Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital, founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California, is a prominent venture capital firm that invests in early to growth stage companies across various sectors, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer services. The firm specializes in supporting startups and emerging growth companies, typically investing between $100,000 and $1 million in seed companies, $1 million to $10 million in early ventures, and $10 million to $100 million in growth investments. Sequoia Capital operates globally, with a presence in regions such as Israel, China, and Southeast Asia, and has built a diverse portfolio that includes notable companies like Airbnb, Alibaba, and JD.com. The firm emphasizes a partnership approach with entrepreneurs, leveraging decades of experience to guide them from initial concept through to public offering and beyond.

Audrey Adeline

Analyst

Rohit Agarwal

Vice President / Principal

Rajan Anandan

Managing Director

Michelle Bailhe

Partner

Sumaiya Balbale

COO and Operating Partner

Anas Biad

Partner

Isaiah Boone

Partner

Roelof Botha

Partner

Romie Boyd

Partner

Rosemarie Boyd

Partner

Konstantine Buhler

Partner

David Cahn

Partner

Xi Cao

Partner, China

Vipin Chamakkala

Director, Customer Partnerships

Jiazhen Chen

Investor

Luzhou Chen

Investor

Josephine Chen

Partner

Sakshi Chopra

Managing Director

W. M. Coughran

Founder's Coach and Partner

Charlie Curnin

Partner

Long Do

Analyst

Joe Dobrenski

Partner of Human Capital

Helen Fan

Vice President

Shirley Feng

Managing Director

James Flynn

Partner

Caroline Fu

Vice President

Xiang Gao

Associate

Stacey Gerber

VP, Operations and Experiences

Mike Goguen

Partner

Christopher Graff

Partner, Global Equities

Wayne Guo

Managing Director

Kirstie Irmana

Analyst

Amit Jain

Managing Director

Pushpak Kedia

Associate

Pieter Kemps

Principal

Kais Khimji

Partner

Sunint Khurana

Analyst

Marie Klemchuk

Global CFO

Jess Lee

Partner

Jess Lee

Partner

Teng Lei

Associate

Douglas Leone

Global Managing Partner

Mei Li

Associate

Angie Shuyan Liu

Analyst

Luciana Lixandru

Partner

Xiaobo Lu

Partner, China

Alyssa Maharani

Analyst

Cornelius Menke

Partner

Dean Meyer

Partner

Ishaan Mittal

Managing Director

Abhishek Mohan

Principal

Che Pinjue

Partner, China

GV Ravishankar

Managing Director - India

Antara Raychaudhury

Analyst

Andrew Reed

General Partner

Lauren Reeder

Partner

George Robson

Partner

Haim Sadger

Partner, Israel

Bryan Schreier

Partner

Yoav Shaked

Partner, Israel

Prateek Sharma

VP

Neil Shen

Managing Partner

Shailendra Singh

Managing Director

Thomas Stephenson

Partner

Sam Sun

Partner

Glen Sun

Vice President, China

Johan Surani

Vice President

Jessica H. Tan

Analyst

Vedant Trivedi

Analyst

Aradhita Tuli

Analyst

Mike Vernal

Partner

Pavel Vyhnalek

Operating Partner

Jeff Wang

Managing Partner

Fred Wang

Managing Director

Cen Wang

Partner

Rock Wang

Managing Director

Kai Wang

Managing Director

Michael Xiong

Investor

Lynn Yang

Managing Director, China

Yu Yao

Managing Director

Stephanie Zhan

Partner

Skee Zhang

Managing Director

Qingsheng Zheng

Partner, China

Guo Zhenwei

Managing Director

Jiajia Zou

Managing Director

Past deals in Publishing

Skiff

Series A in 2022
Skiff (formerly FirstPaper) is an e-reading and advertising company formed to address the needs of consumers, publishers, and advertisers as print media increasingly migrates to new forms of digital consumption. This includes the emerging class of dedicated e-readers and reading-friendly devices, which create new opportunities and demand new business approaches. Headquarters located in NYC with second office in Palo Alto, CA.

Prologue

Series A in 2022
Prologue is a holding company of technology investments and media brands.

Release

Series A in 2021
Release is a company that specializes in simplifying the development process by providing a staging management toolkit. This toolkit allows users to define environments, resources, workflows, and hostnames, enabling the creation of development, staging, demo, and production environments based on templates automatically derived from docker-compose files. By eliminating the need to manage underlying infrastructure, Release enables businesses to automate the deployment process, ensuring that environments are automatically generated and updated with each code change or pull request. Additionally, users can manually deploy environments through the Release user interface. Founded in 2019 by Tommy, David, and Erik, Release aims to enhance collaborative development cycles by streamlining integration with existing tools and facilitating permanent production environments.

Callin

Series A in 2021
Callin is a social podcasting app that allows users to create, discover, and enjoy both live and recorded audio content. The platform seamlessly integrates social audio with podcasting, providing an accessible environment for users to record, edit, publish, and share their audio creations. By focusing on quality audio experiences, Callin caters to those interested in a unified space for engaging with diverse audio content.

Skiff

Seed Round in 2021
Skiff (formerly FirstPaper) is an e-reading and advertising company formed to address the needs of consumers, publishers, and advertisers as print media increasingly migrates to new forms of digital consumption. This includes the emerging class of dedicated e-readers and reading-friendly devices, which create new opportunities and demand new business approaches. Headquarters located in NYC with second office in Palo Alto, CA.

Release

Seed Round in 2021
Release is a company that specializes in simplifying the development process by providing a staging management toolkit. This toolkit allows users to define environments, resources, workflows, and hostnames, enabling the creation of development, staging, demo, and production environments based on templates automatically derived from docker-compose files. By eliminating the need to manage underlying infrastructure, Release enables businesses to automate the deployment process, ensuring that environments are automatically generated and updated with each code change or pull request. Additionally, users can manually deploy environments through the Release user interface. Founded in 2019 by Tommy, David, and Erik, Release aims to enhance collaborative development cycles by streamlining integration with existing tools and facilitating permanent production environments.

Inside.com

Venture Round in 2019
Inside.com, Inc. publishes a variety of subscription-based email newsletters focusing on technology, politics, business, entertainment, lifestyle, and sports. Founded in 2006 and based in Culver City, California, the company offers curated news stories, in-depth topic analyses, and interviews with industry leaders, catering to both aspiring entrepreneurs and seasoned executives. In addition to newsletters, Inside.com also conducts podcasts and virtual events, providing a comprehensive platform for readers to stay informed about the latest trends and developments across various fields. Through its offerings, Inside.com aims to keep its audience engaged and updated with daily insights from the world of business and beyond.

Journal

Seed Round in 2017
Journal's mission is to help people focus and bring new ideas to life. Much of our personal and professional lives run on apps. Yet these tools create boundaries between our activities, require constant checking, and have enabled a culture of interruptions. Journal gives individuals and groups a focused “space” to find, remember, and share all the information they need to have fun and do good work.

Baidu Literature

Series A in 2017
A literary brand launched by Baidu.

Inkling Systems

Series E in 2016
Inkling Systems, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in cloud publishing platforms designed to create and distribute interactive content. The company offers several products, including Inkling Knowledge, a mobile workforce enablement platform for training materials; Inkling Notices, which allows for communication and engagement analysis with field workers; and Inkling Collaboration, aimed at enhancing in-store operations by connecting frontline employees. Additionally, the Learning Pathways feature guides employees through training processes, allowing managers to track skill development. Founded in 2009 and initially named Standard Nine Inc., Inkling focuses on providing solutions in areas such as sales enablement, retail operations, and franchise management. By leveraging data-driven insights, Inkling helps businesses optimize their content for mobile accessibility and effectiveness in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

BOOM

Series A in 2016
Content Promotion and Content Marketing Software

Inkling Systems

Series D in 2015
Inkling Systems, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in cloud publishing platforms designed to create and distribute interactive content. The company offers several products, including Inkling Knowledge, a mobile workforce enablement platform for training materials; Inkling Notices, which allows for communication and engagement analysis with field workers; and Inkling Collaboration, aimed at enhancing in-store operations by connecting frontline employees. Additionally, the Learning Pathways feature guides employees through training processes, allowing managers to track skill development. Founded in 2009 and initially named Standard Nine Inc., Inkling focuses on providing solutions in areas such as sales enablement, retail operations, and franchise management. By leveraging data-driven insights, Inkling helps businesses optimize their content for mobile accessibility and effectiveness in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Inkling Systems

Series C in 2013
Inkling Systems, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in cloud publishing platforms designed to create and distribute interactive content. The company offers several products, including Inkling Knowledge, a mobile workforce enablement platform for training materials; Inkling Notices, which allows for communication and engagement analysis with field workers; and Inkling Collaboration, aimed at enhancing in-store operations by connecting frontline employees. Additionally, the Learning Pathways feature guides employees through training processes, allowing managers to track skill development. Founded in 2009 and initially named Standard Nine Inc., Inkling focuses on providing solutions in areas such as sales enablement, retail operations, and franchise management. By leveraging data-driven insights, Inkling helps businesses optimize their content for mobile accessibility and effectiveness in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Thinkingdom Media Group

Venture Round in 2013
Thinkingdom Media Group Ltd. engages in the planning, publication, and distribution of books.

Tumblr

Series E in 2011
Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website that enables users to create and share multimedia content on short-form blogs. Launched in 2007 by David Karp and headquartered in New York, the platform allows users to follow other blogs and manage their own blogs' privacy settings. Users can effortlessly share a variety of content, including text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, accessible through a user-friendly dashboard interface. Tumblr has become a vibrant media network, supported by a diverse community of independent creators and attracting over 400 million unique visitors. The platform was acquired by Yahoo in 2013, enhancing its reach and capabilities in the digital space.

Kanshu

Series A in 2011
Kanshu.com is a domestic website for original novels. It also integrates the creation, reading, wireless value-added services, and off-line publishing of original novels and literature. Up to date, Kanshu.com has provided creation and reading services for various genres such as fantasy, urban romance, online games, history, military, detective reasoning, and martial arts for over 3 million registered users with numerous contracted works, and daily independent users. Kanshu.com was established in 2004.

Inkling Systems

Series B in 2011
Inkling Systems, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in cloud publishing platforms designed to create and distribute interactive content. The company offers several products, including Inkling Knowledge, a mobile workforce enablement platform for training materials; Inkling Notices, which allows for communication and engagement analysis with field workers; and Inkling Collaboration, aimed at enhancing in-store operations by connecting frontline employees. Additionally, the Learning Pathways feature guides employees through training processes, allowing managers to track skill development. Founded in 2009 and initially named Standard Nine Inc., Inkling focuses on providing solutions in areas such as sales enablement, retail operations, and franchise management. By leveraging data-driven insights, Inkling helps businesses optimize their content for mobile accessibility and effectiveness in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Humble Bundle

Venture Round in 2011
Humble Bundle, Inc. is an online platform based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in selling video games, eBooks, software, and other digital content. Founded in March 2010, the company offers a unique pay-what-you-want model that allows customers to choose their price and determine how their payment is distributed among content creators, charities, and the platform itself. This innovative approach has attracted over 7 million customers and raised more than $75 million for various charitable causes. Humble Bundle's offerings are compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux operating systems, enabling users to download, backup, and play games without requiring an internet connection. The company has been recognized for its contributions to both the gaming community and charitable initiatives.

Inkling Systems

Series A in 2011
Inkling Systems, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in cloud publishing platforms designed to create and distribute interactive content. The company offers several products, including Inkling Knowledge, a mobile workforce enablement platform for training materials; Inkling Notices, which allows for communication and engagement analysis with field workers; and Inkling Collaboration, aimed at enhancing in-store operations by connecting frontline employees. Additionally, the Learning Pathways feature guides employees through training processes, allowing managers to track skill development. Founded in 2009 and initially named Standard Nine Inc., Inkling focuses on providing solutions in areas such as sales enablement, retail operations, and franchise management. By leveraging data-driven insights, Inkling helps businesses optimize their content for mobile accessibility and effectiveness in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Tumblr

Series D in 2010
Tumblr is a microblogging platform and social networking website that enables users to create and share multimedia content on short-form blogs. Launched in 2007 by David Karp and headquartered in New York, the platform allows users to follow other blogs and manage their own blogs' privacy settings. Users can effortlessly share a variety of content, including text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, accessible through a user-friendly dashboard interface. Tumblr has become a vibrant media network, supported by a diverse community of independent creators and attracting over 400 million unique visitors. The platform was acquired by Yahoo in 2013, enhancing its reach and capabilities in the digital space.

Inkling Systems

Series A in 2010
Inkling Systems, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco that specializes in cloud publishing platforms designed to create and distribute interactive content. The company offers several products, including Inkling Knowledge, a mobile workforce enablement platform for training materials; Inkling Notices, which allows for communication and engagement analysis with field workers; and Inkling Collaboration, aimed at enhancing in-store operations by connecting frontline employees. Additionally, the Learning Pathways feature guides employees through training processes, allowing managers to track skill development. Founded in 2009 and initially named Standard Nine Inc., Inkling focuses on providing solutions in areas such as sales enablement, retail operations, and franchise management. By leveraging data-driven insights, Inkling helps businesses optimize their content for mobile accessibility and effectiveness in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Olive Software

Venture Round in 2008
Olive Software, Inc. specializes in content processing technology solutions that facilitate the conversion of publications into XML format. The company offers a range of products, including Olive Dynamic Newsstand, which enhances the content experience for publishers and creates monetization opportunities; Olive Dynamic Book, designed for one-channel publishers to manage their direct-to-consumer sales; and Olive iReader, which allows content delivery to iPad users. Additionally, Olive provides the Olive ActivePaper Archive, a SaaS solution for digitizing and preserving historical microfilm, print, and electronic content. Serving a diverse clientele, including enterprises, publishers, libraries, universities, and government institutions both domestically and internationally, Olive Software's platform enables cross-media publishing, audience engagement, and digital archiving through a unified workflow. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, the company also has research and development facilities in Israel. Olive Software was acquired by Ignite Technologies, Inc. in January 2019.

Sugar Publishing

Seed Round in 2007
Sugar Publishing San Francisco-based blog publisher.

Printo

Seed Round in 2007
Printo Document Services Pvt. Ltd. is a leading print-on-demand platform in India, established in 2005 and headquartered in Bengaluru. The company operates a retail chain that offers a wide range of print and document services, including customized printing of visiting cards, brochures, business cards, letterheads, envelopes, ID cards, flyers, posters, calendars, and marketing collaterals. Printo caters to various sectors such as healthcare, finance, retail, training, and technology, as well as individual customers. The company provides its products online and delivers across major cities in India. Printo aims to simplify the printing process, allowing customers to select from numerous templates for personalized items and gifts at competitive prices.

Olive Software

Series C in 2005
Olive Software, Inc. specializes in content processing technology solutions that facilitate the conversion of publications into XML format. The company offers a range of products, including Olive Dynamic Newsstand, which enhances the content experience for publishers and creates monetization opportunities; Olive Dynamic Book, designed for one-channel publishers to manage their direct-to-consumer sales; and Olive iReader, which allows content delivery to iPad users. Additionally, Olive provides the Olive ActivePaper Archive, a SaaS solution for digitizing and preserving historical microfilm, print, and electronic content. Serving a diverse clientele, including enterprises, publishers, libraries, universities, and government institutions both domestically and internationally, Olive Software's platform enables cross-media publishing, audience engagement, and digital archiving through a unified workflow. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, the company also has research and development facilities in Israel. Olive Software was acquired by Ignite Technologies, Inc. in January 2019.

Olive Software

Series B in 2004
Olive Software, Inc. specializes in content processing technology solutions that facilitate the conversion of publications into XML format. The company offers a range of products, including Olive Dynamic Newsstand, which enhances the content experience for publishers and creates monetization opportunities; Olive Dynamic Book, designed for one-channel publishers to manage their direct-to-consumer sales; and Olive iReader, which allows content delivery to iPad users. Additionally, Olive provides the Olive ActivePaper Archive, a SaaS solution for digitizing and preserving historical microfilm, print, and electronic content. Serving a diverse clientele, including enterprises, publishers, libraries, universities, and government institutions both domestically and internationally, Olive Software's platform enables cross-media publishing, audience engagement, and digital archiving through a unified workflow. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, the company also has research and development facilities in Israel. Olive Software was acquired by Ignite Technologies, Inc. in January 2019.
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