Sequoia Capital India

About Sequoia Capital India

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Mike Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Sameer Gandhi, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme. Jason Calacanis has had, as of 5 December, 2005, a position as an EIA (Entrepreneur in Action) at Sequoia.

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Sequoia provided venture capital for AMCC, Aricent, Aruba, Asia Media, Atom Entertainment, Documentum, Electronic Arts, eLoan, FirstSource, Flextronics, Idea Cellular, Isilon, Google, Meebo, Paypal, LinkedIn, LSI Logic, Mellanox, Microchip, Netezza, NetScreen, Network Appliance, nVidia, PixelWorks, PMC Sierra, Royal Orchid Hotels, SourceFire, Yahoo!, YouTube, and was one of the first investors in Cisco Systems, Oracle and Apple. Around 10% of the value of NASDAQ is made up of firms funded by Sequoia.[1]Sequoia invests in the U.S., China, India, Israel.

Sequoia profited well when Google agreed to buy YouTube for $1.65B. It is believed that Sequoia's $11M investment translated to 30% of the ownership.

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1. “ The raise of Sequoia Capital India Growth Fund II demonstrates our belief in the strong growth story in India, and builds on the performance of our first growth fund. ”

   Sumir Chadha in Sequoia Capital closes Indian growth fund on $725m

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2. Sequoia Capital exits times Internet

   Explore Article Reuters India (16 hours, 40 min ago) Acquisition

   Sequoia Capital exits times InternetReuters IndiaPrivate equity firm Sequoia Capital India has exited from its investments in New Delhi-based Times Internet Limited (TIL), according to a rep......m) The investment was made in late 2005 by WestBridge Capital Partners, which was later acquired by Sequoia in 2006. Private equity firm Sequoia Capital India has exited from its investments in New Delhi-based Times Internet Limited (TIL), according to a rep... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   WestBridge   Sequoia Capital India   Mosaic Media Ventures Private Limited

3. News Roundup: Sequoia's Rajiv Sabharwal Returns to Icici Bank

   Explore Article VCCircle (Mar 18 2010)

   ...nominees on the twin companies — Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties — promoted by Raju’s sons. (ET) Sequoia's Rajiv Sabharwal Returns to ICICI Bank - Rajiv Sabharwal, who joined Sequoia Capital as an executive director last year, is rejoining ICICI bank as head of all retail operations as sen... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   HUL   Ltd   Tata Tele

4. Reshuffle at Icici

   Explore Article livemint.com (Mar 18 2010)

   ...uffle at ICICILivemintRajiv Sabharwal, a former ICICI Bank hand and currently executive director of Sequoia Capital India, a private equity fund, is coming back to the bank as a ...and more » Reshuffle at ICICI Rajiv Sabh......ger. Sabharwal used to head the bank’s mortgage business as a senior general manager before joining Sequoia Capital. There has not been any board level change. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Sequoia Capital India   ICICI Bank   Chanda Kochhar

5. Sequoia Capital Exits Times Internet

   Explore Article VCCircle (Mar 18 2010) Acquisition

   ... return and the valuation at which the firm made its exit could not be ascertained. When contacted, Sequoia Capital said, "we won't be able to share any comment here." Times Internet is the digital ven...... * The investment was made in late 2005 by WestBridge Capital Partners, which was later acquired by Sequoia in 2006. Private equity firm Sequoia Capital India has exited from its investments in New Delhi-based ... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Sequoia Capital India   WestBridge   WestBridge Capital Partners

6. Capital Support for IT Support Company of the Year

   Explore Article blog.taragana.com (Mar 18 2010) Social Networking , Funding

   ... Rayspan investor Sequoia Capital as well as individual private investors. The financing will be utilized by Rayspan to accelerate an... (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Lockheed Martin   Khosla Ventures   Sequoia Capital India

7. Indiatimes Buys Back Sequoia Capital Stake

   Explore Article MediaNama.com (Mar 17 2010) Acquisition

   ...elopment, saying repeatedly “No confirmation and no comment.” Note that there was no denial either. Sequoia Capital India has also declined to comment. [...] Indiatimes Buys Back Sequoia Capital Stake Facebook By Nikhil Pahwa on March 17th, 2010 | 16459Post a Commenthttp://www.medianama.com/......n March 17th, 2010 | 16459Post a Commenthttp://www.medianama.com/2010/03/223-indiatimes-buys-back-sequoia-cap ital-stake/Indiatimes+Buys+Back+Sequoia+Capital+Stake2010-03-17+10%3A16%3A18 Nikhil+Pahwa Email Email Print Print MediaNama had learnt ... (Read Full Article)
   

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8. San Francisco,CA 94103

   Explore Article ventureloop.com (Mar 16 2010)

   ...illages in India. Meraki is based in San Francisco, California, and is backed in part by Google and Sequoia Capital. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Google   Sequoia Capital India

9. Comviva expands global operations, targets 30% growth

   Explore Article Telecom Yatra (Mar 15 2010) Acquisition

   ...net company and in April 2009, its name was changed to Comviva Technologies. Bharti Enterprises, Sequoia Capital, Cisco Systems and the company's employees are the investors in Comviva. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Comviva Technologies   Comviva   Cisco

10. MFI Funds Widen Focus To Cover New Social Sectors

    Explore Article VCCircle (Mar 15 2010)

    ...ign wealth funds like Temasek to hedge funds like Sandstone Capital and venture capital majors like Sequoia. Indian MFIs have attracted the strongest investor interest with 30% of all microfinance equity tra... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sandstone Capital   Micro Housing Finance Corporation   Sandeep Farias

11. SKS Microfinance may hit Street with Rs 1000-cr IPO

    Explore Article The Economic Times (Mar 14 2010)

    ...ula, SKS managing director and chief executive Suresh Gurumani and two leading private equity firms Sequoia Capital and Kismat are putting part of their ... SKS Microfinance may hit Street with Rs 1,000-cr IPO 15 Ma... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Suresh Gurumani   Sequoia Capital India   IPO

12. Introducing 'makaan Mobile' – India's 1st Pure Sms-based Real ...

    Explore Article Get date ready (Mar 13 2010) Mobile

    ...p 500 companies in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 – Asia Pacific Awards 2007. People Interactive is a Sequoia Capital backed company and is part of the Anupam Mittal led People Group. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Mauj Telecom   Web18   Makaan Mobile

13. Welcome Back, Mr. Moritz, To Billionaire Status After A ...

    Explore Article blogs.wsj.com (Mar 11 2010)

    ...kes of Sergey Brin, Jerry Yang, Chad Hurley and others whose companies have made you and your firm, Sequoia Capital, filthy rich. But we know better. The understated Welshman that ... Congratulations, Michael Moritz... (Read Full Article)
    

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14. News Roundup: Jay Shree Closes In On Rs 120 Cr Buy

    Explore Article VCCircle (Mar 10 2010) Acquisition

    ...10. (Business Standard) VCs To Be Promoters in SKS IPO - A group of four venture capitalists led by Sequoia Capital India will become the promoters of SKS Microfinance Ltd in a first of its kind move. India's largest ... (Read Full Article)
    

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15. India logistics attracts higher PE

    Explore Article Emirates Business 24 (Mar 10 2010) Acquisition

    ... is very weak so logistics is very expensive than in any other country," said Sumir Chaddha of Sequoia Capital, which has invested in about 50 Indian companies. "So, there is tremendous scope for improveme... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Sequoia Capital India   Kpmg   Sumir Chaddha

16. Elevar raises $70 mn in second equity fund

    Explore Article livemint.com (Mar 10 2010) Acquisition

    ...other needs of the poor which also make good business sense,” said Sumir Chadha, managing director, Sequoia Capital India, which has invested in SKS Microfinance Ltdand Equitas Micro Finance India Pvt. Ltd. One of the big... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Elevar   MFI   Vineet Rai

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