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Believe me, it’s not... • 4d

Sequoia and Insight Partners stand to make a fortune from Google's acq. of Wiz for $32 B. Sequoia and Insight backed Wiz from its seed round, participating in almost every stage, right up to the $1B Series E (Insight skipped the Series E). Report's suggest the Sequoia owns around ~10% and Insight owns ~12%. Translates to→ $3.2 B for Sequoia and $3.84 B for Insight (ROI could be as high as 200x).

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