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Sequoia looks to join Anthropic’s multi-billion dollar capital infusion
The race to dominate AI infrastructure has pushed global tech spending sharply higher, as enterprises rush to integrate AI into products, workflows, and decision-making systems. This surge in…
Sequoia Capital offers $861Mn liquidity option for Stripe shares, valuing it at $70Bn
Sequoia Capital is providing a significant liquidity opportunity to Stripe investors by offering to purchase up to $861Mn worth of shares in the fintech giant. This comes as…
Apollo.io, the B2B sales intelligence platform for revenue teams, racks up $100Mn in Series D, valued at $1.6Bn
Apollo.io, a B2B sales intelligence platform that provides sales and marketing teams with easy access to verified contact data for over 270 million B2B contacts, has announced a…
Sequoia Capital slashes size of its crypto, ecosystem funds
The crypto industry just suffered another massive jolt – this time, VC firm Sequoia Capital just slashed the size of two of its funds. According to media reports,…
Sequoia to split into three: China, US – Europe and India – SEA businesses to become separate entities
In a significant development, legendary VC firm Sequoia announced that it is dividing its global partnership into three units. Once the split has taken place, they will operate…
Despite funding crunch and tech crackdown, Sequoia Capital China pulls in $9Bn in fresh capital
At a time when startups and firms across the world are struggling to raise funds and remain financially healthy amidst tough market conditions, Sequoia Capital China has successfully…
Sequoia Capital launches funds worth $2.85Bn to drive investments in India and SE Asia
While Sequoia has launched India funds before, this marks the maiden fund of the company that is dedicated to the South-East Asian region.
Aerotime, an app that declutters calendars to enhance workplace productivity, gets seeded with $2Mn
Bengaluru based workplace optimization app Aerotime has raised $2Mn in a seed round, led by Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital India and SOMA Capital. The company…
Riverwalk Holdings is the latest VC to join early-stage investing in India with a ₹150 crore debut fund
While later stage startup fundraising maybe on a downhill globally, investors aren’t shying away to continue with early-stage/Series A deals. A validation of that is the announcement by…
Now Sequoia warns of “crucible moment” for startups, advises them to focus on profitability
This will not be a “V-shaped” recovery, and today’s monetary and fiscal policy tools, according to Sequoia, will force cuts in its portfolio and measures to conserve cash.
a16z joins Sequoia, Binance, Oracle’s Elison and others in backing Elon Musk’s $44Bn Twitter Bid
Interestingly, despite rumours and 'internal sources', no PE firm has come up to back any portion of Elon Musk's bid, at least as per the latest amended 13D filing.
Sequoia rolls out a new $600Mn crypto fund to invest in digital assets and liquid tokens
As of November 2021, the cryptocurrency market in the world was valued at over $3 trillion. This has attracted the attention of investors across the globe, who had…
FloBiz raises $31 million in latest round for its SMBs-focused Neobank
FloBiz has become the latest name in a long line to reign in capital from investors this year after the 18-month-old start-up raised $31 million in its latest…
Let’s Dive raises $1.7 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge
Let’s Dive, an Indian SaaS startup which provides a social space for remote teams, announced today that it has raised $1.7 million in a funding round led by…
Sequoia Capital India announces Star India’s Gayatri Vasudev, GoJek’s Ajey Gore and Salesforce’s Shweta Rajpal as its newest senior execs
One of India’s earliest ‘startup-friendly’ and perhaps the most iconic VC firm, Sequoia Capital India today announced that it has appointed ‘three exceptional senior leaders’ for various posts,…
Sequoia announces third cohort of its ‘Surge’ accelerator program, goes online only this time
Sequoia Capital has announced the third cohort of its India-based accelerator program, Surge. For those unaware, Surge is a “rapid scale-up” program by Sequoia, wherein the VC firm…
EpiFi, a neobanking platform by former Google Pay India execs, bags $13.2M in seed from Sequoia, others
India has seen a surge of inclusive tech startups in the financial services space off late. And there has been a proportionate surge in the money being raised…
Founder of Sequoia Capital, Don Valentine passes away
Don Valentine, founder of arguably one of the most successful investment firms of our age, Sequoia Capital, passed away today. Born in 1932, Valentine passed away of natural…
Bengaluru-based mattress maker Wakefit bags ₹65 crore funding from Sequoia Capital
Wakefit, a Bengaluru-based company that makes mattress and sleep-related products, has announced that it has secured ₹65 crore funding from Sequoia Capital. With this funding round, Sequoia Capital now…
Sequoia Capital India’s managing director Gautam Mago quits
Gautam Mago, a managing director of India’s one of the most active VC firm Sequoia Capital India, has reportedly quit. As per the reports, he has put in his…
Sequoia Capital raises additional $125 million for its fourth India-focused fund
Sequoia Capital, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm, has raised an additional funding of $125 million for its fourth India-focused fund. With this new funding, the overall corpus of the…
