• Sequoia Capital is the venture capital firm responsible for funding Google, YouTube and PayPal. Based in Menlo Park, California, Sequoia has offices in India, China and Israel. The companies funded by the investment group have included firms in a number of industries but mainly concentrated in the technology sector.

• Fast Facts:

  1. Privately held company
  2. Founder: Don Valentine
  3. Year Established: 1972
  4. Industry: venture capital
  5. Phone: 650-854-3927
  6. Fax: 650-854-2977
  7. HQ: Menlo Park, CA
  8. Managing Director, India: KP Balaraj
  9. CFO: Melinda Dunn
  10. Other key people: Michael Moritz, Roelof Botha

• Key People

  • Don Valentine: Starting his career in the tech industry as a partner of National Semiconductor, Valentine is the founder of the Sequoia Capital. He was involved in the funding of such companies as: Atari, Cisco Systems and Oracle

  • Michael Moritz: A venture capitalist with Sequoia, Moritz has also held positions on the board of directors at Google. Before working in the tech sector, Moritz was a reporter for Time Magazine, and wrote a book called, the Private Story of Apple Computer.

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