Difference between revisions of "Sequoia Capital"

Revision as of 09:04, 7 March 2022

Basics

Invested in

From The Block (17-2-2022):

"Sequoia Capital will bet on tokens through its new crypto fund worth $500-600 million. The VC firm will also actively manage tokens, from staking them to providing liquidity to participating in governance."

From Forbes (18-10-2020):

"Known for investing in companies from Apple and Google to WhatsApp and Stripe."

Bitclout; it's founder has mentioned this fund as an investor (23-3-2021).
IOStoken.
FTX; participated as one of the 69 investors in the $420M round (22-10-2021).
Huobi; invested in their second funding round in 2014.
Nervos Network. Invested in Nervos Network (22-1-2020).
Neutral Dollar. Supports The Neutral Dollar.
Paradigm. Invested in Matt Huang's Paradigm (18-10-2020).
StarkWare; according to DeFi Weekly (9-3-2021). Again part of a $75M raise (24-3-2021). Took part in the Series C raise of $50m (17-11-2021).

Team

Matt Huang; former Sequoia Capital partner
Member of Open DeFi (2-9-2020).
Is mentioned as a partner on Ontology's website (2-11-2020).
Mentioned (13-7-2021) as part of the Investor Network of Asia DeFi Network (ADN).

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 == Invested in ==
-* [https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2020/10/18/these-young-investors-betting-big-on-crypto-are-taking-harvard-and-stanford-along-for-the-ride/?sh=197146934212 From] [[Forbes]] (18-10-2020):
+* [https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/134578/sequoia-capital-new-crypto-fund-tokens From] [[The Block]] (17-2-2022):
+''"Sequoia Capital will bet on [[tokens]] through its new crypto fund worth $500-600 million. The VC firm will also actively manage tokens, from [[Proof-of-Stake (PoS)|staking]] them to providing [[liquidity]] to participating in [[governance]]."''
+*[https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2020/10/18/these-young-investors-betting-big-on-crypto-are-taking-harvard-and-stanford-along-for-the-ride/?sh=197146934212 From] [[Forbes]] (18-10-2020):
 ''"Known for investing in companies from [[Apple]] and [[Google]] to WhatsApp and [[Stripe]]."''
 *[[BitClout (BTCLT)|Bitclout]]; it's founder has [https://www.coindesk.com/what-is-bitclout-the-social-media-experiment-stoking-controversy-on-twitter mentioned] this fund as an investor (23-3-2021).
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 *[[Huobi (HT)|Huobi]]; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huobi invested] in their second funding round in 2014.
 *Nervos Network. [https://messari.io/asset/nervos-network/profile Invested] in [[Nervos Network (CKB)|Nervos Network]] (22-1-2020).
-* Neutral Dollar. [https://blog.neutralproject.com/posts/2019/05/14/what-is-neutral.html Supports] [[The Neutral Dollar]].
+* [[Neutral]] Dollar. [https://blog.neutralproject.com/posts/2019/05/14/what-is-neutral.html Supports] [[The Neutral Dollar]].
 * Paradigm. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2020/10/18/these-young-investors-betting-big-on-crypto-are-taking-harvard-and-stanford-along-for-the-ride/?sh=197146934212 Invested] in Matt Huang's [[Paradigm]] (18-10-2020).
 *[[StarkWare]]; [https://defiweekly.substack.com/p/understanding-the-l2-race-563?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzk3OTAwLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMzUzMzExOCwiXyI6Ino5dUthIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE1NzczODk3LCJleHAiOjE2MTU3Nzc0OTcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi01NDAyIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.w-0mF7z7mH-nouJ1H8Xq according] to [[DeFi Weekly]] (9-3-2021). Again part of a [https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/99211/starkware-funding-round-ethereum-paradigm $75M] raise (24-3-2021). Took part in the [https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/124479/ethereum-layer-2-developer-starkware-raises-50-million-now-valued-at-2-billion?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social Series C] raise of $50m (17-11-2021).