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Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living knowledge base, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living…

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Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection and response, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 15, 2026

Featured Podcasts Pod BG2: ChatGPT – The era of super assistants Open source podcast about all things technology, markets, investing,…

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Source: Kalshi raised $1 billion led by Sequoia and CapitalG at a valuation of $11 billion, less than two months after announcing a $300 million fundraising at a valuation of $5 billion (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 20, 2025

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: Source: Kalshi raised $1 billion led by Sequoia and CapitalG at a valuation of $11 billion,…

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Sources: Sequoia COO Sumaiya Balbale has resigned after the company refused to discipline partner Shaun Maguire for his comments calling out Zohran Mamdani. "an Islamist" (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 22, 2025

Financial Times: Sources: Sequoia COO Sumaiya Balbale resigned after the company refused to discipline associate Shaun Maguire for comments calling…

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Profound, based in New York, which helps brands optimize visibility in the responses in search of AI, collected a series B of $ 35 million led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $ 58.5 million (Sharon Goldman / Fortune)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 12, 2025

Sharon Goldman / Fortune:: Profoud, based in New York, which helps brands optimize visibility in the responses in search of…

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An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCS, and more urged Sequoia Act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani "comes from a culture that lies on everything" (Kate Clark / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 8, 2025

Kate Clark / Bloomberg:: An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCS, and more urged Sequoia Act after Shaun Maguire…

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Aspora, which manufactures financial tools such as transfer services for the Indian diaspora, has collected a B series of $ 50 million led by Sequoia and Greylock to an evaluation of $ 500 million (Ivan Mehta / Techcrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsJune 16, 2025

Featured podcasts Podcast by Lenny: How to constitute a team that can “take a punch”: a game book to create…

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Art House Streaming Service and Mubi distributor collected $ 100 million led by Sequoia to an evaluation of $ 1 billion; MUBI has around 20 million users recorded worldwide (Christopher Grimes / Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 31, 2025

Featured podcasts Techmeme comes home: Big Meta / Andundil Deal is a big problem The news of the day, every…

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Pennylane, based in Paris, which manufactures accounting software based on the cloud, has collected 75 million euros, doubling its valuation at 2 billion euros, led by Sequoia and with alphabet among investors (Ryan Browne / CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 6, 2025

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Mercury, who helps startups manage their finances, has collected $ 300 million led by Sequoia to an assessment of $ 3.5 billion; Fintech saw $ 2 billion in deposits after the collapse of SVB (Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 26, 2025

Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:: Mercury, who helps startups manage their finances, has collected $ 300 million led by…

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A look at Apple’s leadership changes and the future of several key executives; sources say Mike Rockwell has considered leaving or taking an advisory role next year (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Reliable Robotics, which develops autonomous aircraft systems for cargo flights, raised $160 million led by Nimble Partners, bringing its valuation to ~$1 billion (Cailley LaPara/Bloomberg)

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Browsing: Sequoia

Edra, which claims to help businesses automate workflows by transforming their operational data into a living knowledge base, has raised a $30 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Scanner, which helps organizations build cloud-native security data lakes for threat hunting, detection and response, raised a $22 million Series A round led by Sequoia (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)

Source: Kalshi raised $1 billion led by Sequoia and CapitalG at a valuation of $11 billion, less than two months after announcing a $300 million fundraising at a valuation of $5 billion (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Sources: Sequoia COO Sumaiya Balbale has resigned after the company refused to discipline partner Shaun Maguire for his comments calling out Zohran Mamdani. "an Islamist" (Financial Times)

Profound, based in New York, which helps brands optimize visibility in the responses in search of AI, collected a series B of $ 35 million led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $ 58.5 million (Sharon Goldman / Fortune)

An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCS, and more urged Sequoia Act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani "comes from a culture that lies on everything" (Kate Clark / Bloomberg)

Aspora, which manufactures financial tools such as transfer services for the Indian diaspora, has collected a B series of $ 50 million led by Sequoia and Greylock to an evaluation of $ 500 million (Ivan Mehta / Techcrunch)

Art House Streaming Service and Mubi distributor collected $ 100 million led by Sequoia to an evaluation of $ 1 billion; MUBI has around 20 million users recorded worldwide (Christopher Grimes / Financial Times)

Pennylane, based in Paris, which manufactures accounting software based on the cloud, has collected 75 million euros, doubling its valuation at 2 billion euros, led by Sequoia and with alphabet among investors (Ryan Browne / CNBC)

Mercury, who helps startups manage their finances, has collected $ 300 million led by Sequoia to an assessment of $ 3.5 billion; Fintech saw $ 2 billion in deposits after the collapse of SVB (Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal)