Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital, established in 1972, is a prominent venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The company focuses on investing in early to growth-stage companies across various sectors, including information technology, healthcare, financial services, and energy. Sequoia Capital provides capital and strategic support to a select group of daring founders, helping them build legendary companies and push technological boundaries. The firm typically invests between $100,000 and $100 million, with a preference for being the first investor in profitable, fast-growing companies with proven teams and products. Sequoia Capital also manages funds focused on specific regions and sectors, such as India and the technology sector.

Michelle (Bailhe) Fradin

Partner

Sumaiya Balbale

COO and Operating Partner

Julien Bek

Partner

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Rosemarie Boyd

Partner

Romie Boyd

Partner

Konstantine Buhler

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Josephine Chen

Partner

W. M. Coughran

Founder's Coach and Partner

Charlie Curnin

Partner

Joe Dobrenski

Partner of Human Capital

Helen Fan

Vice President

James Flynn

Partner

Caroline Fu

Vice President

Stacey Gerber

Partner, Operations and Experience

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Trency Gu

Managing Director

Wayne Guo

Vice President

Ravi Gupta

Partner

Sonya Huang

Partner

Steven Ji

Partner, China

Kais Khimji

Partner

Marie Klemchuk

CFO

Shailesh Lakhani

Managing Director - India

Jess Lee

Partner, Seed / Early

Shmil Levy

Partner, Israel

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Xiaobo Lu

Partner, China

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner, Seed / Early

Gili Raanan

General Partner

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Andrew Reed

Partner

Lauren Reeder

Partner

George Robson

Partner

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Harshjit Sethi

Managing Director

Shailendra Singh

Managing Director

Thomas Stephenson

Special Limited Partner

Sam Sun

Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Shraeyansh Thakur

Principal

Donald Valentine

Founder

Mike Vernal

Partner

Don Vieira

Global Chief Policy Officer and Partner

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Fred Wang

Managing Director, China

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital Global Equities

Cen Wang

Partner, China

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Past deals in Database

StrongDM

Series C in 2024
StrongDM, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2015. The company offers a platform designed to manage and audit access to various databases and servers for employees, vendors, and cloud-based tools. Its services enable organizations to efficiently create and remove users, manage permissions, and ensure proper data handling. StrongDM's platform simplifies the process of controlling access across multiple systems, enhancing security and compliance. In 2016, the company gained recognition as the Audience Favorite at the Strata+Hadoop World conference, highlighting its impact in the data management sector.

QueryPal

Seed Round in 2022
QueryPal is an innovative company focused on transforming enterprise customer support through its advanced AI-powered platform. By utilizing historical support tickets, QueryPal creates an intelligent deflection system capable of addressing most incoming chat and email inquiries without the need for human intervention. Unlike traditional AI chatbots that rely on simple documentation searches, QueryPal's Agentic Support AI constructs a detailed knowledge graph from past support data, allowing for sophisticated tier 1-3 support functionalities, including complex interactions with various systems. The platform features a visual analytics dashboard that provides customer support leaders with enhanced visibility into operations and demonstrates significant return on investment shortly after implementation. Trusted by notable organizations such as JetBrains and Simply Benefits, QueryPal aims to disrupt the global customer support market by converting cost centers into strategic assets, all while maintaining existing workforce levels.

Calliper

Seed Round in 2022
Calliper is an analytics platform focused on helping startups create data-driven teams by centralizing and simplifying access to critical metrics. The company offers a database platform that aggregates fragmented data and provides collaboration features, allowing teams to work together effectively within a single data product. By consolidating all operational data into one platform, Calliper enables businesses to transform complex information into actionable insights, facilitating informed decision-making across the organization.

StrongDM

Series B in 2021
StrongDM, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2015. The company offers a platform designed to manage and audit access to various databases and servers for employees, vendors, and cloud-based tools. Its services enable organizations to efficiently create and remove users, manage permissions, and ensure proper data handling. StrongDM's platform simplifies the process of controlling access across multiple systems, enhancing security and compliance. In 2016, the company gained recognition as the Audience Favorite at the Strata+Hadoop World conference, highlighting its impact in the data management sector.

Stemma

Seed Round in 2021
Stemma is a developer of innovative database software focused on enhancing data accessibility within organizations. Its platform is designed to assist data scientists and engineers in discovering and trusting data through an automated first data discovery and catalog engine. Built around an open-source data discovery framework, Stemma's solution enables clients to efficiently manage their data while ensuring the privacy and security of their data subjects. By prioritizing trust and accessibility, Stemma aims to empower organizations to make informed decisions based on reliable data.

SphereEx

Seed Round in 2021
SphereEx builds new distributed data infrastructures, by being fully committed to the open source community, the platform concept, and cutting-edge Big Data technological innovation. Our R&D efforts led to the success of ShardingSphere, a "platform, pluggable, cloud-native" distributed middleware solution ideal for large-scale data and data value-added applications. Our pioneering "Database Plus" and "Database Mesh" concepts are designed to unlock innovative data usage concepts, improve enterprise data applications, and easily respond to complex data scenarios. Following over 5 years of development, the ShardingSphere project has gained more than 13 thousand GitStars on GitHub, involving over 200 contributors, becoming one of the most popular open source projects. In April 2020, ShardingSphere successfully graduated from the Apache Incubator, and became an Apache Software Foundation Top-Level Project. More recently, ShardingSphere has also been recognized as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Panorama project. To date, ShardingSphere has already been used in more than 160 enterprise and production environments covering the financial, logistics, O2O, internet & cloud computing fields, to help achieve enterprise digital transformation.

StrongDM

Series A in 2020
StrongDM, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, founded in 2015. The company offers a platform designed to manage and audit access to various databases and servers for employees, vendors, and cloud-based tools. Its services enable organizations to efficiently create and remove users, manage permissions, and ensure proper data handling. StrongDM's platform simplifies the process of controlling access across multiple systems, enhancing security and compliance. In 2016, the company gained recognition as the Audience Favorite at the Strata+Hadoop World conference, highlighting its impact in the data management sector.

Cockroach Labs

Series D in 2020
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.

Cockroach Labs

Series A in 2015
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.

MarkLogic

Series F in 2015
MarkLogic Corporation is a global enterprise software company specializing in data integration and management. It offers a unified NoSQL database platform that ingests, harmonizes, and analyzes complex data from diverse sources, enabling organizations to gain insights faster. The company's flagship product, MarkLogic Data Hub, simplifies data integration, reduces costs, and enhances agility. MarkLogic serves a wide range of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and media, with clients such as major banks, pharmaceutical companies, and U.S. government agencies. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, MarkLogic has offices worldwide.

MongoDB

Series F in 2015
MongoDB, Inc., established in 2007 and headquartered in New York, operates a global, general-purpose database platform. It offers a document-oriented NoSQL database, compatible with major programming languages, and suitable for diverse use cases. MongoDB provides three primary products: MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a subscription package for enterprises; MongoDB Atlas, a multi-cloud database-as-a-service; and Community Server, a free, open-source version. Additionally, the company offers professional services such as consulting and training.

MongoDB

Series F in 2013
MongoDB, Inc., established in 2007 and headquartered in New York, operates a global, general-purpose database platform. It offers a document-oriented NoSQL database, compatible with major programming languages, and suitable for diverse use cases. MongoDB provides three primary products: MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a subscription package for enterprises; MongoDB Atlas, a multi-cloud database-as-a-service; and Community Server, a free, open-source version. Additionally, the company offers professional services such as consulting and training.

Clustrix

Series D in 2013
Clustrix, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in a cloud-based distributed SQL relational database designed to handle high-transaction workloads. Founded in 2006, Clustrix offers a scale-out SQL database known as ClustrixDB, which addresses the performance, availability, and growth demands of modern e-commerce sites and other business-critical applications. This platform enables real-time transactions, massive transactional volumes, and real-time analytics, supporting unlimited users and data while automating fault tolerance. ClustrixDB serves a diverse clientele, including notable companies such as AOL, Flipkart, and Rakuten, and is available for deployment on commodity hardware and various cloud environments. The company also has branch offices in Seattle, London, San Jose, and Seoul, and operates as a subsidiary of MariaDB Corporation Ab as of September 2018.

Clustrix

Series C in 2013
Clustrix, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in a cloud-based distributed SQL relational database designed to handle high-transaction workloads. Founded in 2006, Clustrix offers a scale-out SQL database known as ClustrixDB, which addresses the performance, availability, and growth demands of modern e-commerce sites and other business-critical applications. This platform enables real-time transactions, massive transactional volumes, and real-time analytics, supporting unlimited users and data while automating fault tolerance. ClustrixDB serves a diverse clientele, including notable companies such as AOL, Flipkart, and Rakuten, and is available for deployment on commodity hardware and various cloud environments. The company also has branch offices in Seattle, London, San Jose, and Seoul, and operates as a subsidiary of MariaDB Corporation Ab as of September 2018.

MarkLogic

Series E in 2013
MarkLogic Corporation is a global enterprise software company specializing in data integration and management. It offers a unified NoSQL database platform that ingests, harmonizes, and analyzes complex data from diverse sources, enabling organizations to gain insights faster. The company's flagship product, MarkLogic Data Hub, simplifies data integration, reduces costs, and enhances agility. MarkLogic serves a wide range of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and media, with clients such as major banks, pharmaceutical companies, and U.S. government agencies. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, MarkLogic has offices worldwide.

Clustrix

Venture Round in 2012
Clustrix, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in a cloud-based distributed SQL relational database designed to handle high-transaction workloads. Founded in 2006, Clustrix offers a scale-out SQL database known as ClustrixDB, which addresses the performance, availability, and growth demands of modern e-commerce sites and other business-critical applications. This platform enables real-time transactions, massive transactional volumes, and real-time analytics, supporting unlimited users and data while automating fault tolerance. ClustrixDB serves a diverse clientele, including notable companies such as AOL, Flipkart, and Rakuten, and is available for deployment on commodity hardware and various cloud environments. The company also has branch offices in Seattle, London, San Jose, and Seoul, and operates as a subsidiary of MariaDB Corporation Ab as of September 2018.

MongoDB

Series E in 2012
MongoDB, Inc., established in 2007 and headquartered in New York, operates a global, general-purpose database platform. It offers a document-oriented NoSQL database, compatible with major programming languages, and suitable for diverse use cases. MongoDB provides three primary products: MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a subscription package for enterprises; MongoDB Atlas, a multi-cloud database-as-a-service; and Community Server, a free, open-source version. Additionally, the company offers professional services such as consulting and training.

MongoDB

Series D in 2011
MongoDB, Inc., established in 2007 and headquartered in New York, operates a global, general-purpose database platform. It offers a document-oriented NoSQL database, compatible with major programming languages, and suitable for diverse use cases. MongoDB provides three primary products: MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a subscription package for enterprises; MongoDB Atlas, a multi-cloud database-as-a-service; and Community Server, a free, open-source version. Additionally, the company offers professional services such as consulting and training.

Clustrix

Series B in 2010
Clustrix, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in a cloud-based distributed SQL relational database designed to handle high-transaction workloads. Founded in 2006, Clustrix offers a scale-out SQL database known as ClustrixDB, which addresses the performance, availability, and growth demands of modern e-commerce sites and other business-critical applications. This platform enables real-time transactions, massive transactional volumes, and real-time analytics, supporting unlimited users and data while automating fault tolerance. ClustrixDB serves a diverse clientele, including notable companies such as AOL, Flipkart, and Rakuten, and is available for deployment on commodity hardware and various cloud environments. The company also has branch offices in Seattle, London, San Jose, and Seoul, and operates as a subsidiary of MariaDB Corporation Ab as of September 2018.

MongoDB

Series C in 2010
MongoDB, Inc., established in 2007 and headquartered in New York, operates a global, general-purpose database platform. It offers a document-oriented NoSQL database, compatible with major programming languages, and suitable for diverse use cases. MongoDB provides three primary products: MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a subscription package for enterprises; MongoDB Atlas, a multi-cloud database-as-a-service; and Community Server, a free, open-source version. Additionally, the company offers professional services such as consulting and training.

DataStax

Series A in 2010
DataStax, Inc. is a provider of database software specifically designed for cloud applications, catering to Fortune 100 companies both in the United States and internationally. The company offers a range of products including DataStax Enterprise, which is based on Apache Cassandra and supports online applications requiring high performance and reliability. Additionally, DataStax provides tools such as OpsCenter for database management and monitoring, K8ssandra for deploying Cassandra on Kubernetes, and Astra, a database-as-a-service that significantly reduces deployment time. With a focus on real-time processing, DataStax also enables the building of generative AI applications through its vector database, which supports developers with various integration capabilities. The company's services are complemented by training, certification, support, and consulting. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, DataStax has expanded its presence with offices in multiple global locations including the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Australia, and Ireland.

Aster Data Systems

Series C in 2010
Aster Data Systems is a leader in big data management and analysis, specializing in providing innovative solutions for data-driven applications. The company's flagship product, nCluster, features a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehouse architecture that integrates application logic directly within the database engine, enabling rapid and comprehensive analysis of large datasets. Aster Data's unique "applications-within" approach utilizes its proprietary SQL-MapReduce technology, allowing for efficient parallel data processing to tackle the complexities of big data. The company offers a range of services including analytics, data loading optimization, query performance enhancement, and consulting. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, Aster Data serves a diverse clientele, including notable firms such as Coremetrics, MySpace, and Akamai.

MarkLogic

Series D in 2009
MarkLogic Corporation is a global enterprise software company specializing in data integration and management. It offers a unified NoSQL database platform that ingests, harmonizes, and analyzes complex data from diverse sources, enabling organizations to gain insights faster. The company's flagship product, MarkLogic Data Hub, simplifies data integration, reduces costs, and enhances agility. MarkLogic serves a wide range of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and media, with clients such as major banks, pharmaceutical companies, and U.S. government agencies. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, MarkLogic has offices worldwide.

Aster Data Systems

Series B in 2009
Aster Data Systems is a leader in big data management and analysis, specializing in providing innovative solutions for data-driven applications. The company's flagship product, nCluster, features a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehouse architecture that integrates application logic directly within the database engine, enabling rapid and comprehensive analysis of large datasets. Aster Data's unique "applications-within" approach utilizes its proprietary SQL-MapReduce technology, allowing for efficient parallel data processing to tackle the complexities of big data. The company offers a range of services including analytics, data loading optimization, query performance enhancement, and consulting. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, Aster Data serves a diverse clientele, including notable firms such as Coremetrics, MySpace, and Akamai.

Cast Iron

Series F in 2007
Cast Iron Systems, Inc. specializes in providing integration solutions for software as a service and cloud applications, catering primarily to large and midsize companies. The company offers the iA3000 application integration appliance, which facilitates network computing solutions. Additionally, Cast Iron provides preconfigured solutions designed to connect specific applications, along with packaged integration processes tailored for various integration scenarios. The company's offerings also include integration solutions specifically for SAP applications and Oracle applications and databases, enabling enterprises to streamline their application connectivity and enhance operational efficiency.

Clustrix

Series A in 2007
Clustrix, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in a cloud-based distributed SQL relational database designed to handle high-transaction workloads. Founded in 2006, Clustrix offers a scale-out SQL database known as ClustrixDB, which addresses the performance, availability, and growth demands of modern e-commerce sites and other business-critical applications. This platform enables real-time transactions, massive transactional volumes, and real-time analytics, supporting unlimited users and data while automating fault tolerance. ClustrixDB serves a diverse clientele, including notable companies such as AOL, Flipkart, and Rakuten, and is available for deployment on commodity hardware and various cloud environments. The company also has branch offices in Seattle, London, San Jose, and Seoul, and operates as a subsidiary of MariaDB Corporation Ab as of September 2018.

MarkLogic

Series C in 2007
MarkLogic Corporation is a global enterprise software company specializing in data integration and management. It offers a unified NoSQL database platform that ingests, harmonizes, and analyzes complex data from diverse sources, enabling organizations to gain insights faster. The company's flagship product, MarkLogic Data Hub, simplifies data integration, reduces costs, and enhances agility. MarkLogic serves a wide range of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and media, with clients such as major banks, pharmaceutical companies, and U.S. government agencies. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, MarkLogic has offices worldwide.

Aster Data Systems

Series A in 2007
Aster Data Systems is a leader in big data management and analysis, specializing in providing innovative solutions for data-driven applications. The company's flagship product, nCluster, features a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) data warehouse architecture that integrates application logic directly within the database engine, enabling rapid and comprehensive analysis of large datasets. Aster Data's unique "applications-within" approach utilizes its proprietary SQL-MapReduce technology, allowing for efficient parallel data processing to tackle the complexities of big data. The company offers a range of services including analytics, data loading optimization, query performance enhancement, and consulting. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, Aster Data serves a diverse clientele, including notable firms such as Coremetrics, MySpace, and Akamai.

MarkLogic

Series B in 2004
MarkLogic Corporation is a global enterprise software company specializing in data integration and management. It offers a unified NoSQL database platform that ingests, harmonizes, and analyzes complex data from diverse sources, enabling organizations to gain insights faster. The company's flagship product, MarkLogic Data Hub, simplifies data integration, reduces costs, and enhances agility. MarkLogic serves a wide range of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and media, with clients such as major banks, pharmaceutical companies, and U.S. government agencies. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, MarkLogic has offices worldwide.

HyperRoll

Series C in 2004
HyperRoll is a provider of data warehouse performance acceleration software that significantly enhances the efficiency of data management. Its flagship offering, the HyperRoll Data Performance Management Suite, improves load times, query times, and overall throughput for data warehouses, enabling organizations to respond quickly to changes in data and metadata. The suite is designed to reduce the total cost of ownership for data warehouses through its innovative software architecture. In addition to its core performance management solutions, HyperRoll also delivers a range of services including advisory, consulting, education, and technical support, catering to various sectors such as consumer products, retail, finance, supply chain, and customer relationship management.

Netezza

Series C in 2003
Netezza is a company that specializes in optimized data warehouse applications, offering integrated solutions that combine storage, processing, and analytics for enhanced performance and efficiency. Its products are designed for a diverse range of clients, including enterprises, mid-market companies, and government agencies, both in the United States and internationally. Netezza's technology provides valuable insights into business trends and anomalies, facilitating informed strategic decision-making. Additionally, the company offers Mantra database activity-monitoring appliances, which help clients monitor and audit access to their critical stored data. Through these offerings, Netezza aims to empower organizations with the tools necessary for effective data management and analysis.

HyperRoll

Series B in 2002
HyperRoll is a provider of data warehouse performance acceleration software that significantly enhances the efficiency of data management. Its flagship offering, the HyperRoll Data Performance Management Suite, improves load times, query times, and overall throughput for data warehouses, enabling organizations to respond quickly to changes in data and metadata. The suite is designed to reduce the total cost of ownership for data warehouses through its innovative software architecture. In addition to its core performance management solutions, HyperRoll also delivers a range of services including advisory, consulting, education, and technical support, catering to various sectors such as consumer products, retail, finance, supply chain, and customer relationship management.

MarkLogic

Series A in 2002
MarkLogic Corporation is a global enterprise software company specializing in data integration and management. It offers a unified NoSQL database platform that ingests, harmonizes, and analyzes complex data from diverse sources, enabling organizations to gain insights faster. The company's flagship product, MarkLogic Data Hub, simplifies data integration, reduces costs, and enhances agility. MarkLogic serves a wide range of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and media, with clients such as major banks, pharmaceutical companies, and U.S. government agencies. Headquartered in San Carlos, California, MarkLogic has offices worldwide.

Oracle

Venture Round in 1983
Oracle Corporation is a leading information technology company that specializes in developing and selling software, application, and database management systems. Founded in 1977, Oracle offers a comprehensive suite of cloud services, including software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, and infrastructure-as-a-service, aimed at maximizing the value of information through a data-driven approach. The company's solutions encompass database technology, enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, and customer relationship management, among others. With a global presence and a customer base of approximately 430,000 across 175 countries, Oracle supports its clients with various services, including consulting, training, and customer support. The company operates through multiple segments, including Cloud and Software, Hardware and Systems, and Service, and maintains a commitment to innovation through initiatives like its Startup Cloud program, which connects entrepreneurs with cloud resources and enterprise expertise.
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