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

Bogomil Balkansky

Partner

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Romie Boyd

Partner

Rosemarie 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

VP, Operations and Experiences

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Trency Gu

Managing Director

Wayne Guo

Vice President

Ravi Gupta

Partner

Sonya Huang

Partner

Steven Ji

Partner, China

Wenji Jin

Managing Director

Kais Khimji

Partner

Marie Klemchuk

CFO

Shailesh Lakhani

Managing Director - India

Jess Lee

Partner, Seed / Early

Douglas Leone

Global Managing Partner

Shmil Levy

Partner, Israel

Alfred Lin

Partner

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Xiaobo Lu

Partner, China

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner, Seed / Early

Michael Moritz

Managing Partner

Gili Raanan

General Partner

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Andrew Reed

General Partner

Lauren Reeder

Partner

George Robson

Partner

Anandamoy Roychowdhary

Principal

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Thomas Stephenson

Special Limited Partner

Sam Sun

Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Shraeyansh Thakur

Principal

Donald Valentine

Founder

Mike Vernal

Partner

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital Global Equities

Fred Wang

Managing Director, China

Cen Wang

Partner, China

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Past deals in Infrastructure

Gridware

Series A in 2025
Gridware specializes in advanced grid monitoring solutions aimed at enhancing the safety and reliability of electrical infrastructure. The company develops a sophisticated sensing system equipped with high-precision sensor arrays and artificial intelligence to continuously analyze the electrical and mechanical behavior of grid assets. This technology detects and predicts faults by monitoring the ambient environment around power poles, allowing utilities to identify potential issues before they escalate into serious problems. By facilitating timely repairs and enabling rapid responses to environmental anomalies, Gridware's solutions help mitigate risks such as wildfires and power outages. Headquartered in the Bay Area of California, Gridware is a privately held company supported by prominent climate-tech investors.

Decart

Series A in 2024
Decart is a technology company that specializes in AI infrastructure. It develops platforms to enhance the efficiency and performance of large-scale generative AI models, particularly in training and inference processes. The company aims to address challenges in real-world applications of these complex models, offering stability and faster training times, thereby reducing costs and improving overall efficiency.

Decart

Seed Round in 2024
Decart is a technology company that specializes in AI infrastructure. It develops platforms to enhance the efficiency and performance of large-scale generative AI models, particularly in training and inference processes. The company aims to address challenges in real-world applications of these complex models, offering stability and faster training times, thereby reducing costs and improving overall efficiency.

Stark Drones

Series A in 2024
Stark Drones is a developer of innovative drone technology focused on enhancing sensory networks and universal communications. The company has created a cost-effective Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) battery system, which is significantly cheaper than traditional lithium-ion batteries and can be charged in approximately 15 seconds. This technology, along with a distributed point-to-point connectivity module and an affordable alternative to expensive telecommunication projects, is designed to modernize existing grid, wireless transmission, and energy systems. Stark Drones aims to facilitate a more distributed and accessible internet while improving power and transmission infrastructure. Additionally, the company is involved in sustainability research, exploring alternatives to outdated technologies and addressing resource scarcity through advanced applications of its technologies.

Meter

Venture Round in 2024
Meter is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing internet infrastructure for businesses. Founded with the goal of creating enterprise-grade networks, Meter focuses on delivering solutions that are faster, more accessible, and more secure. The company utilizes a full-stack approach, integrating purpose-built hardware with intuitive software and streamlined operations. This enables businesses to operate on a reliable and modern network. Meter's system includes the installation of wires, routers, and wireless access points, which enhances the connectivity process. By leveraging existing hardware and employing software to analyze logs based on devices, data, and applications, Meter ensures that companies can maintain secure wireless network systems tailored to their needs.

Buidler DAO

Seed Round in 2023
Buidler DAO describes itself as a "network of web3 projects and talents." The effort brings together developers, researchers, and operators with the goal of providing an infrastructure and accelerator for cryptocurrency ventures.

Zoo

Seed Round in 2023
Zoo is an infrastructure company that focuses on creating solutions for hardware design. Founded in 2021 and based in Inglewood, California, Zoo integrates various tools and technologies to support hardware designers. Its offerings include automation, websites, and applications that facilitate the development of innovative hardware design tools. By providing a cohesive platform, Zoo aims to enhance the capabilities available to developers in this sector, enabling a new generation of hardware design tools that share common functionalities.

Meter

Series B in 2022
Meter is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing internet infrastructure for businesses. Founded with the goal of creating enterprise-grade networks, Meter focuses on delivering solutions that are faster, more accessible, and more secure. The company utilizes a full-stack approach, integrating purpose-built hardware with intuitive software and streamlined operations. This enables businesses to operate on a reliable and modern network. Meter's system includes the installation of wires, routers, and wireless access points, which enhances the connectivity process. By leveraging existing hardware and employing software to analyze logs based on devices, data, and applications, Meter ensures that companies can maintain secure wireless network systems tailored to their needs.

The Boring Company

Series C in 2022
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction firm focused on developing underground transportation networks. Its primary objective is to address traffic congestion by creating safe, efficient, and cost-effective tunnels for transportation, utility, and freight purposes. By providing tunneling services, the company aims to offer users affordable and rapid transit options, thereby alleviating urban traffic issues.

Espresso Systems

Seed Round in 2022
Espresso Systems specializes in providing scaling and privacy solutions for Web 3 applications, focusing on the innovative area of shared sequencing within blockchain technology. This involves the use of sequencers that verify and batch transactions on layer-2 blockchains before sending them to a layer-1 chain, such as Ethereum, for settlement. Additionally, Espresso Systems develops online transaction technology aimed at enhancing the online payment industry, offering infrastructure that facilitates secure and efficient online interactions. Their solutions cater to the needs of clients in the online transaction sector, contributing to the advancement of the third generation of the World Wide Web.

CloudCare

Series C in 2017
Founded in 2013, CloudCare specializes in providing cloud computing solutions for enterprises. The company offers a range of services, including consulting, project design, system implementation, application migration, system management, mixed cloud management, and data center construction. CloudCare has developed a cloud platform designed to enhance operational efficiency by streamlining processes such as request handling, diagnostics, and personnel matching. This comprehensive approach enables businesses to improve their productivity and overall work efficiency.

Keen

Series B in 2016
Keen Labs, Inc. develops a customizable analytics platform that enables developers to efficiently collect, explore, and visualize data. The company's offerings include Keen Pro, which allows users to track, process, and store data from various sources such as applications, websites, IoT devices, and games, as well as to share insights with teams and clients. Additionally, Keen provides Native Analytics, a white-label solution for real-time analytics and advanced visualizations. The platform supports all aspects of event data management, facilitating the streaming, storage, querying, and presentation of data in one integrated system. Keen serves a diverse clientele across industries including media, advertising, gaming, SaaS, and hardware. Founded in 2011, Keen is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

Springpath

Venture Round in 2015
Springpath is a provider of a hyperconverged software platform designed for enterprise storage and data management. It introduces a software-defined data platform that caters to both virtualized and emerging container environments. Utilizing its patented Hardware Agnostic Log-structure Objects (HALO) architecture, the platform offers features such as elastic scaling and autonomous management, while operating on standard servers. This approach allows enterprises to maintain an independent IT infrastructure, fostering silo-free data center environments that enhance agility and responsiveness to market demands. By eliminating the need for traditional network storage and seamlessly integrating with existing management tools, Springpath maximizes operational efficiency, enabling customers to adapt their compute, caching, or capacity resources according to evolving business requirements.

Keen

Series A in 2014
Keen Labs, Inc. develops a customizable analytics platform that enables developers to efficiently collect, explore, and visualize data. The company's offerings include Keen Pro, which allows users to track, process, and store data from various sources such as applications, websites, IoT devices, and games, as well as to share insights with teams and clients. Additionally, Keen provides Native Analytics, a white-label solution for real-time analytics and advanced visualizations. The platform supports all aspects of event data management, facilitating the streaming, storage, querying, and presentation of data in one integrated system. Keen serves a diverse clientele across industries including media, advertising, gaming, SaaS, and hardware. Founded in 2011, Keen is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.

CloudCare

Series A in 2014
Founded in 2013, CloudCare specializes in providing cloud computing solutions for enterprises. The company offers a range of services, including consulting, project design, system implementation, application migration, system management, mixed cloud management, and data center construction. CloudCare has developed a cloud platform designed to enhance operational efficiency by streamlining processes such as request handling, diagnostics, and personnel matching. This comprehensive approach enables businesses to improve their productivity and overall work efficiency.

Calm.io

Series A in 2013
Calm.io is a provider of a platform designed to automate IT operations, specifically in the context of modern infrastructure such as containers, clouds, and microservices. The platform facilitates the deployment, management, and maintenance of distributed applications across both private and public cloud environments, supporting various technologies including Docker, virtual machines, and binaries. Its capabilities extend to any cloud or bare metal servers, streamlining system administration tasks traditionally handled by IT departments. Calm.io is backed by Sequoia Capital and has established offices in San Francisco, Bangalore, and Singapore.

Idc917

Venture Round in 2013
Jin Yun is IDC service provider focused on the research and development of high-tech, user-centered internet products and services that include host leasing, storage expansion, network acceleration, website foundations, database services and more. It also offers vertical cloud services for video cloud industries. Ji Yun’s core products include features such as customized services, elastic expansion, and more. In March 2013, Jin Yun declared to open beta version. The company is a public cloud platform developed by an independent R&D team after integrating the resources of Shaanixi Xipu Network. Shaanxi XiPu Internet Technology Company of Limited Liability was founded in 2008, with a registered capital of 10 million Yuan.

Nimble Storage

Series E in 2012
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Springpath

Series A in 2012
Springpath is a provider of a hyperconverged software platform designed for enterprise storage and data management. It introduces a software-defined data platform that caters to both virtualized and emerging container environments. Utilizing its patented Hardware Agnostic Log-structure Objects (HALO) architecture, the platform offers features such as elastic scaling and autonomous management, while operating on standard servers. This approach allows enterprises to maintain an independent IT infrastructure, fostering silo-free data center environments that enhance agility and responsiveness to market demands. By eliminating the need for traditional network storage and seamlessly integrating with existing management tools, Springpath maximizes operational efficiency, enabling customers to adapt their compute, caching, or capacity resources according to evolving business requirements.

Nimble Storage

Series D in 2011
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Nimble Storage

Series C in 2010
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

Nimbula

Series B in 2010
Nimbula is a cloud infrastructure software company that enables enterprises and service providers to create private, public, or hybrid clouds. Its flagship product, Nimbula Director, offers a scalable and automated solution that allows users to maintain complete control over their cloud environments. Founded by Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon, key figures behind Amazon EC2, Nimbula has garnered support from prominent investors such as Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with a development team located in South Africa. Nimbula has also joined the OpenStack Foundation to enhance its offerings within the cloud software space. The company's focus is on combining the flexibility and efficiency of public cloud services with the control and security typically associated with traditional data centers.

Nimbula

Series A in 2010
Nimbula is a cloud infrastructure software company that enables enterprises and service providers to create private, public, or hybrid clouds. Its flagship product, Nimbula Director, offers a scalable and automated solution that allows users to maintain complete control over their cloud environments. Founded by Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon, key figures behind Amazon EC2, Nimbula has garnered support from prominent investors such as Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with a development team located in South Africa. Nimbula has also joined the OpenStack Foundation to enhance its offerings within the cloud software space. The company's focus is on combining the flexibility and efficiency of public cloud services with the control and security typically associated with traditional data centers.

Nimble Storage

Series A in 2008
Nimble Storage, Inc. specializes in flash storage solutions, providing a range of products that include all-flash arrays, adaptive flash arrays, and multi-cloud storage services. The company's offerings are designed to enhance performance and simplify operations for various business applications, including databases, virtual servers, and data analytics. Nimble's patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL) architecture combines flash with high-capacity drives, enabling high performance at an affordable cost while improving disaster recovery and backup processes. Their predictive cloud platform, InfoSight, incorporates predictive analytics to optimize storage management across on-premises data centers and cloud environments. Nimble Cloud Volumes allow customers to run applications in leading cloud services like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. The company distributes its products through a network of value-added resellers and integrators, serving diverse sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and technology. Founded in 2007 and based in San Jose, California, Nimble Storage operates as a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.

SatNav Technologies

Series A in 2008
SatNav Technologies is a global leader in proprietary cloud-based IT and custom mapping solutions to help organizations increase their efficiency and productivity – both in the field and in the office or facility. Since its inception in India in 2000, SatNav and its highly experienced executive team has expanded its operations around the globe, gaining worldwide recognition, prestigious awards, and Fortune 500 clients along the way.

KMC Constructions Limited

Private Equity Round in 2007
KMC Constructions is a fast growing construction company that specializes in national highway projects, airport runways and bridges. The company has executed several landmark projects and has a successful track record of 35 years in implementation and operation of infrastructure projects in India.

Isilon Systems

Series E in 2006
Isilon Systems specializes in providing intelligent clustered storage solutions for digital content and unstructured data. Its flagship product, Isilon IQ, integrates an intelligent distributed file system with modular, industry-standard hardware, facilitating exceptional simplicity and scalability. This storage system is particularly suited for data-intensive sectors such as media and entertainment, digital imaging, life sciences, and oil and gas. Isilon's offerings enable efficient storage and management of a wide array of file-based data, including video, audio, digital images, and simulation data, making it a vital resource for industries that rely heavily on large volumes of digital information.

Isilon Systems

Series D in 2005
Isilon Systems specializes in providing intelligent clustered storage solutions for digital content and unstructured data. Its flagship product, Isilon IQ, integrates an intelligent distributed file system with modular, industry-standard hardware, facilitating exceptional simplicity and scalability. This storage system is particularly suited for data-intensive sectors such as media and entertainment, digital imaging, life sciences, and oil and gas. Isilon's offerings enable efficient storage and management of a wide array of file-based data, including video, audio, digital images, and simulation data, making it a vital resource for industries that rely heavily on large volumes of digital information.

Infoblox

Series E in 2005
Infoblox is a developer of network identity appliances that enhance the management of critical network protocols, including DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, and LDAP, essential for linking business applications to network infrastructure. The company's products are designed to improve network control while reducing total cost of ownership by offering secure, scalable, and reliable services compared to traditional server-software solutions. Infoblox employs a distributed appliance approach, which centralizes the management of identity data and services across networks. Additionally, the company provides network infrastructure automation and security software, enabling organizations to protect against malware and cyberattacks. This technology simplifies network complexity by creating a unified control point for traditional data centers as well as public and private cloud environments. With a global presence in over 30 countries, Infoblox serves more than 500 customers, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, across various industries.

Isilon Systems

Series C in 2004
Isilon Systems specializes in providing intelligent clustered storage solutions for digital content and unstructured data. Its flagship product, Isilon IQ, integrates an intelligent distributed file system with modular, industry-standard hardware, facilitating exceptional simplicity and scalability. This storage system is particularly suited for data-intensive sectors such as media and entertainment, digital imaging, life sciences, and oil and gas. Isilon's offerings enable efficient storage and management of a wide array of file-based data, including video, audio, digital images, and simulation data, making it a vital resource for industries that rely heavily on large volumes of digital information.

Infoblox

Series D in 2004
Infoblox is a developer of network identity appliances that enhance the management of critical network protocols, including DNS, DHCP, RADIUS, and LDAP, essential for linking business applications to network infrastructure. The company's products are designed to improve network control while reducing total cost of ownership by offering secure, scalable, and reliable services compared to traditional server-software solutions. Infoblox employs a distributed appliance approach, which centralizes the management of identity data and services across networks. Additionally, the company provides network infrastructure automation and security software, enabling organizations to protect against malware and cyberattacks. This technology simplifies network complexity by creating a unified control point for traditional data centers as well as public and private cloud environments. With a global presence in over 30 countries, Infoblox serves more than 500 customers, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, across various industries.

Isilon Systems

Series B in 2002
Isilon Systems specializes in providing intelligent clustered storage solutions for digital content and unstructured data. Its flagship product, Isilon IQ, integrates an intelligent distributed file system with modular, industry-standard hardware, facilitating exceptional simplicity and scalability. This storage system is particularly suited for data-intensive sectors such as media and entertainment, digital imaging, life sciences, and oil and gas. Isilon's offerings enable efficient storage and management of a wide array of file-based data, including video, audio, digital images, and simulation data, making it a vital resource for industries that rely heavily on large volumes of digital information.

Mellanox Technologies

Series C in 2002
Mellanox Technologies is a manufacturer and supplier of semiconductor-based connectivity solutions that enhance data center performance. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and Yokneam, Israel, the company specializes in developing and providing end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand interconnect solutions for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Mellanox products are designed to deliver high bandwidth, scalability, and power efficiency while consolidating multiple legacy network technologies into a unified, future-proof solution. Its offerings are favored by Fortune 500 data centers and are integral to some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, enabling faster data transmission and unlocking system performance.

CenterRun

Series A in 2002
CenterRun Inc. is a privately held provider of productivity applications for the enterprise data center. CenterRun gives data center operations assurance that web application deployments are done correctly, providing greater control, improved visibility, increased productivity and enforced best practices.

Rackspace Technology

Venture Round in 2000
Rackspace Technology is a hybrid cloud services provider that offers end-to-end solutions for businesses to manage their workloads across public and private cloud environments. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, the company serves over 300,000 customers globally, including a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies. Rackspace specializes in various services, including application services, data management, colocation, managed hosting, professional services, and security and compliance. It is recognized for its expertise through its Fanatical Support service, which leverages technologies from leading platforms such as OpenStack, Microsoft, and VMware. Rackspace generates revenue through consumption-based contracts and professional services aimed at designing and building customized cloud solutions.

Mellanox Technologies

Series B in 2000
Mellanox Technologies is a manufacturer and supplier of semiconductor-based connectivity solutions that enhance data center performance. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and Yokneam, Israel, the company specializes in developing and providing end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand interconnect solutions for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Mellanox products are designed to deliver high bandwidth, scalability, and power efficiency while consolidating multiple legacy network technologies into a unified, future-proof solution. Its offerings are favored by Fortune 500 data centers and are integral to some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, enabling faster data transmission and unlocking system performance.

Mellanox Technologies

Series A in 1999
Mellanox Technologies is a manufacturer and supplier of semiconductor-based connectivity solutions that enhance data center performance. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and Yokneam, Israel, the company specializes in developing and providing end-to-end Ethernet and InfiniBand interconnect solutions for servers, storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Mellanox products are designed to deliver high bandwidth, scalability, and power efficiency while consolidating multiple legacy network technologies into a unified, future-proof solution. Its offerings are favored by Fortune 500 data centers and are integral to some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, enabling faster data transmission and unlocking system performance.
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