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institution1972–

Sequoia Capital

Disciplines:
venture capital
investing/investment
technology entrepreneurship/silicon valley

Summary

Menlo Park venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine — among the most successful VC firms in history, with investments in Apple, Google, Oracle, LinkedIn, Cisco, WhatsApp, YouTube, Airbnb, and dozens of other defining companies.

Core Contribution

Creates the venture capital playbook — Sequoia's track record (the highest concentrated returns in VC history) established the frameworks for evaluating and supporting early-stage technology companies; Don Valentine's focus on market size over team quality was radical in 1972.

Historical Influences

Don Valentine

Intellectual Lineage

Don Valentine Mike Moritz Doug Leone 1972

Contemporaries & Peers

Andreessen Horowitz Benchmark Kleiner Perkins

Minds Influenced

Venture capital industry Silicon Valley Lenny's Podcast

Intellectual Posterity

Sequoia Capital Sequoia scout program

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