet protection (venturebeat.com) [edit]
68. Raising $8M funding, Maxscend aggressively pursues China’s terrestrial DTV market (tradevibes.com) [edit]
69. Press Releases (marketlive.com) [edit]
70. More betting on visual search: SearchMe raises another $12.6M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
71. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) []
72. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
73. Webitpr release (webitpr.com) [edit]
74. Storwize Secures $19M (byteandswitch.com) [edit]
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76. Press Release (bubblemotion.com) [edit]
77. Advanced Power Projects, for power plant efficiency, takes first funding (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
78. P2P Firm Skyrider Raises $5 Million; Changes CEOs (paidcontent.org) [edit]
79. Employee smartphone manager MobileIron raises $11M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
80. techcrunch.com [edit]
81. TechCrunch [edit]
82. Unisfair Gets $10M in Series B Financing (virtualworldsnews.com) [edit]
83. IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M (paidcontent.org) [edit]
84. Latest Sequoia investments highlight global focus (techconfidential.com) [edit]
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86. techcrunch.com [edit]
87. pehub.com [edit]
88. techcrunch.com [edit]
89. thealarmclock.com [edit]
90. venturebeat.com [edit]
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92. Navigenics raises more than $25M for personal genetics (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
93. Ruckus Wireless raises $7.5M more for IPTV router (venturebeat.com) [edit]
94. pehub.com [edit]
95. Quantenna Secures Series B Funding Of Over $12.7 Million (quantenna.com) [edit]
96. mitsloanblog.typepad.com [edit]
97. Citation Needed [add]
98. techcrunch.com [edit]
99. techcrunch.com [edit]
100. Xoom Raises $20 Million Series E (techcrunch.com) [edit]
101. Clearwell, email analytics company, raises $17M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
102. home.businesswire.com [edit]
103. Kontera raises $10.3M more for “in-text” ad technology (venturebeat.com) [edit]
104. Loopt draws on $8.25 million of a $12M planned second round (venturebeat.com) [edit]
105. Palo Alto Networks Raises $18 Million in Series B Financing (paloaltonetworks.com) [edit]
106. Storewiz raises $9M for online storage compression appliance (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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108. Citation Needed [add]
109. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
110. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
111. thealarmclock.com [edit]
112. Citation Needed [add]
113. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
114. venturebeat.com [edit]
115. AllThingsD (kara.allthingsd.com) [edit]
116. truliablog.com [edit]
117. SEC (sec.gov) [edit]
118. pulse2.com [edit]
119. VentureBeat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
120. Founder's Blog (english.martinvarsavsky.net) [edit]
121. Provigent raises $16M for broadband wireless chip (venturebeat.com) [edit]
122. techcrunch.com []
123. Viral marketing company, PopularMedia, raises $4.25M (venturebeat.com) [edit]
124. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
125. sanjose.bizjournals.com [edit]
126. dash.net [edit]
127. freshnews.com [edit]
128. Discretix, mobile device and flash memory security co., raises $20M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
129. @ D: Calacanis’ New Venture: Mahalo, Human-Powered Search Engine; $16 Million Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
130. Mark Logic Secures $15 Million in Third-Round Financing (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
131. siliconbeat.com []
132. Songbird, a browser-integrated media player, received $8M last year (venturebeat.com) [edit]
133. moconews.net [edit]
134. Qihoo raises $25M for new Web 2.0 search engine (venturebeat.com) [edit]
135. Aruba raises $5M, sweetening pot before going public? (venturebeat.com) [edit]
136. Citation Needed [add]
137. Leak prevention company PortAuthority gets $18M more (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
138. Peakstream gets $17M more from Foundation, Sequoia, Kleiner (venturebeat.com) [edit]
139. Press Release (bubblemotion.com) [edit]
140. Loopt to make mobile presence usable (techcrunch.com) [edit]
141. americanventuremagazine.com [edit]
142. kontera.com [edit]
143. Click here to find out more! Network Appliance to buy storage company, Topio, for $160M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
144. Stardoll.com: From Little Things Big Things Grow (techcrunch.com) [edit]
145. Is Sequoia jumping on the green-tech bandwaggon? (venturebeat.com) [edit]
146. eons.com [edit]
147. news.com.com []
148. gigaom.com [edit]
149. insiderpages.com [edit]
150. LightReading (lightreading.com) [edit]
151. techcrunch.com [edit]
152. StrongMail Systems Secures $9.5 Million in Series B Funding (strongmail.com) [edit]
153. @ D: Calacanis’ New Venture: Mahalo, Human-Powered Search Engine; $16 Million Funding (paidcontent.org) [edit]
154. Sequoia puts $7 mn in Guruji.com (business-standard.com) [edit]
155. Dash gets more VC cash (gigaom.com) [edit]
156. Palo Alto Networks (paloaltonetworks.com) [edit]
157. Citation Needed [add]
158. Bharti Telesoft Raises $13.5M (sequoiacap.com) [edit]
159. Meebo Confirms Sequoia Funding (techcrunch.com) []
160. marketwire.com []
161. Zappos [edit]
162. Citation Needed [add]
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165. Corporate Backgrounder (fireeye.com) [edit]
166. wp.kayak.com [edit]
167. Citation Needed [add]
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169. techcrunch.com [edit]
170. Techmoz article (tech-moz.com) []
171. Plaxo connects to more funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
172. StrongMail Systems Receives Equity Funding from Sequoia Capital and Evercore Ventures (strongmail.com) [edit]
173. Gracenote Closes $13M Round of Funding, Led by Bessemer Venture Partners (findarticles.com) [edit]
174. Citation Needed [add]
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176. Citation Needed []
177. Plaxo Press Release - 7/28/2003 (plaxo.com) [edit]
178. 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]
179. Plaxo Press Release - 2/18/2003 (plaxo.com) [edit]
180. 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]
181. Mark Logic builds on vertical strengths with XML-based content server (marklogic.com) [edit]
182. Citation Needed [add]
183. google.com []
184. venturebeat.com [edit]
185. sequoiacap.com [edit]
186. Collactive seeks to overwhelm Digg, Reddit with interested stories (venturebeat.com) [edit]
187. Unisfair Gets $10M in Series B Financing (virtualworldsnews.com) [edit]
188. Citation Needed [add]
189. Sequoia Leads Investment in China's UUSEE (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
190. Sequoia Backs Stealthy C12 To Capture Carbon (fis.dowjones.com) [edit]