Strategy
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
AIEnterpriseConsumerFintechHealthcareCryptoClimate
Geographies
USAMenlo Park, California, USA
Check size
$1M-$200MRecent changes
- Sep 15, 2026Sep 15, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Profound (Series D, $180M) Bloomberg
- Sep 11, 2026Sep 11, 2026Invested in Mecka AIRumored TechCrunch
- Sep 10, 2026Sep 10, 2026Invested in Mach Industries (Series C extension, $600M) TechCrunch
- Sep 10, 2026Sep 10, 2026Invested in The Boring Company (Series D, $3B) TechCrunch
- Sep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026Invested in Clay (Series D, $115M) Business Wire
Earlier changes (15)
- Sep 9, 2026Sep 9, 2026Sequoia Backs Cymphony's $30M AI Agent Security Bet Pulse story
- Sep 3, 2026Sep 3, 2026Invested in Profound (Series C, $96M) Newcomer
- Sep 1, 2026Sep 1, 2026Invested in AIR (Seed, $50M) TechCrunch
- Sep 1, 2026Sep 1, 2026Sequoia-Incubated Empirik Launches With $21M Pulse story
- Aug 19, 2026Aug 19, 2026Sequoia, Khosla, Y Combinator Lead 2026's Unicorn Class Pulse story
- Aug 19, 2026Aug 19, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Rillet (Series C, $100M) TechCrunch
- Aug 12, 2026Aug 12, 2026Invested in Form Energy (Series G, $750M) TechCrunch
- Aug 11, 2026Aug 11, 2026Invested in Neros Technologies (Series C, $250M) Morningstar
- Aug 10, 2026Aug 10, 2026Invested in Corma (Seed, $60M) Calcalistech
- Aug 5, 2026Aug 5, 2026Sequoia Goes All-In on AI Under New Leaders Pulse story
- Aug 4, 2026Aug 4, 2026Invested in Parallel (Series B, $100M) TechCrunch
- Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026Invested in Valar Atomics (Series B, $1B) TechCrunch
- Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026Sequoia Leads $1B Round for Nuclear Startup Valar Pulse story
- Aug 3, 2026Aug 3, 2026Sequoia Leads $1B Bet on Mass-Produced Nuclear Reactors Pulse story
- Jul 28, 2026Jul 28, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Cathedral ($160M) Crunchbase News
Funds
12| Fund | Vintage | Size | Strategy | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Expansion Fund | 2026 | $7B | OtherExpansion-stage venture · Expansion / growth | As of Apr 16, 2026TechCrunch |
| Sequoia Capital Seed Fund VI | 2026 | — | Seed | As of Mar 13, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D |
| Sequoia Capital Venture Fund XIX | 2026 | — | Venture | As of Mar 13, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D |
| Sequoia Capital Fund | 2026 | — | Flagship | As of Feb 5, 2026SEC EDGAR Form D |
| Sequoia Capital Growth Fund XI | 2025 | — | Growth | As of Oct 10, 2025SEC EDGAR Form D |
Show 7 earlier funds
| Fund | Vintage | Size | Strategy | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoia Capital Seed Fund VII | 2025 | $200M | Seed | As of 2025Value Add VC funds tracker |
| Sequoia Capital Seed Fund V | 2023 | $195M | Seed | As of 2023Value Add VC funds tracker |
| Sequoia India and Southeast Asia Funds | 2022 | $2.85B | Other | As of Jun 2022Wikipedia |
| Sequoia Crypto Fund | 2022 | $600M | Crypto | As of Feb 2022Wikipedia |
| Sequoia Capital Fund | 2021 | $13.6B | FlagshipSingle unified growth-stage fund structure; grew to $13.6B by early 2023 | As of Oct 2021Wikipedia |
| Sequoia Capital Seed Fund IV | 2021 | $195M | Seed | As of 2021Value Add VC funds tracker |
| Sequoia Capital Fund III | 2018 | $180M | Flagship | As of 2018Value Add VC funds tracker |
Portfolio
37 totalProfoundOpenAIAnthropicMecka AIThe Boring CompanyMach IndustriesClayHugging FaceAIRRilletEtchedSpaceXForm EnergyNeros TechnologiesCormaWhatnotParallelValar AtomicsCathedralSafe SuperintelligenceGlowChai DiscoveryProbookStarkPeregrine TechnologiesEnt.AIDecartKalshiStripeWaymoOpenEvidencePhysical IntelligenceLangChainReflection AISheinNotionAnt Group
Recent Investment Activity
20| Date | Company | Event | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Profound | Series D | $180M | $1.8B | outlined = lead | Bloomberg |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Mecka AI | funding roundRumored | — | ~$500M | outlined = lead | TechCrunch |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Mach Industries | Series C extension | $600M | $3.7B | outlined = lead | TechCrunch |
| Sep 10, 2026 | The Boring Company | Series D | $3B | $23B | Sequoia CapitalAndreessen HorowitzTemasekValor Equity PartnersVy CapitalUAE sovereign investment entities | TechCrunch |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Clay | Series D | $115M | $7.1B | Wellington ManagementSequoia CapitalStepStone GroupAndreessen HorowitzDST GlobalCapitalGBoxGroupBoldstart VenturesBloomberg BetaEvolution Equity PartnersPerennialMeritech outlined = lead | Business Wire |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Profound | Series C | $96M | — | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Sep 1, 2026 | AIR | Seed | $50M | — | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Rillet | Series C | $100M | $1B | outlined = lead | TechCrunch |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Form Energy | Series G | $750M | — | outlined = lead | TechCrunch |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Neros Technologies | Series C | $250M | $2.5 billion | Sequoia CapitalAmerican Strategic Technology Fund outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Corma | Seed | $60M | — | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Parallel | Series B | $100M | — | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Valar Atomics | Series B | $1B | $6B | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Cathedral | funding round | $160M | $1.4 billion | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Etched | Series C | $300M | $10.3B | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Cathedral | Seed | $160M | $1.4B | outlined = lead | U.S. News (Reuters) |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Glow | funding round | $180M | $1.2 billion | Sequoia CapitalCyberstartsGreenoaksRedpoint VenturesIndex VenturesSwish VenturesLux CapitalOperator CollectiveHolly Ventures outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Glow | Series A | $180M | $1.2B | Sequoia CapitalCyberstartsGreenoaksRedpoint VenturesIndex VenturesSwish VenturesLux CapitalOperator CollectiveHolly Ventures outlined = lead | TechCrunch |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Chai Discovery | Series C | $400M | $3.8 billion | Index VenturesSequoia CapitalDimensionKleiner PerkinsBaillie GiffordBain Capital VenturesBattery VenturesMenlo VenturesSapphire Ventures outlined = lead | Pulse story |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Probook | Series A | $40M | — | outlined = lead | Pulse story |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
9 · 24%
Defense
4 · 11%
Enterprise SaaS
4 · 11%
Cybersecurity
3 · 8%
Robotics
3 · 8%
Fintech
2 · 5%
Energy
2 · 5%
Developer tools
2 · 5%
Consumer
2 · 5%
Biotech
1 · 3%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series C
8 · 40%
Seed
6 · 30%
Series A
5 · 25%
Series D
4 · 20%
Series B
4 · 20%
Series F
2 · 10%
Series C extension
1 · 5%
Series G
1 · 5%
Series H
1 · 5%
Private equity round
1 · 5%
Co-Investors
12Latest Pulse
- Sep 15, 2026AEO Startup Profound Hits $1.8B In Just 7 MonthsProfound, which helps brands track how they appear inside ChatGPT and Gemini answers, raised a $180 million Series D co-led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins at a $1.8 billion valuation, less than seven months after its last round.→
- Sep 11, 2026Mecka AI Nears $500M On Robot Data RushMecka AI, which pays crowdsourced workers to record everyday tasks for training humanoid robots, is nearing a Sequoia-led round at close to a $500 million valuation.→
- Sep 9, 2026Sequoia Backs Cymphony's $30M AI Agent Security BetCymphony launched with $30 million in total funding, including a $25 million Series A co-led by Sequoia, to give enterprises a single view of what data and systems their AI agents can access.→
- Sep 1, 2026AIR Raises $50M to Vet What AI Agents UseAIR, founded by two Israeli Unit 8200 veterans, raised $50 million across two seed rounds led by Sequoia and Greenoaks to build a platform that discovers and vets the skills and add-ons AI agents pull into enterprise environments.→
- Sep 1, 2026Sequoia-Incubated Empirik Launches With $21MEmpirik, spun out of a 2023 Sequoia incubation, raised $21 million to sell AI-driven infrastructure observability that predicts and prevents outages before they happen, already serving S&P Global and Guardant Health.→
- Aug 19, 2026Sequoia, Khosla, Y Combinator Lead 2026's Unicorn ClassSequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator top the list of investors backing 2026's new unicorns, with 250 companies reaching billion-dollar valuations through August 15 -- up from 193 in all of 2025, per Crunchbase data.→
- Aug 11, 2026Neros Raises $250M Series C at $2.5B for Defense DronesNeros Technologies raised a $250 million Series C co-led by Sequoia Capital and the American Strategic Technology Fund at a $2.5 billion valuation, funding a push to build 1 million US-made drones a year by 2028.→
- Aug 10, 2026Corma Raises $60M Seed to Build Defensive Cyber AICorma, a Tel Aviv and San Francisco startup, emerged from stealth with a $60 million seed round led by Sequoia Capital to build what it calls the first foundation model purpose-built for defensive cybersecurity.→
- Aug 5, 2026Sequoia Goes All-In on AI Under New LeadersSequoia Capital closed a roughly $7B expansion fund and has directed about 70% of recent investments into AI, doubling down on the sector under new co-stewards Alfred Lin and Pat Grady after Roelof Botha's exit.→
- Aug 4, 2026Parallel Raises $100M to Build Search for AI AgentsParallel raised a $100M Series B led by Sequoia, with Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins participating, to build a search engine designed specifically for AI agents rather than human browsers.→
Sources & methodologyshow
Where these figures come from
- Business Wireprimary source1 fact
- GlobeNewswire (Etched press release)primary source1 fact
- SEC EDGAR Form Dprimary source1 fact
- SEC EDGAR Form Dprimary source1 fact
- SEC EDGAR Form Dprimary source1 fact
- SEC EDGAR Form Dprimary source1 fact
- Bloombergmajor outlet1 fact
- TechCrunchmajor outlet1 fact
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