What does Sequoia Capital invest in?
Sequoia Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (49% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Enterprise and Security.

United States · Investor
Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 2093 cheques on record.
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219 cheques in the last 12 months
Mostly Series A and Series B: 49% of its rounds
Sole investor in 330 rounds, median $7.8M
147 exits from the portfolio
We help the daring build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond.From their own website
Every round we can evidence, newest first2,093 appearances
180 rounds
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration24 named
We also hold 199 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
Funds on its Form ADV
67 private funds, $65B in gross assets · filed Oct 2024
Venture 61Hedge 3Private equity 2
And 57 more on the filing.
Who backs their funds
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2025.
| Fund | Vintage | Committed |
|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Capital Fund | 2022 | $172M |
| Sequoia Capital Global Growth Fund III - U.S. | 2020 | $99M |
| Sequoia Capital Global Growth III | 2018 | $322M |
| Sequoia Capital (Legacy Funds) | 1999 | $97M |
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed147 in all
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
The investors most often in the same rounds as Sequoia Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
The latest companies Sequoia Capital put money into.
3 books written by people at Sequoia Capital: Michael Moritz.

Return to the Little Kingdom: Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple
Michael Moritz · 2009
4.00 from 1,175 ratings on Goodreads
In 1984, The Little The Private Story of Apple Computer told the story of Apple's first decade alongside the histories of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Now, completely revised and expanded, Return to the Little Kingdom is the definitive biography of Apple and its founders from…

The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer
Michael Moritz · 1984
4.41 from 73 ratings on Goodreads
Recounts the eight-year growth of Apple Computer, Inc., from garage workshop to international business leader and spotlights the personalities behind Apple's remarkable successes

Going for Broke: Lee Iacocca's Battle to Save Chrysler
Michael Moritz · 1981
3.74 from 23 ratings on Goodreads
A tongue-in-cheek guide for manwatchers everywhere provides a "helpful" classification of American males
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6 episodes naming Sequoia Capital in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Factory Raises $50M from NEA, Sequoia Capital, NVIDIA, & JPMorgan
MentionsSequoia CapitalAaron LevieFrank Slootman+1

Lessons from 20 Years of Venture Capital (Roelof Botha, Managing Partner & Steward at Sequoia Capital)
WithRoelof Botha
MentionsSequoia CapitalGoogle

20VC: Sequoia Capital's $9BN Global Equities Fund on The Future for NVIDIA, Google & Meta | How to Play AI in the Public Markets | China & Europe: Is the Future Bleak | The Opportunity for Crossover Funds with Jeff Wang, Managing Partner @ SCGE
WithJeff Wang

E45: Sequoia Capital's Roelof Botha and Jacob Helberg on AI and National Security

Episode 68: Alex Berriche - Co-Founder & CEO of Fleet and Sequoia Capital Scout: Lessons Learned From 100 Angel Deals
MentionsSequoia Capital

20Product: Sequoia's Product-Market Fit Framework | Why the Best Product People Actually Build Less Product | Metrics 101, Good vs Great Product Strategy and more with Vickie Peng, Product Partner @ Sequoia Capital
MentionsSequoia Capital

20VC: Horizontal vs Vertical Agents: Who Wins | Model Routing: Commodity or Increasing in Value | The Future of the Inference Market | Why Founders Should Take Discounts for Tier 1 Firms with Harrison Chase, LangChain

Eclipse's Lior Susan on $12.5B AUM and the Bet on Physical Industries

Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.491]

Becki DeGraw on founder vesting, advisor equity & the 4-term-sheet play
Sequoia Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (49% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Enterprise and Security.
2,093 investments on record, 219 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 91. The most recent was in Oct 2026.
Its most recent investments on record: Hex (Undisclosed round, Oct 2026), Serval (Series C, Oct 2026) and Anthropic (Series H, Oct 2026).
The median round it joins is $35M.
Sometimes: it led 91 of its 2,093 investments on record (4%).
Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (95%).
Yes: it is actively investing, with 219 investments in the last 12 months.
Most often Lightspeed Venture Partners (125 rounds together), Andreessen Horowitz (120 rounds together) and Y Combinator (87 rounds together).
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