Shaun Maguire

Partner

2019

Fortunate to have partnered with companies including: AMP Robotics, Knowde, Vise, Watershed, Gather.town, Physna, Monad, SpaceX and many more Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. We spur founders to push the boundaries of what’s possible. In partnering with Sequoia, companies benefit from 47 years of tribal knowledge from working with founders like Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Jan Koum, Brian Chesky, Drew Houston, Adi Tatarko, Julia Hartz and Jack Dorsey. In aggregate, Sequoia-backed companies account for more than 20% of NASDAQ's total value. From the beginning, non-profits have been the backbone of our LP base, which means founders’ accomplishments make a meaningful difference. The majority of our profits – over $16 billion since 2000 alone – are returned to great causes, like the Ford Foundation, Mayo Clinic and MIT.

Board Member

2021

$LAZR. Been an advisor to the company since the beginning

Co-Founder and Chairman

2012 - 2020

Acquired by Palo Alto Networks ($PANW) for $1B in December 2020.

Partner

2016 - 2019

Led or co-led the A in: Dandelion Energy, IonQ ($IONQ), Lambda School, Spinlaunch Investor in: Clutter, Mode.net (acq by $VMW), Opendoor ($OPEN), Stripe; and sourced Segment (acq by $TWLO)

Co-Founder

2010 - 2015

Failed space launch company

Consultant

2010 - 2012

Deployed to Afghanistan in support of DARPA's mission. Was part of a team that received a Joint Meritorious Unit Award. This was "an opportunity for a techno-geek to serve his country."

Algorithmic Trading Group

2008 - 2008