Michael Moritz
- Seed/Early
- +
- Growth
Follow your instincts.
Backstory
When I was trying to break into the venture business in the mid-1980s I went to meet the leaders of six firms. All, bar one, told me they did not know what to do with a history major and journalist who had never worked in a technology company, was poor at math and couldn’t tell a voltage regulator from an amplifier. The exception was Don Valentine to whom I owe the opportunity for joining and, eventually, helping build for approaching forty years, what is now known as Sequoia.
On the lookout for
Curiosity. People who speak in complete sentences about a topic that absorbs them. When we first get involved with a tiny company, nothing is obvious. If you’re looking for certainty, you wind up with bores engaged in mundane activities. We have a fondness for obsessives on a mission. This was the case when we met the founders of what became Yahoo!, PayPal, Google, Klarna and Stripe and we hope it’s true when we meet you.
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Current Companies
| Company Name | Short Description | Current Stage | Founders | First Partnered | collapse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [24]7.ai | [24]7 helps businesses create a personalized, predictive and effortless customer experience. | Growth |
| Early (2003) | Collapse |
| Getir | Getir is the pioneer of 10-minute grocery delivery. | Growth |
| Growth (2021) | Collapse |
| Instacart | Instacart facilitates instant grocery delivery from local stores. | Growth |
| Early (2013) | Collapse |
| Klarna | Klarna is a payment solution simplifying the purchasing process. | Growth |
| Growth (2010) | Collapse |
| Strava | Strava is the world's social network for athletes. | Growth |
| Growth (2014) | Collapse |
| Stripe | Stripe is building an economic infrastructure for the internet. | Growth |
| Seed (2010) | Collapse |
| The Wire Digital | The Wire Digital is helping global businesses make smarter decisions. | Early |
| Seed (2020) | Collapse |
| TrialSpark | TrialSpark is an end-to-end platform for tech-driven drug development. | Growth |
| Early (2017) | Collapse |
| Watershed | Watershed is a software platform that helps companies get to zero carbon fast. | Growth |
| Early (2020) | Collapse |
Enduring Companies
| Company Name | Short Description | Current Stage | Founders | First Partnered | collapse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GameFly | GameFly is a video game rental service offering a monthly subscription. | Acquired |
| Seed (2002) | Collapse |
| Google organizes the world's information. | IPO |
| Growth (1999) | Collapse | |
| Green Dot | Green Dot builds technology for faster, more efficient electronic payment and money management. | IPO |
| Growth (2003) | Collapse |
| KAYAK | KAYAK is a travel meta search that allows easy consolidation of booking receipts into one itinerary. | Acquired |
| Growth (2005) | Collapse |
| LinkedIn, now part of Microsoft, is a social network for professionals. | IPO |
| Early (2003) | Collapse | |
| LinkExchange | LinkExchange developed an internet advertising network for SMBs, now part of Microsoft. | Acquired |
| Early (1997) | Collapse |
| PayPal | PayPal is the digital payment solution behind the digital wallet. | IPO |
| Growth (1999) | Collapse |
| PhenomeX | PhenomeX, formerly Berkeley Lights, takes new approaches to biological processes. | IPO |
| Growth (2015) | Collapse |
| Yahoo | Yahoo is a global media company. | IPO |
| Early (1995) | Collapse |
| Zappos | Zappos, now part of Amazon, is an online shoe retailer driven by customer service. | Acquired |
| Growth (2004) | Collapse |