By Team Sequoia In early 2021 the value of the combined cryptocurrency market crossed $1 trillion for the first time, a figure that caught the attention of even the staunchest skeptics. In November, that figure crossed $3 trillion — more than the value of any company on earth. Thousands of…

Luciana Lixandru on behalf of Team Sequoia This month marks my ten-year anniversary in venture capital, and rare and exciting have been the occasions when I met founders who are shaping a new category. I had this feeling when I met Will at Deliveroo in 2014, Daniel at UiPath in…

By Konstantine Buhler for Team Sequoia From decentralized finance and NFTs to DuckDuckGo and Signal Messenger, the last 18 months have exposed exploding consumer demand for greater autonomy and privacy in the way they search, collaborate, and conduct business. Big tech platforms and unproven challengers have pivoted to incorporate privacy-respecting…

Carl Eschenbach on behalf of Team Sequoia When we partnered with Aurora in early 2019, co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson had been on Sequoia’s radar for several years. As we noted at the time, he even helped shape our early thoughts on the autonomous vehicle landscape itself, with a memorable…

Sonya Huang and Kais Khimji on behalf of Team Sequoia The democratization of investing is one of the most important consumer trends of our lifetime. Today, more than 50% of U.S. households are investors in the stock market. This is the result of decades of progress: from 1975 when fixed…

By Roelof Botha for Team Sequoia The creative spirits. The underdogs. The resolute. The independent thinkers. The fighters and the true believers. This ethos describes the founders we partner with, as well as Sequoia’s relentless drive to help them succeed. Since 1972 we’ve had a front row seat as visionary…

By Pat Grady, Sonya Huang and Ravi Gupta on behalf of Team Sequoia “Don’t lower the bar on us,” Spenser growled, with a friendly smile on his face that did just enough to blunt the intensity in his voice. We already loved Amplitude’s co-founder and CEO, but this was the…

Bill Coughran on behalf of Team Sequoia In early 2010, while I was serving as SVP of Engineering for Google, the company took the unusual step of publicly sharing information about a recent hacking attempt. Earlier we had discovered the attack known today as “Operation Aurora,” which targeted several U.S…

By Luciana Lixandru and Zoe Hewitt on behalf of Team Sequoia We’re delighted to announce our partnership with Ledgy after leading their $10M Series A funding round. The European tech ecosystem has been flourishing over the past few years. Founders have access to more talent and capital than ever before…