# Carl Eschenbach at Sequoia Capital > Carl Eschenbach, Chief Executive Officer at Sequoia Capital. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Santa Maria, US · Partner # Carl Eschenbach Chief Executive Officer at [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) Get an email when Carl Eschenbach is named in a new round. [Sign up free](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Fperson%2Fcarl-eschenbach) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 7 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 4 +5 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 7 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Sequoia Capital - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. 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Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=carl-eschenbach) ## The firm [**Sequoia Capital** VC firm · US **215** cheques in 12 months **2088** all time **88** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [23andMe](https://millionrounds.com/company/23andme) - [AMP Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/amp-robotics) - [Alkira](https://millionrounds.com/startup/alkira) - [All Raise](https://millionrounds.com/startup/all-raise) - [Andpad](https://millionrounds.com/company/andpad) - [Armis Security](https://millionrounds.com/company/armis-security) - [Attentive](https://millionrounds.com/company/attentive) - [Biofourmis](https://millionrounds.com/company/biofourmis) - [BitClout](https://millionrounds.com/startup/bitclout) - [Capitolis](https://millionrounds.com/company/capitolis) - [CaptivateIQ](https://millionrounds.com/startup/captivateiq) - [Census](https://millionrounds.com/startup/census) - [Clari](https://millionrounds.com/company/clari) - [CopyAI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/copyai) - [Cresta](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cresta) - [Cribl](https://millionrounds.com/startup/cribl) - [Docket](https://millionrounds.com/startup/docket) - [Doppler](https://millionrounds.com/startup/doppler) - [Eduvanz](https://millionrounds.com/company/eduvanz) - [Faire](https://millionrounds.com/company/faire) - [Fetch](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fetch-4) - [Found](https://millionrounds.com/startup/found) - [Gather](https://millionrounds.com/startup/gather-17) - [Gong](https://millionrounds.com/startup/gong-4) - [Grafana Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/grafana-labs) - [Graphcore](https://millionrounds.com/company/graphcore) - [Graphiant](https://millionrounds.com/startup/graphiant) - [Instacart](https://millionrounds.com/company/instacart) - [Ironclad](https://millionrounds.com/startup/ironclad-2) - [Joro](https://millionrounds.com/startup/joro) - [Kalshi](https://millionrounds.com/company/kalshi) - [Kingdom Supercultures](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kingdom-supercultures) - [Klarna](https://millionrounds.com/company/klarna) - [Kumo.AI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/kumo-ai) - [LandSpace](https://millionrounds.com/startup/landspace-2) - [Linear](https://millionrounds.com/company/linear) 36 of 97 companies. ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Raintank Inc.** Director on 5 filings · since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Salt Security, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Aurora Innovation, Inc.** Director since 2021 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Gong i.o Ltd.** Director since 2020 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Snowflake Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2020 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Pivotal Software, Inc.** Director since 2016 - SEC Form D · Company raising **GoPivotal, Inc.** Director since 2013 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Sequoia Capital - [**Rajan Anandan** Managing Director *31 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rajan-anandan) - [**Eric Chen** Healthcare Investment *14 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/eric-chen-5) - [**Alfred Lin** Partner *9 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alfred-lin) - [**Omar Hamoui** Partner *6 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/omar-hamoui) - [**Bogomil Balkansky** Managing Member *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bogomil-balkansky) - [**Andrew Lee** Vice President *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-lee-5) - [**Roelof Botha** Partner *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/roelof-botha) - [**Grant Gordon** Advisor *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/grant-gordon) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 19 Mar 2026 · 3h 20m Samsung Invests $70B in AI Chips, The Cubanator Joins, Apple's Do Nothing Win AI Strategy | Mark Cuban, John Kim, Eugen Alpeza, Ari Herbert-Voss, Alex Konrad, Carl Eschenbach & Pat Grady, Jim Cantrell, Tom Hulme With [Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach)[Pat Grady](https://millionrounds.com/person/pat-grady) Mentions [John Kim](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-kim)[Tom Hulme](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-hulme)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) About this episode Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:45) - Samsung Invests $70B in AI Chips (09:15) - Composer 2 Available in Cursor (17:49) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (28:43) - Apple: Behind in AI, Ahead in Revenue (40:23) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (57:09) - Carl Eschenbach & Pat Grady.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Training Data](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/training-data) · 6 May 2025 · 48 min Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach: Building the System of Record for the AI Era With [Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach) About this episode Workday CEO and Sequoia partner Carl Eschenbach explains how the company is evolving its platform to handle both human and AI workers. He shares Workday’s three-pronged approach to monetizing AI through seat-based pricing, role-based agents and consumption-based API access. Eschenbach discusses why… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 31 Jul 2023 · 1h 22m #149 Co-CEO Workday, Carl Eschenbach: A Life of Significance With [Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach) Mentions [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[Aneel Bhusri](https://millionrounds.com/person/aneel-bhusri)[Joe Tucci](https://millionrounds.com/person/joe-tucci)[Pat Gelsinger](https://millionrounds.com/person/pat-gelsinger) About this episode Guest: Carl Eschenbach, co-CEO of Workday When Carl Eschenbach decided to leave VMWare after more than 14 years as COO, no one believed it: Not chairman Joe Tucci, not CEO Pat Gelsinger, and maybe not Carl himself. But he needed a more predictable work-life balance to help raise his teenage… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 15 Mar 2017 · 25 min 20VC: Sequoia Partner, Carl Eschenbach on Building and Scaling High Performace Teams and The Common Mistakes In Scaling A Go-To-Market Strategy With [Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach) Mentions [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[Alfred Lin](https://millionrounds.com/person/alfred-lin)[Pat Grady](https://millionrounds.com/person/pat-grady) About this episode Carl Eschenbach is a Partner @ Sequoia Capital, one of the world's leading funds with investments in the likes of Google, Apple, Whatsapp, Paypal and Stripe just to name a few. As for Carl, prior to Sequoia, Carl was President and CEO @ VMWare where he grew the team from 200 to 20,000 people. If… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Carl Eschenbach in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [In Depth](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/in-depth) · 26 Feb 2026 · 60 min Snowflake’s first sales hire on scaling from $0 to $3.5B | Chris Degnan (Former CRO, Snowflake) Mentions [Frank Slootman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-slootman)[Bob Muglia](https://millionrounds.com/person/bob-muglia)[Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach)[Christian Kleinerman](https://millionrounds.com/person/christian-kleinerman)[Denise Persson](https://millionrounds.com/person/denise-persson) About this episode Chris Degnan was the first sales hire at Snowflake and spent 11 years scaling the company from zero to $3.5 billion in revenue as its CRO, working alongside four different CEOs and learning from each one. In this episode, Chris breaks down what it actually takes to scale an enterprise sales… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Crucible Moments](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/crucible-moments) · 29 Aug 2024 · 43 min ServiceNow ft. Frank Slootman and Fred Luddy - From Starting Over at 50 to Dodging a $150B Mistake With [Fred Luddy](https://millionrounds.com/person/fred-luddy) Mentions [Frank Slootman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-slootman)[Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach)[Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone) About this episode In 2004, bankrupt after the company where he’d previously worked had imploded, Fred Luddy decided to start over as a first-time founder at age 50. His vision was to reinvent the nascent IT software field for the cloud era. What started as simple help desk replacement software would eventually… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 5 Aug 2024 · 1h 13m #202 Chairman of Qualcomm, Mark McLaughlin: The Right Pitch With [Mark McLaughlin](https://millionrounds.com/person/mark-mclaughlin) Mentions [Nikesh Arora](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nikesh-arora)[Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach)[Paul Jacobs](https://millionrounds.com/person/paul-jacobs) About this episode Guest: Mark McLaughlin, chairman of the board at Qualcomm When he was 24, Mark McLaughlin thought his career was over. Since childhood, he had dreamed of attending West Point and joining the Army, but a helicopter crash left him unable to serve, with a medical discharge. However, the crash also… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [In Depth](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/in-depth) · 16 May 2024 · 58 min Lessons from Sentry on scaling DevTools and finding product market fit (again) | Milin Desai (Sentry, VMware, Riverbed) Mentions [David Cramer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cramer)[Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach)[Martin Casado](https://millionrounds.com/person/martin-casado)[Pat Gelsinger](https://millionrounds.com/person/pat-gelsinger)[Raghu Raghuram](https://millionrounds.com/person/raghu-raghuram) About this episode Milin Desai is the CEO at Sentry, an application monitoring tool for developers. Sentry has recently passed two key milestones: 100K customers and over $100M in ARR. Before Sentry, Milin was a GM at VMware and scaled their cloud networking into a billion-dollar business. Prior to stepping into… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 15 Jan 2024 · 1h 33m #173 Author of “The Qualified Sales Leader,” John McMahon: The Five-Time CRO Mentions [David Cancel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/david-cancel)[Bob Muglia](https://millionrounds.com/person/bob-muglia)[Carl Eschenbach](https://millionrounds.com/person/carl-eschenbach)[Tom Brady](https://millionrounds.com/person/tom-brady) About this episode Guest: John McMahon, author of The Qualified Sales Leader: Proven Lessons from a Five Time CRO A hell of a lot of people work in sales. But until recently, says five-time CRO and The Qualified Sales Leader author John McMahon, it was rare for colleges and universities to offer a sales degree.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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