Investor profile for Sequoia Capital: typical check size, headquarters (Menlo Park, CA), stages they lead or invest in, and links to website and social profiles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker directory.

Sequoia Capital

Helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. Multi-decade firm backing category-defining companies including Apple, Google, Stripe, and Airbnb.

Typical check size

$1M-$10M (stage-based estimate)

Founded

1972

Headquarters

Menlo Park, CA

AUM

N/A

Rounds they lead

Seed Series A Series B+

Rounds they invest

Pre-Seed Seed Series A Series B+

Portfolio companies we track

Startups in our directory that list Sequoia Capital as an investor (80 total).

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FAQs about Sequoia Capital

Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.

Sequoia leads seed, Series A, and growth rounds and participates from pre-seed onward. The firm operates across early, growth, and global funds — stage coverage depends on the specific Sequoia partnership and fund.
Sequoia does not publish a single check-size range; amounts vary widely from seed to multi-hundred-million growth rounds. Directory estimate: check size follows stage — seed checks are smaller, growth checks can reach nine figures.
Sequoia is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, and invests globally through U.S., Europe, India, and China partnerships (structure has evolved over time). Founders should identify the relevant regional Sequoia team for their market.
Sequoia is a generalist technology investor spanning consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, and AI infrastructure. Our directory tags it as generalist-tech; historic bets include Apple, Google, Stripe, Airbnb, and WhatsApp.
Sequoia routinely leads seed, Series A, and growth rounds in companies it backs. The firm is known for high-conviction positions and long-term partnership through IPO and beyond.
Many directory startups list Sequoia, including Figma, Stripe, Reddit, Benchling, OpenEvidence, Kalshi, and Safe Superintelligence — see /startup/figma, /startup/stripe, /startup/reddit, /startup/benchling, /startup/openevidence, /startup/kalshi, and /startup/safe-superintelligence.
Start at sequoiacap.com — review partner theses and the Arc PMF framework. Warm introductions from founders, operators, or Sequoia Scouts are the standard path; Sequoia also runs scout programs for sourced deals.
See blue-chip-vc-firms-top-tier-sequoia-benchmark for top-tier VC context and what-is-a-scout-program-vc-sourcing for how Sequoia's scout program fits founder outreach.