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'''세쿼이아 캐피털'''(Sequoia Capital) 또는 '''세쿼이아 캐피탈'''은 미국의 [[벤처 캐피털]] 회사이다. 이 기업의 본사는 미국 캘리포니아주 [[멘로파크]]에 위치해 있으며 기술 분야의 사기업들에 시드 단계, 초기 단계, 성장 단계의 투자를 전문으로 한다.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/secretive-sprawling-network-of-scouts-spreads-money-through-silicon-valley-1447381377 Secretive, Sprawling Network of 'Scouts' Spreads Money Through Silicon Valley], Rolfe Winkler, November 12, 2015, ''Wall Street Journal'', retrieved May 12, 2016.</ref> 2022년 기준으로 세쿼이아의 총 자산은 대략 850억 미국 달러에 달한다.<ref>{{웹 인용|url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sequoia-capital-to-open-new-york-office-first-u-s-outpost-outside-silicon-valley |title=Sequoia Capital to Open New York Office, First U.S. Outpost Outside Silicon Valley |date=July 27, 2022 |website=[[The Information (website)|The Information]] |first=Kate |last=Clark |quote=The firm has about $85 billion in assets under management. |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{웹 인용 |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/sequoia-capital-opening-its-first-new-york-office |title=Sequoia Capital opening its first New York office |date=July 28, 2022 |work=[[Crain Communications]] |first=Natalie |last=Sachmechi |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803235931/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/sequoia-capital-opening-its-first-new-york-office |archive-date=2022-08-03 |확인날짜=2022-08-27 |url-status= }}</ref>

세쿼이아는 각기 다른 세개의 벤처 실체들의 산하 브랜드이다: 하나는 [[미국]]과 [[유럽]], 다른 하나는 인도와 [[동남아시아]], 그 밖의 하나는 [[중화인민공화국]]에 집중한다.

세쿼이아 캐피털에 의해 성공적으로 투자를 받은 기업으로는 [[애플]], [[시스코 시스템즈]], [[구글]], [[인스타그램]], [[링크드인]], [[페이팔]], [[레딧]], [[텀블러 (마이크로블로그)]], [[WhatsApp]], [[줌 (소프트웨어)]]이 있다.<ref name=":0">{{웹 인용|last=Levy|first=Ari|date=2020-09-18|title=Silicon Valley's most prominent VC firm had a banner week: $9 billion in IPO shares while helping TikTok negotiations|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/18/sequoia-had-a-9-billion-week-from-three-ipos-and-helped-on-tiktok.html|access-date=2022-02-13|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{웹 인용|date=2021-05-01|title=Top Sequoia Capital Investments that got big|url=https://startuptalky.com/sequoia-capitals-investments-list/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=StartupTalky|language=en}}</ref><ref name=CBI>{{웹 인용|url=https://www.cbinsights.com/research/best-venture-capital-investments/|title=From Alibaba To Zynga: 45 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them
|website=CB Insights|date=June 9, 2021|access-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>

== 역사 ==
세쿼이아는 1972년 캘리포니아주 멘토파크에서 [[돈 밸런타인]]에 의해 설립되었으며<ref name=McBride>{{뉴스 인용|last=McBride |first=Sarah |date=February 20, 2014 |title=With WhatsApp deal, Sequoia Capital burnishes reputation |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-whatsapp-facebook-sequoia-idUSBREA1K04720140221 |work=Reuters |access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Larreur>{{서적 인용|last=Larreur |first=Charles-Henri  |date=2021 |title=Structured Finance: Leveraged Buyouts, Project Finance, Asset Finance and Securitization |edition=1st |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Structured_Finance/cE0aEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Don+Valentine+sequoia+capital+%22menlo+park%22+1972&pg=PA81&printsec=frontcover |location=US |publisher=Wiley |page=81 |quote=Don Valentine created Sequoia Capital in 1972 in Menlo Park, California. |isbn=978-1119371106 |access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> 당시 미국의 벤처 캐피털 산업은 걸음마 단계였다.<ref name=Fundamentals>{{서적 인용|last1=Da Rin |first1=Marco |last2=Hellman |first2=Thomas |date=2020 |title=Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Finance |edition=1st |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fundamentals_of_Entrepreneurial_Finance/TtHMDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=sequoia+Capital+oracle+valentine&pg=PA485&printsec=frontcover|publisher=Oxford University Press |page=485 |isbn=978-0199744756 |access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name=EconomyAndSociety>{{저널 인용|last1=Ferrary |first1=Michel |last2=Granovetter |first2=Mark |date=May 20, 2009 |title=The role of venture capital firms in Silicon Valley's complex innovation network |journal=Economy and Society |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=326–359 |quote=The most prominent VC firms were created in the 1970s. In 1969, the Mayfield Fund was founded; Sequoia Capital and Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers followed in 1972. By 1975, more than thirty VC firms were located in the Bay Area. |doi=10.1080/03085140902786827|s2cid=15217502 |url=https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:41644 }}</ref>

세쿼이아는 1974년 최초의 벤처 캐피털 펀드를 설립하였다.<ref name=Fundamentals/><ref name=ConnieLoizos>{{뉴스 인용|last=Loizos |first=Connie |date=October 25, 2019 |title=Don Valentine, who founded Sequoia Capital, has died at age 87 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/25/don-valentine-who-founded-sequoia-capital-has-died-at-age-87/ |work=TechCrunch |access-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref>

== 각주 ==
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== 외부 링크 ==
* [http://www.sequoiacap.com/ Sequoia Capital website]

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