# Doug Leone, Partner

> Doug Leone, Partner. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Menlo Park, US · Partner

# Doug Leone

Partner at [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 4 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 6 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 4 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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## The firm

[**Sequoia Capital** VC firm · US **215** cheques in 12 months **2088** all time **88** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Medallia, Inc.** Director since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Nu Holdings Ltd.** Director on 9 filings · since 2016
- SEC Form D · Company raising **PlanGrid, Inc.** Director since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Medallia Inc.** Director on 4 filings · since 2015

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

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 24 Aug 2026 · 1h 19m 20VC: Inside Sequoia's Investment Committee: Lessons from Don Valentine, Doug Leone and Alfred Lin | How the SpaceX and Citadel Deals Went Down | What Sequoia Specifically Looks for in Founders with Julien Bek With [Alfred Lin](https://millionrounds.com/person/alfred-lin)[Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone)[Julien Bek](https://millionrounds.com/person/julien-bek) Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) About this episode Julien Bek is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the most renowned venture firms in the world. At Sequoia, he has partnered with companies including Rillet, Tacto, and Auctor. Before joining Sequoia, Julien spent five years at Accel, where he worked with companies including Miro, Melio, and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 9 Apr 2026 · 1h 27m 20VC: Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI Revenue | OpenAI Acquisition of TBPN: Analysed | OpenAI Management Team Reboot | YC Kicks Delve Out | Mercor Hack and Why Now is the Time for Cyber | Supabase Raising at $10BN & Doug Leone Returns to Sequoia With [Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone) Mentions [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) About this episode AGENDA: 03:59, Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI in Revenue 12:43, OpenAI Management Reboot 18:24, OpenAI Buys TBPN 29:00, SpaceX Files for IPO Targeting $2 Trillion Valuation 37:21, Doug Leone Returns to Sequoia Capital 41:14, YC Kicks Out Delve 45:21, The Rise of Open Router 57:59, … More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Training Data](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/training-data) · 14 Oct 2025 · 45 min Why AI Will Transform Customer Experience: Cresta CEO Ping Wu and Sequoia’s Doug Leone With [Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone)[Ping Wu](https://millionrounds.com/person/ping-wu) Mentions [Revolution](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revolution) About this episode Ping Wu built Google's contact center business before becoming CEO of Cresta, where he's pioneering a unique approach to contact center transformation. Rather than full automation Ping advocates a dual approach, automating what's ready while using AI to assist humans with the rest. He makes the… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 28 Feb 2025 · 1h 10m Doug Leone - Lessons from a Titan - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS] With [Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone) About this episode Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are my favorite episodes from the past 10 years published once a month. These are N of one conversations with N of one people. There's nobody I've met quite like Doug Leone. Doug led one of the world’s most successful venture firms, Sequoia, for over 25… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 11 Sept 2024 · 1h 6m 20VC: Scaling ServiceNow to $5BN in ARR | Leadership Lessons from Doug Leone, Frank Slootman and Bill McDermott | VC Value Add: Is it Real and Why the Worst VCs are "Seagull VCs" With [Bill McDermott](https://millionrounds.com/person/bill-mcdermott)[Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone) Mentions [Frank Slootman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frank-slootman)[Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management)[David Schneider](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-schneider) About this episode David Schneider is a General Partner @ Coatue and one of the great operators of the last 20 years. Prior to Coatue, David was instrumental in ServiceNow's growth to over $100B+ public market value. David led the growth of the company from $100M to $5BN in revenue. Before joining ServiceNow, David… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 8 Jul 2024 · 1h 9m 20VC: The Sequoia Investment Process | Investing Lessons from Doug Leone, Roelof Botha & Alfred Lin | Sequoia's Framework for Analysing Founders | The True Benefit of Having Sequoia on a Cap Table & Sequoia's Biggest Threat with Pat Grady With [Alfred Lin](https://millionrounds.com/person/alfred-lin)[Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone)[Pat Grady](https://millionrounds.com/person/pat-grady)[Roelof Botha](https://millionrounds.com/person/roelof-botha) Mentions [Matt Huang](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-huang)[Andrew Reed](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-reed)[Julien Bek](https://millionrounds.com/person/julien-bek) About this episode Pat Grady is one of the most successful growth investors of the last decade. As the Head of Sequoia's growth investing practice, Pat has invested in companies with a combined market cap exceeding $250BN. Among Pat's immense portfolio is Hubspot, Snowflake, ServiceNow, Okta, Amplitude, Zoom and… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Doug Leone in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 27 Oct 2025 · 1h 14m 20VC: Sequoia's David Cahn on The Winners and Losers in AI | The $0-$100M Revenue Club: Is Triple, Triple, Double, Double Dead? | The Future of Defence: Who Wins and Who Loses | How to Analyse Margins and Growth Rates in a World of AI With [David Cahn](https://millionrounds.com/person/david-cahn) Mentions [Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management)[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone) About this episode David Cahn is a Partner at Sequoia Capital and one of the world's leading AI investors. At Sequoia David has led investments in Clay, Juicebox, Sesame, Kela, Stark, etc.. Before Sequoia, David was a General Partner @ Coatue where he led investments in Notion and Hugging Face. AGENDA: 00:00 We… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 18 Oct 2025 · 1h 18m Deel's growth overshadows SpyGate, Claude learned new skills, and the great "momentum is moat" debate | E2194 Mentions [Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone)[Roelof Botha](https://millionrounds.com/person/roelof-botha) About this episode Deel's growth overshadows SpyGate, Claude learned new skills, and the great "momentum is moat" debate | EXXX Today's show: *Deel's growing fast enough that investors are overlooking the espionage allegations and jumping on board anyway. (LAUNCH now owns a lil taste of Deel, so Jason is on board!)… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [All-In](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/all-in) · 9 Oct 2025 · 28 min Sequoia's Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are Built With [Roelof Botha](https://millionrounds.com/person/roelof-botha) Mentions [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital)[Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone)[Michael Moritz](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-moritz) About this episode (0:00) Introducing Roelof Botha (1:08) Sequoia's Scout program and its best-performing funds ever (3:38) State of Venture Capital: Why it's broken, too much capital, not enough great companies (9:01) Why Sequoia separated from its China business, how they adapt to changing macro landscapes… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 26 Jun 2025 · 1h 9m VC Roundtable: Recruiting Secrets, Second-Time Founders & Product-Market Fit Myths | E2143 Mentions [Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone) About this episode Today's show: In this powerhouse VC roundtable, @Jason sits down with Sequoia's Doug Leone and Cyberstarts' Gili Raanan to share brutally honest insights on startup recruiting, evaluating second-time founders, and how to truly find product-market fit. They break down why big-tech résumés can be… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Crucible Moments](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/crucible-moments) · 23 Jan 2025 · 50 min Nubank ft. David Vélez - An Outsider Upends the Brazilian Banking System Mentions [Doug Leone](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-leone)[Edward Wible](https://millionrounds.com/person/edward-wible) About this episode When Nubank started 10 years ago, a few big banks in Brazil had a stranglehold on the largest economy in Latin America: they controlled nearly all the market share, and imposed some of the highest fees and worst banking terms in the world. David Vélez was an unlikely character to challenge the… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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