industry venture capital founded 1972 founder don valentine headquarters menlo park california usa area served united states china india israel key people michael moritz douglas leone jim goetz neil shen website www.sequoiacap.com sequoia capital is an american venture capital firm . 1 the firm is located in menlo park california and mainly focuses on the technology industry . 2 it has backed companies that now control 1.4 trillion of the combined stock market value . 3 sequoia manages multiple investment funds including funds specific to india 4 israel 5 and china . 6 contents 1 history 2 investments 3 portfolio 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit sequoia was founded by don valentine in 1972 7 in menlo park california . in the mid 1990s valentine gave control of the company to doug leone and michael moritz . 3 in 1999 sequoia expanded its operations to israel . 8 sequoia capital china was established in 2005 as an affiliate to the u.s. firm . 9 in 2006 sequoia capital acquired westbridge capital partners an indian venture capital firm . it later was renamed sequoia capital india . 10 cb insights recognized sequoia capital as the number one venture capital firm in 2013 . 11 investments edit sequoia capital is a venture capital firm that invests in public and private companies from all sectors . it specializes in incubation seed stage start up stage early stage and growth stage investments in private companies . 12 the firm seeks to invest in companies based in the united states for early and seed stage investments . however for growth stage investments it does not limit its investments to any country and recent funds have been internationally focused . it invests between 100 000 and 1 million in seed stage between 1 million and 10 million in early stage and between 10 million and 100 million in growth stage . 13 sequoia capital has invested in over 250 companies since 1972 amongst others apple google oracle paypal stripe youtube instagram yahoo and whatsapp . the combined current public market value for these companies is over 1.4 trillion equivalent to 22 percent of nasdaq . 3 portfolio edit sequoia mainly invests in these sectors 12 financial services healthcare internet mobile sector outsourcing technology see also edit private equity references edit mazel tov israeli startups sequoia capital raise 200m to fund you meghan kelly august 23 2012 venture beat retrieved may 12 2016 secretive sprawling network of scouts spreads money through silicon valley rolfe winkler november 12 2015 wall street journal retrieved may 12 2016 a b c inside sequoia capital silicon valley s innovation factory . forbes . retrieved 2015 12 03 . sequoia capital reportedly mulling new 800m india fund may start raising october michael de waal montgomery venturebeat retrieved may 12 2016 sequoia capital raises more than 1 billion for startups dan primack august 15 2013 forunte retrieved may 12 2016 sequoia s neil shen tops forbes china ranking of best venture capital investors russell flannery january 15 2014 forbes retrieved may 12 2016 with whatsapp deal sequoia capital burnishes reputation sarah mcbride february 21 2014 reuters retrieved may 12 2016 israel s most important source of capital california darwin bond graham august 20 2014 counterpunch.org retrieved may 9 2016 how neil shen built a winner at sequoia capital china april 2 2014 alex konrad forbes retrieved march 30 2016 how sequoia capital india became asia s most prolific venture capital firm . quartz . retrieved 2015 12 03 . sequoia capital leads the venture capital pack kent bernhard jr march 15 2013 upstart retrieved may 9 2016 a b sequoia capital website . september 4 2013 . rao leena december 17 2012 . sequoia raises 700m for global growth fund . tech crunch . external links edit sequoia capital homepage v t e private equity and venture capital basic investment types buyout venture mezzanine growth secondaries equity co investment history history of private 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