How Donald Valentine Started Sequoia Capital
>Donald was Born in 1932, in USA
>He Graduated from Fordham University
>Started his career in sales & marketing at Raytheon (military weapon manufacturer)
>Joined Fairchild Semiconductor as a sales exec
Yup, he actually Invested in so many companies, that even when most of their investment failed, all the current successful companies have sequoia as their investor. it's crazy tho
How sequoia took a billion dollar revenge on Mark Zuckerberg ๐
In 2004, Sequoia approached Mark, they wanted to invest in Facebook, but Mark was not really interested to raise funds from them, so he decided to go to meet the partners in a pyajma an
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I. Introduction :
โข Sequoia Capital was founded by Donald Valentine in 1972 and current partner is My favourite Roelof Botha โฅ๏ธ.
โข Sequoia Capital created new fund called 'Peak XV Pa
As we know, SoftBank, Sequoia Capital, and many venture capital firms are investing in AI startups like LLM companies and companies that use LLM model API to integrate in their backend. What do you think, where is technology going? ๐ค
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I have heard many people say that startup investment is the best, and it gives the highest returns. Let me share my experience. I started investing in startups since 2022. So far, I have invested in 4 startups, out of which 2 have shut down, one was
let me remind you โ every successful idea today was once a failed attempt by someone else. The difference? The people who succeeded found their own unique angle, solved the right problem, and stuck with it even when it felt impossible.
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Hereโs a short overview of major funding agencies and their operations:
1. Sequoia Capital (USA)
Invested In: Apple, Google, Airbnb, WhatsApp.
Source of Funds: High-net-worth individuals, pension funds.
Returns: WhatsApp investment generated $6.3
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Zomato is on a streak!
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